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Daylight comes and stays late in Utah with or without DST

As days get hotter, Utahns will have to decide whether late sunsets still have appeal.

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Monday brings the final Salt Lake sunset of the year that <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="falls after 8pm" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/08/18/late-summer-sunsets-earlier-map" data-vars-content-id="15830d9b-57d6-469b-a350-eb833bb14b0e" data-vars-headline="Daylight comes and stays late in Utah with or without DST" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/08/18/late-summer-sunsets-earlier-map" target="_self">falls after 8pm</a>. Why it matters: Our sunsets (and sunrises) are later than the overwhelming majority of other major U.S. cities because we are near the western edge of our time zone.

The Roadless Rule protects some of Utah's best loved hikes. Trump wants to end it

The rule shields parts of Mill Creek Canyon, the Wasatch Crest and both White Pine lakes.

The Trump administration has moved closer to eliminating the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Roadless Rule" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/09/05/trump-roadless-rule-utah-wildfires-logging-national-forests" data-vars-content-id="0484b979-eff2-4927-b4d7-63620046b9a4" data-vars-headline="The Roadless Rule protects some of Utah&#x27;s best loved hikes. Trump wants to end it" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/09/05/trump-roadless-rule-utah-wildfires-logging-national-forests" target="_self">Roadless Rule</a> in national forests, potentially opening vast areas in Utah to development.Why it matters: The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="decades-old federal policy" data-vars-click-url="https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/planning/roadless" data-vars-content-id="0484b979-eff2-4927-b4d7-63620046b9a4" data-vars-headline="The Roadless Rule protects some of Utah&#x27;s best loved hikes. Trump wants to end it" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/planning/roadless" target="_blank">decades-old federal policy</a> has protected millions of acres of wilderness from new roads and logging — to the delight of conservationists and the ire of the timber industry.

Utah among U.S. states to secure settlement with Meta

Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, will impose new restrictions for youth as part of the settlement.

Utah is set to receive about $212 million as part of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Meta&#x27;s multistate settlement" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/08/26/meta-lawsuit-settlement-states-facebook" data-vars-content-id="17e532f6-3e97-42dc-a761-8b01e57ab705" data-vars-headline="Utah among U.S. states to secure settlement with Meta" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/08/26/meta-lawsuit-settlement-states-facebook" target="_self">Meta&#x27;s multistate settlement</a> over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were designed in ways that harm children.Why it matters: The settlement represents a victory for <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Utah&#x27;s attempts to hold social media companies accountable" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/06/30/utah-lawsuit-snapchat-youth-safety-children-teens" data-vars-content-id="17e532f6-3e97-42dc-a761-8b01e57ab705" data-vars-headline="Utah among U.S. states to secure settlement with Meta" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/06/30/utah-lawsuit-snapchat-youth-safety-children-teens" target="_self">Utah&#x27;s attempts to hold social media companies accountable</a> for their perceived mental health impacts on young people.

What Utah taxpayers could pay for Trump's deportation push

Utah taxpayers could end up paying nearly $2.3 billion for deportations.

Utah taxpayers would each pay nearly $2,100 for President <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Trump&#x27;s" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump" data-vars-content-id="3183dd27-745b-4797-8584-a152bdef39ed" data-vars-headline="What Utah taxpayers could pay for Trump&#x27;s deportation push" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump" target="_self">Trump&#x27;s</a> mass deportation push, according to a recently-released <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="calculator" data-vars-click-url="https://www.epi.org/deportation-calculator/" data-vars-content-id="3183dd27-745b-4797-8584-a152bdef39ed" data-vars-headline="What Utah taxpayers could pay for Trump&#x27;s deportation push" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.epi.org/deportation-calculator/" target="_blank">calculator</a> tool from the Economic Policy Institute.Why it matters: The estimate fuels debate over whether billions of federal dollars devoted to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="deportations" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/15/ice-deportations-us-immigration-trump-biden-2025" data-vars-content-id="3183dd27-745b-4797-8584-a152bdef39ed" data-vars-headline="What Utah taxpayers could pay for Trump&#x27;s deportation push" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/15/ice-deportations-us-immigration-trump-biden-2025" target="_self">deportations</a> could instead fund other public priorities such as food assistance, health care or housing.

