SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake County says it will begin requiring background checks on private sales at gun shows held in county-owned facilities next year. Mayor Jenny Wilson announced the rule Monday, saying she knows it won’t solve the gun violence problem but says the county can’t risk […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah homeless advocates say they have had difficulty filling beds at Salt Lake County’s homeless resource centers. The Deseret News reported some people in the homeless population have not yet made the transition to sleeping at the centers. Officials say that following the closure of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Department of Transportation is installing a new temporary bridge to carry Interstate 80 traffic over Union Pacific railroad tracks in western Salt Lake County during a construction project. The state Department of Transportation says the temporary bridge in sections that crews are assembling […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah county intends to launch a program prioritizing rehabilitation over prison for low-level offenders. The Deseret News reported Tuesday that the Salt Lake County criminal justice diversion program is expected to reduce the county prison population. The program intended to prevent individuals from entering […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A tech worker was charged Wednesday with murder and kidnapping in the death of a Utah college student whose body was found in a wooded area with her arms bound behind her. Prosecutors said Ayoola A. Ajayi, 31, was the last person Mackenzie Lueck communicated […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake City-area police department says a 41-year-old man was arrested following a chase that began after a suspicious vehicle rammed a police car. KUTV-TV reports that a total of two police cars were rammed during the Tuesday night incident that began in Midvale and ended […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — One of Utah’s largest police departments is facing a backlash as they consider whether to discontinue body cameras due to cost concerns. Dozens of people have asked Unified Police of Salt Lake County to keep them, including some who recounted stories of loved one being […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A woman who made unsuccessful bids for Congress and Salt Lake County mayor has been elected by Democratic party members to the Salt Lake County Council. Shireen Ghorbani topped nine other candidates in a Saturday special election to fill the at-large seat left open when […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Elected officials in southwest Salt Lake County are floating the idea of splitting the county without a majority vote from the area they’d leave behind. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that representatives from Herriman, Riverton, West Jordan and Copperton say they don’t feel fully represented at the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New figures show fewer than half of the residents in Utah’s Salt Lake County belong to the Mormon church, a significant milestone that illustrates how the state’s largest county is becoming more religiously diverse. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that numbers from The Church of Jesus Christ […]
