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.

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.”

Salt Lake City is a vibrant sports market. They have always supported the NBA’s Utah Jazz rain or shine (at 10-30 so far this year it’s been a perpetual downpour yet they continue to draw huge crowds at Delta Center), and the Winter Olympics are coming back in 2034 after being here in 2002.

Volunteers showed up with paint brushes Saturday morning in Rose Park to give long-time restaurant El Asadero a mini touch-up.

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ women shared their thoughts on Heather Gay’s text message game from the show’s season 5 finale

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

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,

Two people were thrown from a motorcycle and seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle in Salt Lake City Saturday evening, according to Salt Lake City Police. Authorities are actively

Salt Lake City's mayor says major gaps in homeless services and criminal justice systems must be fixed to solve issues that prompted state leadership concerns about policing.

As wildfires continued to tear through Southern California communities, having Salt Lake City ready for a catastrophic event isn’t lost on Mayor Erin Mendenhall. The mayor said though the city is prepared with water and resources, the thought of a major fire still keeps her up at night.

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.