SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An eclectic community known as Hobbitville in Salt Lake City will be turned into a public art park amid efforts to protect the property from development, city officials said. The Salt Lake City Council approved a budget amendment last week increasing the city’s original $4 million […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The cost of hand-painted Salt Lake City mayoral portraits has risen significantly over the last two decades with outgoing Mayor Jackie Biskupski’s painting expected to cost about $35,000. That budgeted taxpayer cost being considered by the Salt Lake City council for the Biskupski portrait is […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Some officers from the Salt Lake City Police Department have warned city leaders that new hybrid sedans are too small. The Ford Fusion Responder hybrid sedan was “not designed for police work,” and “a danger to anyone that may need a police response,” several officers […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Demonstrators are raising concerns after state and city officials announced plans to close a homeless shelter as winter approaches. The Road Home shelter has housed homeless people and families for decades but is scheduled to close in about three weeks, Salt Lake City officials said. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake City councilwoman who rose to prominence fighting pollution clinched a win in the mayoral race Wednesday with the concession of her opponent, a state lawmaker who was aiming to be the Utah capital’s first Latina mayor. Democratic Sen. Luz Escamilla conceded the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — 8:25 p.m. A Salt Lake City councilwoman who rose to prominence fighting pollution has taken an early lead in the race to become the next mayor. Erin Mendenhall won 59 percent of the vote in the first round of ballots released shortly after polls closed. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski is endorsing Utah Sen. Luz Escamilla to replace her as leader of the capital city. The Deseret News reports that Biskupski cited Escamilla’s record working on behalf of minority groups as a state lawmaker. Escamilla is running against Erin Mendenhall, a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — City leaders in Salt Lake City threatened to crack down on electric scooters amid a spike in injuries and growing complaints of sidewalk riders from residents. The City Council will consider an ordinance that would regulate the scooters in the coming weeks, the Salt Lake […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Latina state senator and a pollution-fighting city councilwoman will face off in November for the Salt Lake City mayor’s seat. Ballot results released Thursday show Sen. Luz Escamilla ahead of former state Sen. Jim Dabakis by about 400 votes. The outspoken, gay former state […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The body of a slain college student has been recovered in a Utah canyon about 85 miles away from a backyard in Salt Lake City where other remains were found last week, police said Friday. The disclosure came in the case involving 23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck. […]
