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Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Kalshi co-founder Tarek Mansour speaking on a stage at Web Summit in Lisbon
Tarek Mansour at Web Summit in Lisbon, November 3, 2021. File photo, resized; display cropped. This is not a photograph of the Utah lawsuit. Photo: Diarmuid Greene / Web Summit via Sportsfile · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons / Web Summit
Politics

Utah sues Kalshi over alleged illegal event contracts

The state seeks an injunction, restitution and recovery of profits from specified Utah wagers.

· From Utah News Dispatch

Water channels and exposed shoreline at the southern end of the Great Salt Lake beneath a blue sky
Looking north across the southern Great Salt Lake shoreline. File photo, approximately November 2015, per USGS. Resized for display; not a photograph of current lake levels or the funding announcement. Photo: Michael Freeman / U.S. Geological Survey · Public domain · USGS
Outdoors & skiing

Curtis says Great Salt Lake funding could take years

The proposed $1 billion requires congressional approval and could arrive over multiple years.

· From Utah News Dispatch

Northbound view along Redwood Road beneath a pedestrian bridge in West Valley City
Redwood Road at the pedestrian bridge by Redwood Elementary School and West Malvern Avenue, West Valley City, August 5, 2017. File photo, resized; display cropped under CC BY-SA 4.0. This is a different location from the reported crash, not a crash-scene photo. Photo: An Errant Knight · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Crime & safety

Two pedestrians critically injured on Redwood Road

· From KSL.com

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  • American Fork · County response

    Egg Farm funding: what’s still unanswered

    American Fork’s funding cap and reported totals still need reconciliation. The county’s response explains the process but doesn’t resolve the numbers.

    Updated · Originally published

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Striped fairways, bunkers and ponds at Soldier Hollow Golf Course above Heber Valley
Soldier Hollow Golf Course, Midway, Utah; file photo, September 30, 2023. Full frame resized and converted to WebP; display cropped. Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Flickr

Golf

Courses, layouts and official tee-time links.

The Heritage Museum of Layton, a museum of local history in Layton
Heritage Museum of Layton; file photo, display cropped. Photo: Ntsimp · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Museums & history

Art, science and the stories of Utah’s past.

Snowy slopes of Alta ski area at the head of Little Cottonwood Canyon
Alta ski area, Little Cottonwood Canyon; file photo, display cropped. Photo: Baileypalblue · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Ski & snow

Resorts, mountain guides and snowy escapes.

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This date in Utah history

Today, October 20

1850 Settlers arrive at what became Payson

Three wagons carrying the families of James Pace, Andrew Jackson Stewart and John Courtland Searles arrived on Oct. 20, 1850, at the site of today's Payson, according to the Payson Historical Society. More families followed that November and December. The settlement was first named Peteetneet, after a Ute leader who lived in the area.

October 20, 1850 · Source: Payson City

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