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(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Descendants of Thomas and Sarah Ann Spencer, from left Mavis Herbert and her daughter Susan Spencer Fazio, tour the pioneer home on Thursday, June 8, 2023, after the home's historical dedication ceremony. The Spencer Homestead, a 130-year-old, 160-acre homestead originally settled by Thomas and Sarah Ann Spencer and their three children in what is now Dimple Dell Regional Park, is now part of the National Register of Historic Places.

Step back in time at this newly dedicated ‘historic’ homestead in a popular Utah park

By Alixel Cabrera | June 10, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Amy Fowler takes the oath of office as a Salt Lake City Council member on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Fowler will resign July 3 after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in May.

Amy Fowler’s court date delayed as SLC Council spells out how and when she will be replaced

By Blake Apgar | June 9, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) City Creek daylighting project would add water and gathering amenities to Folsom Trail, pictured on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, near downtown Salt Lake City. The path opened in 2022, but more work is underway.

Popular SLC trail could gain more neighborhood attractions

By Alixel Cabrera | June 6, 2023, 6:06 p.m.

(Salt Lake City, Nicholas Tate Barney) The proposed layout of The Ballpark, a group of Utah State University landscape architecture students' submission to the Ballpark Next competition. The proposal took first place in the contest's student category.

See the winners of SLC’s Ballpark Next competition. Will any of them make the final cut?

By Blake Apgar | June 1, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Amy Fowler takes the oath of office as a Salt Lake City Council member on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. She announced Tuesday that she intends to resign from the council.

Amy Fowler to resign from SLC Council in wake of DUI arrest

By Blake Apgar | May 31, 2023, 3:38 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) City Hall in Salt Lake City in 2022. Mayor Erin Mendenhall's fiscal 2024 budget includes a program that would reimburse city employees for a swath of expenses, including those incurred when traveling out of state for abortions or other medical procedures.

SLC may start paying travel for out-of-state abortions for its employees. Will the plan last?

By Blake Apgar | May 30, 2023, 5:31 p.m.

(Salt Lake City, Dan Teed) A rendering of BaseCamp SLC, Dan Teed's submission to the Ballpark Next competition.

See all the submissions to SLC’s Ballpark Next design competition. Which do you like best?

By Blake Apgar | May 23, 2023, 10:52 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Homes border both sides of Interstate 15 in Woods Cross in January. Some community activists are still trying to stop a planned expansion of the freeway between Farmington and Salt Lake City.

UDOT update: Is burying I-15 an option? How many homes, businesses may be displaced?

By Alixel Cabrera | May 23, 2023, 12:22 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The living room of Amanda and AJ Secrist's home in Federal Heights, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Preservation Utah will host its annual Historic Homes Tour in the neighborhood Saturday.

Get an up-close look at one of Salt Lake City’s most prestigious neighborhoods on this weekend’s home tour

By Blake Apgar | May 18, 2023, 12:21 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A woman waits near the baggage carousel at Salt Lake City International Airport on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. Five new gates have opened in concourse A.

How Salt Lake City International Airport’s ‘new direction’ will ease travel for some

By Blake Apgar | May 16, 2023, 8:06 p.m.

(David Howells | Rio Tinto) Kennecott's north tailings impoundment on Oct. 26, 2021. The company is seeking an extension on the east side of the site to accommodate the expansion of the Bingham Canyon mine.

Kennecott’s tailings may creep even closer to homes in Magna

By Alixel Cabrera | May 16, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dawn Ramsey, South Jordan mayor, at her office, on Thursday, May 4, 2023. She recently earned her bachelor's degree.

This Utahn combined two time-consuming jobs: being mayor, attending college

By Alixel Cabrera | May 13, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Bodhi and Jack King spend time with her daughter, Raya, during a supervised visit at the Division of Child and Family Services on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. While homeless, the couple lost custody of Raya and spent years to improve their lives to be reunited.

‘Behind the Headlines’ — Homeless couple’s heartfelt journey, Utahns’ economic views, Ute Tribe sues

By The Salt Lake Tribune | May 11, 2023, 10:17 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Amy Fowler takes the oath of office as a Salt Lake City Council member In January 2022. The Utah Highway Patrol arrested Fowler on suspicion of driving under the influence last week. She has vowed to remain on the council and "rebuild trust."

Amy Fowler pledges to stay on SLC Council, ‘rebuild trust’ after ‘eye-opening’ DUI arrest

By Blake Apgar | May 10, 2023, 3:13 a.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) A Zions Bank branch in Cottonwood Heights, Monday, March 13, 2023.

Zions’ stock rises months after prices plunged as analysts upgrade bank’s outlook

By Megan Banta | May 5, 2023, 9:21 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Amy Fowler, District 7, says a few words after taking the oath of office in January 2022. The Utah Highway Patrol arrested Fowler on suspicion of DUI in Utah County this week.

Salt Lake City Council member arrested on suspicion of DUI after collision

By Blake Apgar | May 5, 2023, 9:10 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Artist and puzzle maker Eric Dowdle in his studio in Lindon on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Dowdle will present a puzzle of Herriman and its landmarks in the city's Experience Herriman event this Saturday.

Herriman residents will put together their own Dowdle jigsaw puzzle wall

By Alixel Cabrera | May 5, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) From left, Salt Lake City Public Utilities stormwater workers Scott Swanger, Brad Jeppson, Andy Gonzales and Kenny Rigby check in on Red Butte Creek near Sunnyside Park to remove debris on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. With this year’s record snowpack, resources are being devoted to around-the-clock monitoring of streams to prevent potentially damaging flooding.

In flood fight, SLC’s ‘Stream Team’ plays pickup sticks, but it’s no game

By Blake Apgar | May 5, 2023, 6:29 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall speaks at a groundbreaking event for the Power District development — potential site of a Major League Baseball stadium — on North Temple, Wednesday, April 12, 2023.

Erin Mendenhall proposes $445M budget with new plans for Great Salt Lake, e-bikes and air quality

By Blake Apgar | May 3, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan, Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson and current Mayor Erin Mendenhall are lining their campaign coffers in preparation for what will likely be a costly race to lead Utah's capital.

Erin Mendenhall, Rocky Anderson amassing cash for costly SLC mayoral race

By Blake Apgar | June 7, 2023, 8:44 p.m.