The Capitol in Salt Lake City is pictured on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)
Some of Utah’s most impactful news stories of the year — from the tragic to the joyful to the picturesque — were captured in powerful photos.
Utah News Dispatch is lucky to work with talented photographers in our state. They joined us in recording the moment that the boisterous No Kings protest turned deadly, the aftermath of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the state’s environmental challenges, and more.
Here is a glimpse of some of our top photos of 2025.
People take part in the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)First responders tend to a man injured in a shooting at the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)A musical number is performed during a celebration of life for Arthur “Afa” Ah Loo at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City on Friday, June 27, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)Gov. Spencer Cox talks to media after conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)Media surround Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray as he announces charges against Tyler Robinson, who is accused of killing Charlie Kirk, at the Utah County Health & Justice Building in Provo on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)People attend a Turning Point USA event at Utah State University in Logan on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)Utah State Representatives Ashley Matthews, D-West Jordan, Angela Romero, D-Salt Lake City, and Matthews’ infant Joey greet Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)Protesters rally in support of Proposition 4 in the rotunda of the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)People in the Senate gallery watch as senators vote on HB267, a bill that would ban collective bargaining for public employees, at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)A crowd holds a pride flag during a LBGTQ+ rights protest at the Utah State Capitol on the last day of the legislative session, Friday, March 7, 2025. (Photo by Alex Goodlett for Utah News Dispatch)Downtown Salt Lake City is silhouetted as the sun sets over the Great Salt Lake on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)Patterns left behind by draining water are shown in mud flats surrounding the Great Salt Lake near Magna on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)Trees line the banks where the Provo River Delta flows into Utah Lake on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)Kiri Monks of Graveyard Violet performs outside the Utah Capitol during the No Kings rally in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by Marco Lozzi for Utah News Dispatch)Peyton Love looks toward the casket of his mother, former Utah Rep. Mia Love, in the Utah State Capitol on Sunday, April 6, 2025. (Photo by Marco Lozzi for Utah News Dispatch)Members of the House of Representatives work at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)Jesse Chief, a member of the Navajo Nation, performs a fancy dance during a rally in opposition of Utah’s lawsuit attempting to take control of federal lands at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)Travelers move through Salt Lake International Airport in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)Kenny McFarland harvests onions on his family’s farm in western Weber County on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)Thousands of protesters rally outside the Utah Capitol during the No Kings demonstration in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by Marco Lozzi for Utah News Dispatch)A great blue heron flies along the San Juan River in southern Utah on Friday, May 2, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)The site of a future homeless services campus at 2520 N. 2200 West in Salt Lake City is pictured on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)
