The Utah Investigative Journalism Project

SLC’s airport has chemical spill safeguards. It’s still a risk for Great Salt Lake

The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with KUER. The Salt Lake City airport covers more than 8,000 acres and serves tens of millions of ...
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Tag: Salt Lake City Airport

The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with KUER. The Salt Lake City airport covers more than 8,000 acres and serves tens of millions of ...
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Tag: forever chemicals

The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with KUER. The Salt Lake City airport covers more than 8,000 acres and serves tens of millions of ...
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Month: November 2025

The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with KUER. The Salt Lake City airport covers more than 8,000 acres and serves tens of millions of ...
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Ogden’s homeless plan: Less affordable housing, more rent-a-cops

People congregate outside the Lantern House homeless shelter in Ogden on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) The following story was reported by The Utah ...
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Hunting guide, who counts Trump Jr. as a client, behaved badly for years, Utah says

Donald Trump Jr. prepares to take a shot at a bear from a May 2018 hunt in Utah. Prosecutors would later charge the guide, Wade Lemon, with illegally baiting the bear shot by Trump Jr. The following ...
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Tag: Great Salt Lake Collaborative

The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in collaboration with The Great Salt Lake Collaborative. During a recent storm in March, several shallow, plant-lined ...
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Man claims Sandy landlord ignored the mold that was damaging his health

(Stock image| Phil King) Legal experts say that tenants have limited options if a landlord refuses to address hazards like mold. The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism ...
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Crime victims often left in the dark; improvements may be in works to shed light on developments

Utah has some systems in place to update crime victims about what’s happening in their cases, but many report feeling left out of the justice process and in the dark. (ArLawKa, Adobe Stock). The ...
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A gay Latter-day Saint was murdered in Salt Lake City in 1991. Why has his case never been solved?

The following story was developed by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project and the University of Utah’s “Cold Case” class investigating unsolved murders in the state, in partnership with The Salt ...
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Who is Valar Atomics?

Transmission lines lead away from the coal-fired Intermountain Power Plant near Delta, Utah on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) The following story was reported by ...