Salt Lake City & County Building could become "City Hall"

Salt Lake City is taking steps to rename the turreted fortress heretofore known as the &quot;The Salt Lake City &amp; County Building.&quot; <ul><li>Under a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="proposed ordinance" data-vars-click-url="https://www.youtube.com/live/lyiwGOX0GUw?si=2Ji4hkqqk6OP8oRd&amp;t=6011" data-vars-content-id="2435c38c-233a-42ef-afdd-4134bd0d4f01" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake City &amp; County Building could become &quot;City Hall&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.youtube.com/live/lyiwGOX0GUw?si=2Ji4hkqqk6OP8oRd&amp;t=6011" target="_blank">proposed ordinance</a>, city hall would be called City Hall.</li></ul>

How to join Salt Lake's new secret scary movie club

Film selections are a secret; get a membership and be surprised alongside other horror and suspense buffs.

If you&#x27;re a film buff with a yen for horror, thriller, suspense and cult classics, your people are waiting for you.Driving the News: The Nocturne Film Society is screening its inaugural &quot;mystery movie&quot; 3:30pm Sunday at the Murray Theater.

"I'm not a Karen": Utah woman on why she reported Flock vandalism

She says she wants to buy the vigilantes a beer — but not if they keep damaging her property.

A Kanarraville woman tells KUTV she&#x27;s happy that vandals rid her neighborhood of the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Flock camera" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2026/08/04/salt-lake-city-council-license-plate-readers-rules" data-vars-content-id="e59fd98f-96d4-4656-9e75-4357e49166c1" data-vars-headline="&quot;I&#x27;m not a Karen&quot;: Utah woman on why she reported Flock vandalism" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2026/08/04/salt-lake-city-council-license-plate-readers-rules" target="_self">Flock camera</a> in front of her home — even though she&#x27;s the one who reported the suspects to police.The big picture: Flock cameras <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="have joined" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/08/23/flock-cameras-data-centers-ai-midterms-2026-tech" data-vars-content-id="e59fd98f-96d4-4656-9e75-4357e49166c1" data-vars-headline="&quot;I&#x27;m not a Karen&quot;: Utah woman on why she reported Flock vandalism" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/08/23/flock-cameras-data-centers-ai-midterms-2026-tech" target="_self">have joined</a> AI data centers and Dolly Parton&#x27;s death in a trifecta of news developments that show it&#x27;s still possible for a politically fractured nation to unify under certain conditions.

Remembering Dolly Parton's Utah concerts through the years

Country music legend Dolly Parton performed in Utah over the course of nearly five decades.

From the Salt Palace to the UCCU Center, Dolly Parton, who <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="died" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/nashville/2026/08/25/dolly-parton-has-died-at-80-obit" data-vars-content-id="06b22139-483c-48a2-99da-3beea0b16ff9" data-vars-headline="Remembering Dolly Parton&#x27;s Utah concerts through the years" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/nashville/2026/08/25/dolly-parton-has-died-at-80-obit" target="_self">died</a> Tuesday at the age of 80, made several stops in Utah throughout her chart-topping career.Flashback: Her last Utah concert was at the UCCU Center in Orem in 2016, as part of her final headlining tour, where she performed stripped-down versions of her music.

