The Iron Fire near Eureka, Juab County, grew to over 24,000 acres this weekend. No homes have been lost but Eureka remains under evacuation due to the fire. Residents near Salt Lake's Red Butte Canyon urged to prepare to evacuate if needed, due to the Bonneville Fire. The Hastings Fire in Tooele County grew to 6,000 acres as crews continue suppression efforts. The Middle Fork Fire near Huntsville is now at 334 acres; people told to avoid campground. And, down by Utah’s southern border, Arizona wildfires burn thousands of acres as Nevada smoke reaches Kanab.

Wasatch Front climbs into the 90s as heat builds this week; Alan Greenspan, economist and longtime head of the Federal Reserve, dies at 100

Mike Kennedy and the understated politics of passing bills (Deseret News)

SLC moves to license short-term rentals for the first time. Here’s what it means. (Salt Lake Tribune)

SLC voters chose to supercharge the city’s parks with tens of millions of dollars. What has come of it? (Salt Lake Tribune)

Are Americans ‘footing the bill’ for illegal immigration, as Mike Lee says? (KUER)

When teens drive less, they don’t register to vote. Here’s how civic groups are adapting. (Utah News Dispatch)

Celebrating the Fourth of July in Utah? Here’s where all the parades, fireworks and festivals are. (Salt Lake Tribune)

America 250 to be celebrated as movie night at Box Elder Fairgrounds (Cache Valley Daily)

Valerie Hudson: From taxation to national security, is the government finally going to get AI right this time? (Deseret News)

Opinion: AI tools help small businesses thrive (Deseret News)

Fear of data centers outpaces knowledge about them (Deseret News)

GOP embraces speculation about China’s role in data center backlash (The Hill)

How a Swiss company in Utah is building the future of North American transit (Deseret News)

Judge in Robinson case to decide if prosecutors could be punished for comments in media (Fox13)

Hundreds celebrate Juneteenth in Salt Lake City (Deseret News)

Photo gallery: World Refugee Day 2026 (Deseret News)

Behind ‘The Chosen’ with creator Dallas Jenkins (Deseret Voices)

Mother, daughter raise awareness for organ donation at Transplant Games (KSL)

This grandma and granddaughter TikTok duo is spreading joy online (KSL)

A Utah wildfire disrupted their wedding. All survived, save for the cake. (Salt Lake Tribune)

ABC4’s Wesley Ruff to retire after more than 40 years on Utah television (ABC4)

Utah unemployment rate decreases slightly, remains below national average (St. George News)

Amazon Prime Day to gauge US consumer strain as focus shifts to basics (Reuters)

Voices: Great Salt Lake is testing a new Republican approach to conservation (Salt Lake Tribune)

AJ Dybantsa’s dad used discipline, strictness and unity to produce a top NBA draft pick (Deseret News)

Faith without the politics: Father James Martin explains how the gospel cuts through partisanship and heals (Deseret News)

Dennis Rodman and ‘spiritual fathering’ as an ancient Christian practice (Deseret News)

Second surge: Young adults will soon set new Latter-day Saint missionary record, President Oaks says (Deseret News)

Pope Leo decries leaders who 'feed' wars while millions go hungry (Reuters)

Housing advocates and builders liked this idea, Utah cities did not (Fox13)

Housing starts sink to pandemic levels as builders worry about inflation (Utah News Dispatch)

Watch Duty, the fire tracking app used by millions, expands to help monitor dangerous floods (AP)

Another World Cup stunner: Cape Verde gets 1st goal of tournament and holds Uruguay to 2-2 draw (AP)

‘Toy Story 5' rakes in the biggest box-office debut of the year with a franchise-best $160 million (AP)

The Quiet Unraveling of America’s Food Safety Net (Politico)

Trump tries to blame Reflecting Pool woes on vandalism, without offering substantiation (AP)

Trump deepens the dustup with Italy’s Meloni, who says his ‘unprovoked attacks are senseless’ (AP)

DOJ memo stokes fear among disability advocates of a return to institutionalization (NPR)

Why Trump has been attacking the Supreme Court, with 3 key rulings ahead (Washington Post)

Trump relationship with Senate GOP crumbling after repeated clashes (The Hill)

Tulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political career (Washington Post)

Tennessee to restrict medical aid for critically ill undocumented children (Washington Post)

Moscow shoots down more than 80 drones; Russian attacks kill six in Ukraine (Reuters)

US and Iran make 'encouraging progress' at talks although tension remains (Reuters)

Vance says talks with Iranian officials set ‘good foundation’ for a deal to end the war (AP)

Leading Lebanese conservationist dies after an Israeli airstrike on her home (NPR)

Graham on Iran deal: ‘I think it’s going to fail’ (The Hill)

Pence rips Trump’s Iran deal: ‘A plan to make a plan’ (The Hill)

Unloved Starmer quits as UK PM after just two years (Reuters)

Temperatures to exceed 40C (104F) in European heatwave as three die in France (Reuters)

June 23 — Utah primary election

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Aug 13 — Titan of Public Service Gala with the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation, Grand America

Aug 18-20 — August Interim

Nov 3 — General election

1611 - Henry Hudson and 8 others are set adrift by mutineers. They are never seen again.

1775 - Congress issues Continental currency

1870 - US Congress creates the Department of Justice

1906 - Anne Spencer Morrow (Lindbergh) is born. The wife of Charles Lindbergh and the mama of kidnapped and murdered baby Charlie, she was also the first woman in the US to earn a glider pilot's license and earned the Hubbard Gold Medal from the National Geographic Society in 1934 for over 40,000 miles of exploration flying. In addition, she was a best-selling author.

1909 - Katherine Dunham is born. She was a dancer and choreographer that combined African movement and classical ballet.

1918 - Cicely Saunders is born. She was an English nurse, physician and writer who founded the first modern hospice.

1941 - Germany invades the Soviet Union

1944 - FDR signs the GI Bill, a bill that helped millions of returning American soldiers. However, lingering racial tensions made it difficult for black veterans to receive all benefits promised.

1970 - President Richard Nixon signed an extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that lowered the minimum voting age to 18.

1992 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, unanimously ruled that “hate crime” laws that banned cross burning and similar expressions of racial bias violated free-speech rights.

2015 - South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley calls for the removal of the Confederate flag from statehouse grounds in wake of killings in a Charleston church.