Deseret News photojournalists have been busy this month covering a variety of news and sports stories, including several back-to-school events, the execution of a death row inmate and the Greater Utah Young Single Adults Conference 2024.
Earlier this month, wildfires to the west filled the valley with smoke. Utah’s foothills were dangerously dry for fire conditions and local firefighters were sent to California to help with park fires.
Here are some of the images that caught our eye during the week of August 3-9.
Nicholas Cote, western regional organizer for Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, prays during a gathering at a free speech zone set up by the Utah Department of Corrections near the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City ahead of the execution of Taberon Honie on Wednesday, August 7, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
The sun sets as a police vehicle parks at a gathering in a free speech zone established by the Utah Department of Corrections near the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City, ahead of the execution of Taberon Honie on Wednesday, August 7, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Rony Charles of Salt Lake City holds a sign and looks toward the Utah State Correctional Facility during a gathering at a free speech zone established by the Utah Department of Corrections near the facility in Salt Lake City ahead of the execution of Taberon Honie on Wednesday, August 7, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
The Salt Lake City skyline is obscured by wild fire smoke in the Salt Lake Valley on Thursday, August 8, 2024. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
Connie Crosby is hugged by her boyfriend Lane Valum during the dedication of the Road Home for the Connie Crosby Midvale Family Resource Center named after her, Wednesday, August 7, 2024, in Midvale. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
Utah firefighters prepare to deploy to California to help fight the Park Fire outside the Maverik Center in West Valley City on Wednesday, August 7, 2024. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Ziham Aden, 11, and her sister Zuhaila Aden, 9, talk about which backpacks to choose during the Utah Refugee Connection’s annual back-to-school event at Granite Park Junior High School in South Salt Lake, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. | Brice Tucker, Deseret News
Jim Beech takes a photo of his neighbor’s house after a man in his 70s crashed through a concrete wall near the house in Sandy on Tuesday, August 6, 2024. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
Recovery efforts on Robert Mittendorf’s body continue on Monday, August 5, 2024. Mittendorf disappeared while swimming with his son on Saturday evening when a storm approached. | Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News
Dry conditions are seen in Salt Lake City on Monday, August 5, 2024. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Lori Reynolds, elementary school human resources administrator for the Canyons School District, places a lei around the neck of Sarah Edwards, the new special education teacher at Glacier Hills Elementary School, during the Hawaiian luau celebration to inaugurate the district’s new teachers, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Sandy. | Brice Tucker, Deseret News
Karl Vilips celebrates with his father Paul Villas after winning the Korn Ferry Tour Utah Championship at Oakridge Country Club in Farmington on Sunday, August 4, 2024. | Brice Tucker, Deseret News
Marcus Kubryn of Calgary plays Star Wars Armada during the Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Historical Tabletop Gaming Convention at Utah State Fair Park in Salt Lake City on Saturday, August 3, 2024. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
Aubrey Reidhead of South Jordan speaks during a speed dating session as part of the 2024 Utah Area Young Single Adult Conference held at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Saturday, August 3, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News
Attendees applaud during the YSA Conference Concert at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, August 3, 2024. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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