There are two kinds of meters in downtown Salt Lake City. Both sit on the sidewalk and accept change, but instead of parking, one is aimed at curbing panhandling. The HOST program raises money through its red meters to help connect the homeless with social services and resources. But as KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports, most of the donations that have come in so far haven’t been from the public.
Ammunition is making it difficult for firefighters to battle a wildfire burning on the Utah National Guard’s Camp Williams, just outside of Eagle Mountain. Spokesman Lt. Col. Hank McIntire says areas of the base are filled with thousands of undetonated shells that have been there for decades.
Segment 1: Combine technology, self-paced learning, college courses and a classroom teacher and you’ve got Innovations High School, the latest educational offering from Salt Lake City School District. The idea is to create a blended learning environment, mixing the flexibility of a digital curriculum with the structure and guidance of a traditional classroom experience. Is…
A bill passed by Utah lawmakers earlier this year puts new requirements on smoke shops statewide, limiting where they can operate within cities. Now, Centerville’s City Council has passed an ordinance banning all smoke shops within the city. KCPW’s Charlotte Duren has more.
The impact of Sunday’s massacre at a Sikh Temple in Wisconsin by a white supremacist hit especially hard for Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill. Gill says as an American citizen and a member of the Sikh faith himself, he is both outraged and saddened by the events that occurred. He says hate crimes not only affect the immediate victims but also those who belong to community.
Salt Lake County is one step closer to getting more parks and park improvements. Tuesday, the County Council unanimously approved placing a $47 million parks bond proposal requested by Mayor Peter Corroon on the November ballot.
Salt Lake City will have to wait a couple more weeks before finding out if the county will help fund a Broadway-style theater downtown. Tuesday the Salt Lake County Council met with city leaders to discuss the project and possibly vote on whether or not the county would foot 20 percent of the total cost. But as KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports county leaders want the issue studied further before any final decisions are made.
Home prices across the state have risen for the third straight month. Realtors say this shows a more balanced real-estate market, with sellers doing better than they have in years. KCPW’s Charlotte Duren has the details.
Eighty-four documents released Tuesday after more than two years of work by The Salt Lake Tribune to obtain them reveal what West Valley City police learned in the days following the December 2009 disappearance of Susan Cox Powell. And they could put pressure on the department to explain why it didn’t arrest her husband Josh Powell, who killed himself and their two young sons earlier this year.
A new report by a local advocacy group says Medicaid spending is not going to cripple Utah’s budget, despite fears expressed by some state leaders. Allison Rowland is Director of Research and Budget at Voices for Utah Children.
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