Salt Lake this weekend: Lunar eclipse, Legos, fashion and festivals

It&#x27;s a big weekend here in the 801!🌘 <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Lunar eclipse" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/WillardEcclesAstronomyObservatory/posts/pfbid0SYH4vQgYHBxoPfx4Kzwfk3YsYdL1yNYPjZxyxLpV5BMupn9vMEGzSKjQwwnvQWdfl" data-vars-content-id="af1c5392-d4e4-46e1-a5aa-153f30e2bfe8" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake this weekend: Lunar eclipse, Legos, fashion and festivals" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/WillardEcclesAstronomyObservatory/posts/pfbid0SYH4vQgYHBxoPfx4Kzwfk3YsYdL1yNYPjZxyxLpV5BMupn9vMEGzSKjQwwnvQWdfl" target="_blank">Lunar eclipse</a>: The weather is iffy — but not totally <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="hopeless" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2026/08/11/perseid-meteor-shower-utah-weather-lunar-eclipse-2026" data-vars-content-id="af1c5392-d4e4-46e1-a5aa-153f30e2bfe8" data-vars-headline="Salt Lake this weekend: Lunar eclipse, Legos, fashion and festivals" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2026/08/11/perseid-meteor-shower-utah-weather-lunar-eclipse-2026" target="_self">hopeless</a>! — for Thursday night&#x27;s near-total Sturgeon Moon eclipse.

Utah's tourism generated $13.7 billion in visitor spending

Visitor spending grew slightly despite dips in parks visitation, air travel and skier days, per a new report.

Utah&#x27;s travel and tourism sector generated a record $13.7 billion in visitor spending last year, according to a new <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="report" data-vars-click-url="https://d36oiwf74r1rap.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/TT-Report-Aug2026.pdf" data-vars-content-id="cc9f8ff5-abc4-4a7f-9111-70dd4adfbdf3" data-vars-headline="Utah&#x27;s tourism generated $13.7 billion in visitor spending" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://d36oiwf74r1rap.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/TT-Report-Aug2026.pdf" target="_blank">report</a>.<ul><li>That&#x27;s up 0.6% from the year prior when adjusted for inflation.</li></ul>

Monte in South Salt Lake wins Utah's first Michelin star

A mention in the famously choosy guide is a huge boon for a restaurant's reputation and business.

Utah scored its first Michelin star in the new <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="American Southwest Michelin Guide" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2026/08/24/utah-michelin-star-predictions" data-vars-content-id="47025b31-2160-469a-ab13-4dfa167bed94" data-vars-headline="Monte in South Salt Lake wins Utah&#x27;s first Michelin star" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2026/08/24/utah-michelin-star-predictions" target="_self">American Southwest Michelin Guide</a>, which launched with a ceremony Wednesday.Why it matters: A mention in the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="famously choosy guide" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/12/15/michelin-guide-southwest-utah-restaurant-scene" data-vars-content-id="47025b31-2160-469a-ab13-4dfa167bed94" data-vars-headline="Monte in South Salt Lake wins Utah&#x27;s first Michelin star" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/12/15/michelin-guide-southwest-utah-restaurant-scene" target="_self">famously choosy guide</a> is a huge boon for any restaurant&#x27;s reputation and business.

A choropleth map showing the final 8 p.m. sunset in the U.S. for 2026, for each county, categorized by date. Areas colored in dark brown indicate final 8 p.m. sunsets before August 11, while lighter shades reflect later dates, with the lightest indicating after September 10. Regions are outlined to illustrate varying sunset times across the country.

Final 8pm sunset of 2026

Data: NOAA solar calculations; U.S. Census Bureau; Note: Times are calculated for a single point within each U.S. county or equivalent. Actual sunset times across a given county might vary; Map: Brad Jennings/Axios

A choropleth map showing the estimated cost per taxpayer for federal immigrant deportation and detention funding across the U.S. states. The average cost is $2.4k. Washington, D.C., has the highest load, at $3.9k.

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Daylight comes and stays late in Utah with or without DST

Salt Lake City & County Building could become "City Hall"

What Utah taxpayers could pay for Trump's deportation push

How to join Salt Lake's new secret scary movie club

"I'm not a Karen": Utah woman on why she reported Flock vandalism