Five thousand people came to downtown Salt Lake City to drink beer at the City County Building on Saturday.

Salt Lake County wants more of a say as Salt Lake City considers adopting a new plan for Parleys Historic Nature Park.

Parleys Historic Nature Park is about to undergo a dramatic change. The proposal Salt Lake City is currently debating will affect four different types of visitors: birders, dog-owners, teenagers and bikers.

While some Utahns believe there’s a backroom deal behind the Obama Administration’s decision to vet a Republican to be Utah’s next U.S. Attorney, local Republican and Democratic attorneys are rejecting that idea.

About 40,000 bees have taken up residence on the roof of the Salt Lake City Main Public Library.

The popular Twilight Concert Series doubled its previous record for attendance last night in its new location at Pioneer Park in downtown Salt Lake City. But the turnout begs the question: Is bigger better?

About 80,000 visitors each year attend the Utah Arts Festival, which starts Thursday at Salt Lake City’s Library Square. It takes 1,200 volunteers to put on the event. These volunteers include 50 Job Corps students who donate roughly $50,000 in manpower, erecting the performance stages and then tearing them down.

Utes fans are holding their breath for an anticipated announcement this week regarding whether University of Utah’s football team will be asked to join the more lucrative PAC-10.

Salt Lake County opened its newest recreation center this morning. It’s an environmentally friendly, 62,000-square foot facility on Salt Lake City’s west side. James Russell, a lifelong resident and member of the neighborhood advisory board for the project, said at the ribbon cutting ceremony that he’s waited a long time for such a facility.

The slopes at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort will remain open into late June this year, marking one of the longest ski seasons in its history. A flurry of late spring snow has helped turn around a season that started out very slowly.