The Utah Investigative Journalism Project

Hunting guide, who counts Trump Jr. as a client, behaved badly for years, Utah says

The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with KUER. In July 2024, ...
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Month: October 2025

The Utah Investigative Journalism Project is hosting a free webinar about how to pitch stories to journalists. The event will be on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 6-7 p.m. Come get your questions answered ...
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Author: Sydnee Chapman (Sydnee Chapman)

The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah Stories. St. George, Utah, and Las Vegas may be worlds apart culturally, but the two share a ...
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Learn how to pitch a journalist at free webinar

The Utah Investigative Journalism Project is hosting a free webinar about how to pitch stories to journalists. The event will ...
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Utah gave $40M in tax breaks to a solar company accused of fraud

The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Salt Lake City Weekly. “I guess you could call me a tree hugger,” said Washington state resident Tammy ...
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At US Magnesium, safety equipment went offline and Utahns reported an acrid fog. Here’s how regulators reacted

(Utah Division of Air Quality) This 2022 image, which shows a bank of fog in the distance, was submitted to the Utah Division of Air Quality with a complaint. DAQ released it to The Utah Investigative ...
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Teacher says pleas for better ventilation were ignored, then he was diagnosed with lung disease

LaMarr Walker’s decadeslong career teaching agriculture and shop in southern Utah came to an early end on the advice of his doctor with a diagnosis he believes may have been preventable. (Jason ...
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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 ...
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A plan to protect Utah from US Magnesium’s toxic waste relies on something that is disappearing

The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune, with support from the McGraw Center for Business Journalism at CUNY’s Craig ...
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Woman says Iron County Sheriff’s deputy sexually assaulted her and prosecutors sided with him

A woman poses for a photo in Southern Utah, June 9, 2025. Using the pseudonym “Jane,” her identity is being protected for her privacy.Photo by Sheldon Demke, St. George News Editor’s note: This report ...