First edition of The Southern Utah Tribune released

Chalked out plan to mail at no cost to 40,000 southwestern Utah homes and businesses, The Salt Lake Tribune has released the first edition of The Southern Utah Tribune. It aims to serve people in Washington County — home to more than 200,000 people today and an anticipated 460,000 in the future — with news and information that’s just for them. Starting in October, 40,000 homes and businesses will receive a print newspaper, for free delivered monthly via mail. The publisher is also offering a weekly newsletter and regular reporting at southernutahtribune.org.

Before they started reporting a single story, The Southern Utah Tribune spent months listening to what residents want from their local news source. Hundreds of southern Utahns told them they care about soaring rents and home prices, traffic, how crowded schools are and who benefits from zoning decisions. They want on-the-ground coverage of city and county meetings and how budgets are allocated. They wonder where St George’s water will come from and who will pay for future reservoirs.