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.

Gabriel Elstein was sentenced to three years of probation in a criminal marijuana conspiracy case earlier this month.

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 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,

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'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.

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.

A suspect was taken into custody early Saturday morning after hit-and-run crash left a person seriously injured in the Granary District.

Other cities, counties and, most of all, the state — with the deepest pockets — must step up,” writes The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board. “So must the state’s philanthropic and religious leaders.”

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