The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in Utah.
Incumbents State government Governor: Spencer Cox (R)
Events January 4 – Utah is impacted by the January 5–6, 2025 United States blizzard. January 23–February 2 – 2025 Sundance Film Festival March 28 – Utah becomes the first US state to ban LGBTQ pride flags in government buildings and schools. May 6 – In response to the LGBTQ pride flag ban enacted in March, Salt Lake City adopts two new official flags depicting the sego lily atop the pride flag and transgender flag, respectively. May 7 – The name of the new National Hockey League (NHL) team based in Salt Lake City is revealed to be the Utah Mammoth. June 14 – During a No Kings Day protest in Salt Lake City, a member of the protest's security team shoots at a man armed with a rifle, injuring him and killing bystander Afa Ah Loo. June 15 – Three people are killed, including an infant, and two teenagers are injured in a shooting following a confrontation at a carnival in West Valley City. June 20 – 2025 Southwest United States measles outbreak: Health officials confirm the state's first measles case of 2025. June 25 – American social media influencer Tanner Martin, previously diagnosed with Stage IV colorectal cancer in 2020, announces his death from the disease in a pre-recorded TikTok video.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/tanner-martin-dead-cancer-tiktok.htmlhttps://abcnews.com/GMA/Wellness/30-year-influencer-announces-death-after-yearslong-cancer/story?id=123196896 August 18 – Two police officers are killed and one wounded in a shooting in Tremonton. The suspect is arrested at the scene. September 10 – Conservative activist Charlie Kirk is assassinated by gunshot during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem. A suspect is arrested two days later. November 10 – A judge rejects a proposed congressional map drawn by Republicans that would have split Salt Lake City among Utah's four House districts. The judge institutes a map that puts most of the city in one district, essentially creating one solid Democratic district and three Republican ones. December 9 – The University of Utah board of trustees votes to create a company called Utah Brands & Entertainment that the private equity firm Otro Capital has a minority stake in. Utah Brands & Entertainment would control much of the athletic programs of the University of Utah.
Deaths August 18 – Deng Mayar, 22, basketball player, drowned. September 10 - Charlie Kirk, 31, right wing political activist
See also 2025 in the United States
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