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SALT LAKE CITY — 2023 may go down as a year of sport in Utah.
Salt Lake City hosted the NBA All-Star Game before it entered the race for a Major League Baseball expansion team, generated National Hockey League rumors and ended the year as the "preferred host" for the 2034 Winter Olympics, just to name a few major happenings. The Pac-12 Conference also collapsed in the middle of all of this, meaning that the University of Utah will join BYU in the Big 12 beginning next year.
However, other subjects also occupied interest throughout the state.
Snow and the impacts of a record-breaking statewide snowpack, for example, led to four of KSL.com's 12 most-read stories this year. It makes sense because the precipitation led to wide-ranging impacts such as improved water supply and a record ski season, but also more flooding and landslides.
There were also a handful of tragedies that generated both interest and reformation. These include changes to how police handle domestic violence calls and possible forthcoming changes to laws to combat road rage incidents.
These were this year's most-read KSL.com articles.
Southern Utah man kills wife, 5 children and mother-in-law before shooting himself
Date published: Jan. 5 (Original story on Jan. 4)
Page views: 813,593
Snow totals top 2 feet in valleys after massive snowstorm
Date published: Feb. 21 (Updated through Feb. 23)
Page views: 460,443
2 homes slide in Draper, nearby trails closed
Date published: April 22
Page views: 311,136
Police identify 2 killed after road rage incident led to head-on crash in Eagle Mountain
Date published: June 4 (Updated on June 5)
Page views: 289,740
Utah father took guns from home before killing 7, leaving family 'vulnerable,' relative says
Date published: Jan. 6
Page views: 270,559
Lori Vallow Daybell found guilty of killing her children, conspiring to kill new husband's wife
Date published: May 12
Page views: 269,996
Active shooter threat hoax came to Utah schools from outside the US, police say
Date published: May 12
Page views: 262,154
New online superstore surpasses Amazon and Walmart to become most downloaded app in US
Date published: Feb. 24
Page views: 262,154
Family identifies 16-year-old who died after decorative post fell on her in West Bountiful
Date published: May 23
Page views: 232,792
Water worries: Utah cities react to flooding; 20 Kaysville homes evacuated after road damage
Date published: April 12
Page views: 214,451
