2023 in Utah

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Last updated December 17, 2024

The following is a list of events of the year 2023 in Utah .

Incumbents

State government

Governor:Spencer Cox (R)

Events

January 4 – Killing of the Haight family: Three adults and five children are found dead inside a home in Enoch, after police conduct a welfare check.^[1]
March 21 – Utah adopts a new flag after the governor officializes it. It came into official use in March 2024.^[2]
August 9 – A man in Provo who made threats against President Joe Biden is shot and killed by FBI agents.^[3]
October 1 – North Dakota state senator Doug Larsen and his family are killed in a plane crash in Grand County.^[4]
November 24 – Astronomers at the Telescope Array Project observe the second largest cosmic ray ever detected, the so-called Amaterasu particle , with an energy of 244 EeV.^[5]

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References

↑ "Utah Man Kills Wife, Five Children and Mother-in-Law, Police Say". January 4, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "This is Utah's new flag — and here's why more states are mulling redesigns". March 21, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ France-Presse, Agence (2023-08-11). "Man who threatened Biden shot dead". The Manila Times. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
↑ "North Dakota state senator, his wife and 2 kids killed in Utah plane crash". AP News. 2023-10-02. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
↑ "Second OMG cosmic ray particle breaks physics again". cosmosmagazine.com. 2023-11-24. Retrieved 2024-12-16.

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[1] "Utah Man Kills Wife, Five Children and Mother-in-Law, Police Say". January 4, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] "This is Utah's new flag — and here's why more states are mulling redesigns". March 21, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] France-Presse, Agence (2023-08-11). "Man who threatened Biden shot dead". The Manila Times. Retrieved 2024-12-16.

[4] "North Dakota state senator, his wife and 2 kids killed in Utah plane crash". AP News. 2023-10-02. Retrieved 2024-12-16.

[5] "Second OMG cosmic ray particle breaks physics again". cosmosmagazine.com. 2023-11-24. Retrieved 2024-12-16.

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