Our favorite Murray photos from 2025
Jan 15, 2026 05:15PM ● By City Journals Staff
Alexis Thompson is crowned Miss Murray 2025 by the previous Miss Murray, Allysa Sullivan, at a competition held at Hillcrest Junior High in May. (Peri Kinder/City Journals)
Murray’s Caitlyn Valovick Moore practices a Schubert piece ahead of a concert. (Photo courtesy Utah Symphony)
Liberty second-grader Kian Stram enjoys a tasty treat at Liberty Elementary’s traditional Watermelon Welcome, held after school on the first day of the school year. (Photo courtesy of Shana Mondragon/Liberty Elementary)
Loren Allred performs “Happy Days Are Here Again” on opening night. (Shaun Delliskave/City Journals)
Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson, Rep. Jim Dunnigan and Odyssey House representatives cut the ribbon to the new sober living facility. (Photo courtesy Odyssey House)
Parkside Elementary students look for “witch” way to the finish line of the school’s annual Monster Dash. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
Murray High celebrates its state championship at the unified high school soccer tournament. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
Murray celebrates Fourth of July with annual parade. Miss Murray royalty adorned the front of the Love, Murray float. (Tom Haraldsen/City Journals)
Reelected Mayor Brett Hales is sprayed with confetti after election results were announced. (Shaun Delliskave/City Journals)
During the mountain man rendezvous, McMillan fourth-graders try walking on stilts. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
Thousands watch the balloons “glow” up at the annual Utah Hot Air Balloon Palooza. (Shaun Delliskave/City Journals)
