News across Salt Lake County
A rare feature in Utah is coming to SLC’s Glendale Regional Park
Glendale Regional Park's next wave of additions will include new places to ride and roll.

An LDS church will be torn down for the Bangerter Highway project. Before that happens, members dug up a piece of its past.
A 1980 time capsule was supposed to stay buried until 2030. But with the LDS church set to be torn down for the Bangerter Highway project, members dug it up early.

An SLC worker accidentally poisoned 200 trees at the city’s front door. Two years on, a greener future is taking root.
An herbicide mix-up killed 200 trees on a major Salt Lake City street, but a new landscape will be in place just in time for one of the largest events in Utah's history.

Utah’s oldest school is selling its 9th & 9th campus. Will the historic building remain?
The historic Rowland Hall campus will no longer be a school, but expect it to be full of students.

Voices: SLC says it wants affordable housing. Its new utility rates work against projects like mine.
“Our elected officials’ statements about how concerned they are about affordability are ringing pretty hollow right now,” writes real estate agent and investor Paul Svendsen in an op-ed.

SLC planners OK smaller backyard homes across the city, but it’s not a done deal yet
Salt Lake City's proposal to allow smaller homes in residential neighborhoods takes a major leap forward.

2 big data centers are coming to Utah’s coal country. How they’ll be powered has residents ‘up in arms.’
“It’s all descending, these data centers,” said Cindy O’Neil, who tracks the progress of the projects. “They’re setting these things within a couple of miles of homes.”

Here’s what we know about the fuel pipeline project proposed for Emigration Canyon
HF Sinclair is studying potential canyon routes to expand a pipeline that carries refined fuel from Wyoming to Utah. Here's why some residents are concerned.

Salt Lake City’s newly revitalized Steenblik Park is complete
Sept. 21, 2026 Steenblik Park, located at 1050 W. 800 North, is now open to the public following major revitalization. The project marks an important milestone for Salt Lake City’s Department of Public Lands as the first existing park to receive a full renovation through the…

A mini-city, green space or something else? Here’s what you said that huge SLC parking lot should be.
Tribune readers have lots of ideas for that full block of downtown parking in Salt Lake City.

Utah millennials are increasingly becoming homeowners. Here’s how some of them achieved it.
An increasing number of millennials now own houses — but with today's housing market, many feel stuck in their starter homes.
Salt Lake City, Chelsea Investment Corporation Break Ground on 96 Affordable Homes in Ballpark
Sept. 8, 2026 Salt Lake City and Chelsea Investment Corporation broke ground Thursday on Camden Court, a 96-unit affordable housing development at 1283 S. 400 W. in the Ballpark neighborhood. The seven-story development will provide 96 income-restricted apartments for households…