Blake Apgar - The Salt Lake Tribune

(The Larry H. Miller Co.) The Larry H. Miller Co. released renderings for its plans for the Power District development on Salt Lake City’s west side on Feb. 15, 2024. The 100-acre site along North Temple is where the company's proposed Major League Baseball stadium would be built. Text messages shows city officials worry about the ultimate impact on the west side.

Exclusive: SLC Council members shared scathing text messages about Utah MLB ballpark deal

By Blake Apgar | March 29, 2024, 5:18 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Evie Gaisford, 9, bats during baseball practice at Oak Hills Ball Diamonds in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, March 19, 2024.

While Utah courts MLB, little leaguers in Salt Lake City face future without the sport

By Blake Apgar | March 25, 2024, 4:32 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Council member Darin Mano at City Hall in Salt Lake City in May 2023. He has announced plans to leave his elected post when his current term ends.

Salt Lake City Council member announces he won’t seek another term. Probably.

By Blake Apgar | March 23, 2024, 12:00 p.m.

(Salt Lake City) A rendering of Northern Light, the art installation that will greet travelers when they arrive on concourse B after passing through the Central Tunnel at Salt Lake City International Airport.

SLC airport passengers will soon get to pass through the Central Tunnel. Here’s what will greet them on the other side.

By Blake Apgar | March 22, 2024, 5:44 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City International Airport on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Passengers are due to have another club option after the final gate expansion is completed on the B concourse.

Finally, non-Delta customers will get a club at SLC airport

By Blake Apgar | March 21, 2024, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Wells Ward Latter-day Saint meetinghouse, shown in May 2023, is poised to be torn down.

One of the LDS Church’s architectural gems is destined for demolition

By Blake Apgar | March 9, 2024, 1:00 p.m.

(Jose Davila IV | The Salt Lake Tribune) Weathered Waves in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, March 6, 2024.

Salt Lake City bar’s ‘No Zionists’ policy prompts dozens of complaints to Utah liquor agency

By Sean P. Means | Jessica Miller Schreifels | Jordan Miller | Blake Apgar | March 9, 2024, 12:45 a.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A man pushes his belongings across the street on North Temple, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. Lawmakers have allotted money to build a 600- to 800-bed shelter.

Utah finally solves a basic math problem. The answer could get hundreds of people off the streets.

By Blake Apgar | March 8, 2024, 12:30 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) City Hall and downtown Salt Lake City on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. The City Council is poised to make changes to public comment periods before the council.

‘Because we can’: SLC Council rams through public comment restrictions

By Blake Apgar | March 6, 2024, 5:09 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City’s first legal homeless camp is shown in December 2023. Lawmakers are considering a $55 million spending plan that could pay for the creation of a permanent camp elsewhere in Utah's capital.

Homelessness relief plan slashed as Utah lawmakers weigh billions for baseball and hockey

By Blake Apgar | February 28, 2024, 1:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A Delta Air Lines flight takes off at Salt Lake City International Airport on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. The airport aims to lengthen the runway to enable longer nonstop international flights.

The key to stretching SLC flights to 6,000 miles comes down to 2,500 feet

By Blake Apgar | February 24, 2024, 6:17 p.m.

(The Larry H. Miller Co.) Rendering of a proposed ballpark on Salt Lake City’s west side.

Utah’s MLB ballpark funding bill worries SLC; key council member calls it ‘slap in the face’

By Blake Apgar | February 23, 2024, 3:36 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) The former Brinton house at 4880 S. Highland Circle in Holladay, left, in 2023, and the demolition of the property, right, on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024.

Historic Holladay home hauled off to the trash heap

By Blake Apgar | February 16, 2024, 1:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Members of the Salt Lake City Police Department stand by as people camping along 500 West pack up their belongings before the city's Rapid Intervention Team moves in to clean the area, Feb. 2, 2023. Police want more funding to enforce a clampdown on illegal camps.

Salt Lake City police want more cash to enforce crackdown on homeless camps

By Blake Apgar | February 14, 2024, 5:44 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fun Time Kidz Kare in Salt Lake City on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. The city is proposing to loosen zoning rules so day cares can open practically anywhere in the city.

Attention SLC parents: A new city plan may help you lock down that coveted child care spot

By Blake Apgar | February 12, 2024, 9:49 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City International Airport interjects humor as travelers navigate the long walk to the B gates through a 950-foot tunnel, pictured Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024.

We asked you to suggest signs poking fun at the SLC airport’s long walk. Here’s what you sent.

By Blake Apgar | February 11, 2024, 1:33 p.m.

(University of Utah) A rendering of the proposed new stadium for the University of Utah baseball team. The U. wants to lease a portion of Sunnyside Park from Salt Lake City to avoid building a large wall in left field.

SLC has a decision to make with U. baseball stadium: Give up park space or face a ‘Green Monster’

By Blake Apgar | February 6, 2024, 5:10 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City International Airport tries to interject humor as travelers navigate the long walk to the B gates Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024.

Tribune readers: Give us your suggestions for cheeky signs about the SLC airport’s long walk

By Blake Apgar | February 2, 2024, 9:58 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall delivers her State of the City address on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024.

Mendenhall pulls out her biggest microphone to say THE JAZZ NEED TO STAY

By Blake Apgar | January 31, 2024, 6:59 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Climbers practice at the current Salt Lake City home of USA Climbing, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024.

SLC withholds loan to climbing gym as squabble erupts over proposed home for USA Climbing

By Julie Jag | Blake Apgar | January 19, 2024, 12:30 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Former Salt Lake City Council member Amy Fowler says a few words after taking the oath of office in January 2022. Fowler, who left the council after her DUI arrest last year, has pleaded guilty to impaired driving.

Ex-Salt Lake City Council member pleads guilty to lesser charge stemming from DUI arrest

By Blake Apgar | January 17, 2024, 12:46 a.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) Clockwise from top left, Salt Lake County Council members Laurie Stringham, Aimee Winder Newton, Suzanne Harrison, and Dea Theodore.

Salt Lake County has a matriarchy for the first time in its history

By Blake Apgar | January 11, 2024, 1:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Residents vote at the Salt Lake County Government Center on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. The county mayor's seat and four Council Council posts are up for grabs in 2024.

With three open council seats, this could be a game-changing year for Salt Lake County

By Blake Apgar | January 10, 2024, 7:56 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A man seeks shelter from the snow under a tree on North Temple on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. When temperatures fall to 15 degrees or below, a Code Blue law allows winter shelters to expand their allowable capacity.

‘People are losing digits and feet’: Why Utah set the temp for expanding homeless shelters at 15 degrees

By Blake Apgar | January 9, 2024, 5:37 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mayor Erin Mendenhall walks out to speak at an election watch party in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. She carried 130 of 141 precincts in her blowout victory.

Mendenhall won reelection handily, except in a few neighborhoods. Here’s why.

By Blake Apgar | Megan Banta | January 6, 2024, 3:00 p.m.