(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Department of Homeland Security is abandoning plans to turn a massive Salt Lake City warehouse into an immigration detention facility. A federal court filing yesterday revealed DHS no longer intends to convert the 833-thousand-square-foot property near Salt Lake City International Airport. The federal government […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — When the Winter Olympics return to Utah in 2034, all eyes will be on the snow forecast, but three professors are more worried about smog. Utah State University professors are publishing an academic paper about the possibility that Salt Lake City’s air quality could give […]
A fire in Salt Lake City that’s burning above the University of Utah is now moving further away from homes. While the firefight remains dynamic, a shelter-in-place order was lifted last night. At last check, the so-called Bonneville Fire was about 500 acres in size and containment was at five-percent. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County are suing the federal government over a proposed immigration detention center. The federal lawsuit names the U-S Department of Homeland Security and U-S Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The city and county claim the Trump administration violated several federal […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Salt Lake City is reportedly the frontrunner among western cities to score an expansion baseball team. USA Today says the pair of MLB expansion teams are likely to land in Nashville and Salt Lake City. The expansion teams will probably be awarded by 2029. Other […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Prosecutors say a suspect is behind bars for allegedly taking part in a deadly shooting outside a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The January shooting killed two people in the parking lot on North Redwood Road in Salt Lake City. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Trump administration says they’re moving the U.S. Forest Service headquarters to Salt Lake City. The agency said it’s part of a restructuring plan so leadership can be closer to the forests. Utah Governor Spencer Cox called it a big win for Utah and the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — It’s possible that a mass detention center is being planned for Salt Lake City after Immigration and Customs Enforcement bought a massive building. ICE paid over 145-million dollars for the 833-thousand square foot warehouse that sits on about 25-acres. It’s five miles southwest of Salt […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Three years after it was built for a billion dollars, a prison might get an expansion. The expansion for the prison west of Salt Lake International airport is backed by State Representative Karianne Lisonbee. KUTV says she did not give a scheduled presentation to the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox is pushing back against rumors of an immigration detention facility planned for Salt Lake City. Protesters gathered Friday outside an empty warehouse near 68-hundred West and one-thousand North after claims surfaced that ICE would house detainees there. In an interview with […]
