Category: Best of the Week

Week Thirty-Five

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Family members at a vigil at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City for Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. Hoover was killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nancy Watson blows a kiss at a vigil at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City for Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021.. Hoover was killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A vigil at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City for Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. Hoover was killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Family members at a vigil at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City for Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. Hoover was killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Utah v Weber

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lightning flashes over Rice-Eccles Stadium as a storm blew through as the Utah Utes host the Weber State Wildcats in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Family members of Ty Jordan react at the unveiling of a memorial in Rice-Eccles Stadium as the Utah Utes host the Weber State Wildcats in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021.

Week Thirty-Four

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Administration Building in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021.

Walmart Field Guide

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City Creek

Week Thirty-Three

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) fire on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021.

Parleys Canyon Fire

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Parleys Canyon Fire burns, as seen from Emigration Canyon on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021.

Week Thirty-Two

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) People sing the National Anthem under a Three Percenter flag after the Salt Lake County Council voted down Dr. Angela Dunn's mask ordinance for K-6 students, on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021.

Punishment at the Peak – Demolition Derby

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Zeb Hansen gets a sendoff from his family before competing at Punishment at the Peak, a demolition derby in Grantsville on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) John Gullo works to get his son’s car back into working condition during Punishment at the Peak, a demolition derby in Grantsville on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dalton Gullo is handed a trophy during Punishment at the Peak, a demolition derby in Grantsville on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021.

Utah Football

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The new locker room for the Utah Utes and Ken Garff Red Zone at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City was officially unveiled in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021.

Mask Mandate Request

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dr. Angela Dunn issues a public health “order of constraint” requiring masks in Salt Lake County schools on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021.

Mask Mandate Fails

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) People fill the room as the Salt Lake County Council voted down Dr. Angela Dunn’s mask ordinance for K-6 students, on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) People sing the National Anthem under a Three Percenter flag after the Salt Lake County Council voted down Dr. Angela Dunn’s mask ordinance for K-6 students, on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021.

Week Thirty-One

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) People stare up to the sky as Bryce Chanes's rocket Porthos climbs to 5,558 feet. Utah Rocket Club hosted Large Dangerous Rocket Ships, one of the country's premier rocketry events, at the Bonneville Salt Flats on Saturday, July 31, 2021.

Cosm

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A crowd immersed in scenes from the Olympics displayed on a 180 degree 8K LED dome at the Cosm Experience Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 30, 2021. At left is Cosm CEO Jeb Terry.

The White Family

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Family and friends cheer as USA swimming Rhyan White places fourth in the 200-meter backstroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics on Friday, July 30, 2021.

Large Dangerous Rocket Ships

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) People stare up to the sky as Bryce Chanes’s rocket Porthos climbs to 5,558 feet. Utah Rocket Club hosted Large Dangerous Rocket Ships, one of the country’s premier rocketry events, at the Bonneville Salt Flats on Saturday, July 31, 2021.

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Week Thirty

RSL v Colorado Rapids

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Real Salt Lake forward Bobby Wood (7) celebrates a first half goal as Real Salt Lake hosts the Colorado Rapids, MLS Soccer at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy on Saturday, July 24, 2021.

Low Moon Lake

Sugar House

Week Twenty-Nine

Millcreek

His Eminence

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and Bishop Oscar A. Solis during a visit to the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Deacon Lynn Johnson leads the tour.

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Week Twenty-Eight

I-70

Moab

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rim Village, a subdivision in Moab on Thursday, July 15, 2021.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Irrigation in Moab on Thursday, July 15, 2021.

Green River

Week Twenty-Seven

Sulphur Creek

Calf Creek

Walmart Field Guide

Josue

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) BYU swimmer Josue Dominguez will be the only male swimming for the Dominican Republic at the Olympics in Tokyo. Dominguez was photographed at BYU in Provo on Thursday, July 8, 2021.

Week Twenty-Six

Golf x Water

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Old Mill Golf Course in Salt Lake City on Friday, June 25, 2021.

Living Traditions

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Grupo Folklorico Tollan performs at the Living Traditions festival in Salt Lake City on Saturday, June 26, 2021.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The crowd joins dancers in a friendship dance during an intertribal pow wow at the Living Traditions festival in Salt Lake City on Saturday, June 26, 2021.

Recharge

Week Twenty-Five

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jan, Switchpioint in St. George on Friday, June 11, 2021.

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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jan, Switchpioint in St. George on Friday, June 11, 2021.

Table X

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Table X in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, June 23, 2021.

American Fork

Week Twenty-Four

Colorado City

LDS / NAACP

Naturalization

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) New citizen Zainab Masud displays her naturalization certificate during a naturalization ceremony that was part of Utah’s World Refugee Week celebration, in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, June 15, 2021.

NBA Playoffs – Jazz v Clippers

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz forward Royce O’Neale (23) yells after an offensive foul was called on the Clippers, as the Utah Jazz host the Los Angeles Clippers in a Game 5 matchup, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, June 16, 2021.