By Katie McKellar | Senior Reporter
After reality TV star Paris Hilton has spent years advocating against Provo Canyon School’s teen treatment center, Utah state health officials have revoked the operating license for one of the institution’s campuses.
All services at the school’s campus for girls in Springville must be shut down by Aug. 6, and any new enrollments are prohibited, according to the license revocation letter.
In today’s Dispatch, we report on what a state investigation found at the teen treatment center that led to the license revocation, what happened during the second day of a preliminary hearing for Charlie Kirk’s accused shooter, and how four states stalled a Colorado River water rights deal despite tribes coming together.
“Today, the state confirmed what survivors have known all along: Provo Canyon School failed the children in its care.” — Paris Hilton, while applauding the state’s decision to revoke Provo Canyon School’s license for its girls campus.
Demonstrators at a news conference make a show of support for parents suing the Provo Canyon School on June 15, 2026. (Annie Knox, Utah News Dispatch)
By Alixel Cabrera
Utah Department of Health officials said they revoked the Springville campus’ license because of the school’s “failure to provide applicable health and safety services” for its enrolled teens, while also citing “chronic, ongoing noncompliance.”
A state investigation found the center delayed treatment for a minor who was unconscious after a physical assault, along with multiple incidents in which the school failed to ensure clients have “the right to be free from potential harm or acts of violence.” Provo Canyon School officials say they disagree with the revocation, and they’re considering all options to contest the decision, including an appeal.
Defense attorney Kathryn Nester talks to Tyler Robinson during a preliminary hearing in 4th District Court for Robinson, the Utah man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, in Provo on July 7, 2026. (Pool photo by Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune)
By Annie Knox
As a Utah judge weighs the evidence against a man charged with shooting and killing conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, the public is getting a more limited view of the case.
The judge has allowed some videos to be displayed in the courtroom during this week’s preliminary hearing, but not all. He said he’s aiming to balance the rights of defendant Tyler Robinson, victims and those interested in the case while weighing what should be in the public eye — and what shouldn’t.
A man fills his water tank at a well a few miles from the Hopi village of Mishongnovi, on the tribe’s northern Arizona reservation. (Photo by Sharon Chischilly for ProPublica)
PROPUBLICA AND KJZZ
By Mark Olalde, ProPublica & Alex Hager, KJZZ
A deal to bring Colorado River water to Native American communities in northern Arizona, where a third of homes lack running water, is being blocked by neighboring states, caught up in a broader battle over how to divide the dwindling river.
The largest tribal water rights settlement in U.S. history — the product of decades of negotiations to secure water for the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe and San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe — was on the verge of being realized before Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming stepped in to oppose it being codified by Congress.
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