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November 8, 2011 • By Cathy Mckitrick And Erin Alberty The Salt Lake Tribune
A small group of Occupy SLC protesters may face police action if they do not vacate the private lot where they have been camping and protesting.
About a dozen people have been camping since Thursday on a grass lot near the city's federal buildi... Full Story
November 9, 2011 • By Erin Alberty And Roxana Orellana The Salt Lake Tribune
Occupy SLC protesters who had been squatting on a privately owned vacant lot near the Federal Reserve branch building decided Tuesday night move to the Gallivan Center after the city offered it as a new campsite.
The decision ends a standoff between... Full Story
November 10, 2011 • By Dawn House The Salt Lake Tribune
An administrative board on Wednesday denied an appeal by Yellow Cab Driver Association, but a judge's temporary restraining order blocking new taxi services in Salt Lake City remains in effect.
The panel rejected Yellow Cab's contention tha... Full Story
November 11, 2011 • By Cathy Mckitrick, Janelle Stecklein And Bob Mims The Salt Lake Tribune
As a result of a man dying overnight at Salt Lake City's Pioneer Park, Police Chief Chris Burbank on Friday ordered Occupy Salt Lake protesters to vacate their camps at both the west-side park and downtown's Gallivan Center.
The protesters... Full Story
November 12, 2011 • By David Montero The Salt Lake Tribune
On a chilly Friday afternoon in the place marking Brigham Young's decision to settle Salt Lake Valley, state lawmakers and the Mormon church marked the one-year anniversary of The Utah Compact — a document supporters credit for sweeping immigra... Full Story
November 12, 2011 • By Brooke Adams The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City kept its word Saturday, clearing the Occupy SLC campsite at Pioneer Park, and the Occupiers kept to their principles, vacating the park — whether of their own accord or in handcuffs — nonviolently.
There was a small police presence ... Full Story
November 12, 2011 • By Terry Collins Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. • Oakland police handed out eviction notices at an anti-Wall Street encampment and officials elsewhere urged an end to similar gatherings as pressures against Occupy protest sites mounted in the wake of three deaths in different citie... Full Story
November 14, 2011 • By Nate Carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune
The man found dead in a tent in Pioneer Park, prompting Salt Lake City police to force the removal of Occupy SLC protesters, has been identified as Michael Manhard, 42.
Police have said Manhard appeared to have died from a combination of drug use an... Full Story
November 15, 2011 • The Salt Lake Tribune
The Salt Lake City Police Department rolled up the Occupy Salt Lake encampment in Pioneer Park Saturday night, but that's not the story. How they did it — without breaking heads, without ugly confrontation — that's the story.
Both the po... Full Story
November 15, 2011 • State of the Debate by George Pyle
- Peaceful ending: Closing Occupy SLC camp - Salt Lake Tribune Editorial
The Salt Lake City Police Department rolled up the Occupy Salt Lake encampment in Pioneer Park Saturday night, but that's not the story. How they did it — without breakin... Full Story
November 16, 2011 • By Derek P. Jensen The Salt Lake Tribune
Fingers of approval wiggled in the air as a speaker called for the censure of Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker and Police Chief Chris Burbank.
It was a different kind of public hearing Tuesday, as nearly three dozen Occupy SLC devotees descended on ... Full Story
November 17, 2011 • By Erin Alberty The Salt Lake Tribune
A Salt Lake City police officer has been fired after shooting a teenage driver in what prosecutors deemed an unjustified use of force.
Police Chief Chris Burbank confirmed that last month he fired officer Matthew Giles, who in the early hours of May ... Full Story
November 19, 2011 • The Salt Lake Tribune
Sanpete County should allow small homes
monday • The McMansion is as dead for many Americans as the fax machine. Zoning laws should be rewritten to account for that new reality. Which brings us to Chris Jaussi, who is attuned to the spirit of the ti... Full Story
November 29, 2011 • By Cathy Mckitrick The Salt Lake Tribune
Occupy SLC representatives met with city officials twice Tuesday to discuss the movement's inherent need to camp and First Amendment and human rights.
In a morning meeting with Mayor Ralph Becker, activist Thomas Camoin, a 44-year-old Salt Lake... Full Story
December 24, 2011 • By Anne Wilson The Salt Lake Tribune
There came a moment, during what could have been an ugly confrontation, when an Occupy SLC activist tried to shout down Police Chief Chris Burbank.
Burbank did what many people, even his critics, say is typical: He listened quietly, explained why he ... Full Story
December 27, 2011 • Out of Context by Tribune Political Reporters
Poll: Matheson leads all challengers. Romney tops in N.H. Huntsman serves dinner in Utah.
Happy Tuesday. Some must-see numbers out of the Deseret News poll: Rep. Jim Matheson leads all Republicans and Reps. Stephen Sandstrom and Carl Wimmer are close... Full Story
December 27, 2011 • The Salt Lake Tribune
Welcome to Weekend Rewind, a glance back at The Tribune's best news stories, top photos and opinions you may have missed from Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
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Top stories this past weekend
Utahn of the Year: Police Chief Chris Burbank • S... Full Story
December 31, 2011 • The Salt Lake Tribune
Re "Utahn of the year: Police Chief Burbank" (Tribune, Dec. 25):
Bravo! I completely concur in The Tribune's choice of Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank as Utahn of the year. I have watched him calmly and quietly defuse potentially viole... Full Story
January 2, 2012 • The Salt Lake Tribune
Kudos to The Tribune for choosing Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank as the 2011 Utahn of the year. In a year when Utah produced a top NBA draft pick and a presidential candidate, it would be easy to bow to popular opinion and select someone w... Full Story
January 4, 2012 • The Salt Lake Tribune
The Dec. 25 Tribune hails Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank as the 2011 Utahn of the Year. In contrast, Time magazine calls out "The Protester" as the Person of the Year.
Yes, Burbank handled the protesters at both the Tim DeChristopher tria... Full Story
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