2025 in Utah
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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in Utah.
Incumbents
State government
Events
- January 4 – Utah is impacted by the January 5–6, 2025 United States blizzard.[1]
- January 23 – February 2: 2025 Sundance Film Festival[2]
- March 28 – Utah becomes the first US state to ban LGBTQ pride flags in government buildings and schools.[3][4][5]
- May 6 – In response to the LGBTQ pride flag ban enacted in March, Salt Lake City adopts two new official flags depicting the sego lily atop the pride flag and transgender flag, respectively.[6]
- May 7 – The name of the new National Hockey League (NHL) team based in Salt Lake City is revealed to be the Utah Mammoth.[7]
- June 14 – During a No Kings Day protest in Salt Lake City, a member of the protest's security team shoots at a man armed with a rifle, injuring him and killing bystander Afa Ah Loo.[8]
- June 15 – Three people are killed, including an infant, and two teenagers are injured in a shooting following a confrontation at a carnival in West Valley City.[9]
- June 20 – 2025 Southwest United States measles outbreak: Health officials confirm the state's first measles case of 2025.[10]
- August 18 – Two police officers are killed in a shooting at Tremonton, Utah, and a third police officer is wounded in the same attack. The suspect is arrested at the scene.[11]
Deaths
- August 18 – Deng Mayar, 22, basketball player, drowned.[12]
See also
References
- ^ "WEATHER ADVISORY: Winter storm hitting Utah through Saturday evening". ABC4 Utah. January 4, 2025. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
- ^ Kohlwey, Kirsten (October 23, 2024). "2025 Sundance Film Festival ticket passes and packages on sale now". TownLift, Park City News. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
- ^ "Utah becomes first state to ban LGBTQ pride flags in government buildings and schools - CBS News". CBS News. March 28, 2025.
- ^ "Pride flag ban: Utah becomes first state to outlaw pride flags in government buildings, schools".
- ^ "Utah becomes first US state to ban pride flags in schools, government buildings". ABC News. March 29, 2025.
- ^ Schoenbaum, Hannah; Boone, Rebecca (May 7, 2025). "Salt Lake City and Boise make pride flags official city emblems, skirting flag ban laws". The Associated Press. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
- ^ Whyno, Stephen (May 7, 2025). "Utah Mammoth is the permanent name of the NHL team in Salt Lake City". The Associated Press. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
- ^ Bedayn, Jesse (June 15, 2025). "Protester shot and killed at 'No Kings' rally in Utah, police say". The Associated Press. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
- ^ Gruver, Mead (June 16, 2025). "Carnival argument shooting kills 3 in an unusually violent weekend in Salt Lake City". Associated Press. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
- ^ "Utah reports its first measles case. Here's what you need to know". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
- ^ "2 officers killed and a 3rd is wounded in a Utah shooting, authorities say". Associated Press. August 18, 2025.
- ^ "Omaha basketball player Deng Mayar drowns in a Utah reservoir". AP News. August 18, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2025.