Utah leaders support Salt Lake City Mayor's new public safety plan and express readiness to collaborate on improving safety.

Utahns gathered at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City this MLK Day to march in honor of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The Great Salt Lake is once again expected to be a topic of discussion and action for Utah lawmakers in the 2025 general legislative session, which starts on Tuesday.

Connor Ingram made 23 saves and Olli Maatta scored his first goal for the Utah Hockey Club in a 5-2 victory over Winnipeg Jets.

The public safety plan will increase police presence in high-crime areas downtown, in the Ballpark Neighborhood and the Jordan River area. The plan includes placing security cameras at parks, enforcing park curfews and improving responses to businesses affected by crime.

The comprehensive new initiative comes after Utah legislative leaders called on the city to fix the problems or have the state step in.

Salt Lake City Erin Mendenhall released a plan to address homelessness after state leaders demanded one in a letter sent last month.

The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) is adding five new bus lines and restoring service on lines that had service cut during the pandemic, reports Jordan Miller for The Salt Lake Tribune. “The service expansion comes after a nearly 16% jump in ridership last year and will restore routes that have been dormant since the COVID-19 pandemic.”

A Swig store in Sugar House is being sued by a neighboring laundromat claiming its two-lane drive-thru breaches a 20-year-old contract.

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall released a series of recommendations Thursday to help curb homelessness and crime in Utah's capital city. Why it matters: The roughly 50-page public safety plan was spurred by a December letter from state GOP leaders,

For the first time in more than 30 years, Salt Lake City will be updating what days the city's Waste and Recycling Division will be collecting curbside trash.

A pair of Salt Lake City record stores are part of a growing movement to create "third spaces," places for Utahns under 21 to gather to make and appreciate music.