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(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The city's planning commission is moving to bar private prisons in Utah's capital, part of an effort to prevent ICE from expanding beyond a west-side detention warehouse.

Facing few options, SLC planners seek to halt ICE expansion with private prison ban

By Tony Semerad | April 15, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Magnus Commercial Properties) Rendering of a seven-story hotel proposed for the western edge of Sugar House Park. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to reject a rezone that would have cleared the way for the hotel.

SLC Council seals fate of hotel plans at Sugar House Park

By Tony Semerad | April 9, 2026, 1:25 a.m.

(Magnus Hotel Management via Salt Lake City) A rendering shows plans for a seven-story hotel next to Sugar House Park.

Showdown looms over fate of proposed seven-story hotel next to Sugar House Park

By Tony Semerad | April 7, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) The warehouse purchased for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. City officials have voiced concerns about the impact the facility could have on the city's sewer system.

ICE ‘mega-center’ in SLC could pose big problems with sewage flows, city warns

By Tony Semerad | April 6, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) The ICE warehouse in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.

SLC mayor shares details from meeting with ICE, including potential warehouse capacity

By Tony Semerad | March 31, 2026, 12:23 a.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) An American flag flies during a protest at the Salt Lake City warehouse purchased by ICE, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. An internal ICE memo offers clues to how the facility may be used in a national detention network.

How ICE’s Salt Lake City warehouse could fit into Trump’s deportation machine

By Jose Davila IV | Tony Semerad | March 26, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Salt Lake City warehouse ICE purchased, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. A new city ordinance could limit the facility's access to water.

Salt Lake City could limit ICE warehouse’s access to water

By Tony Semerad | March 25, 2026, 2:12 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) New Orleans developer Domain Cos. has started prep work on an open lot at 370 S. West Temple in Salt Lake City, with plans to build a mid-rise "lifestyle" hotel, Thursday, March 12, 2026.

What are they building at West Temple and 400 South? Renderings show what could be in store.

By Tony Semerad | March 20, 2026, 1:43 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City police officers stand guard as a protest winds down at the warehouse recently purchased by ICE, Wednesday, March 18, 2026.

Hundreds descend on ICE warehouse to protest SLC detention center; demonstration ends with vandalism

By Tony Semerad | March 19, 2026, 6:03 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Salt Lake City warehouse ICE purchased last week. Utah's Inland Port Authority said it was not aware of the sale before it was announced.

Utah’s Inland Port Authority weighs in on ICE warehouse within its boundaries

By Tony Semerad | March 17, 2026, 5:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The intersection of North and West Temple in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. Millions are expected to flock to Temple Square next year as the Salt Lake Temple reopens after seven years of extensive renovations.

Salt Lake Temple reopening crowds will be like a General Conference session every day for 6 months. Here’s what’s ahead.

By Tony Semerad | March 15, 2026, 5:13 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Salt Lake City warehouse ICE purchased this week, photographed Friday, March 13, 2026.

Here’s who sold the Salt Lake City warehouse to ICE, and how we traced its ownership

By Jose Davila IV | Tony Semerad | March 15, 2026, 12:06 a.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) A warehouse in Salt Lake City that records show was recently purchased by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

It’s a ‘bleak day for our state’ — Reactions pour in after ICE bought a SLC warehouse

By Addy Baird | Tony Semerad | March 15, 2026, 12:09 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) El edificio de West Valley City que alberga la oficina de campo del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EE. UU., el viernes, 31 de octubre de 2025. Registros públicos muestran que la agencia adquirió un almacén en el lado oeste de Salt Lake City.

La comunidad se une en la lucha contra el “inhumano” centro de detención de ICE en Salt Lake

By Tony Semerad | March 14, 2026, 12:01 a.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) A warehouse in Salt Lake City that records show was recently purchased by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, photographed Friday, March 13, 2026.

SLC mayor vows to oppose ‘inhumane’ ICE detention center after agency quietly buys warehouse

By Tony Semerad | March 15, 2026, 12:11 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Temple Square in Salt Lake City in 2025. The Salt Lake Temple's six-month open house next year is expected to draw millions of visitors.

Salt Lake Temple neighbors fear road closures will sever ‘lifelines,’ others see bright future for downtown

By Tony Semerad | March 12, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Salt Palace Convention Center, on Saturday, March 1, 2025.

Salt Palace gets major cash boost in late-hour bill to move SLC sports district along

By Tony Semerad | March 9, 2026, 6:52 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Micah Peters gives a tour of Telegraph Exchange Lofts, a new residential development in Salt Lake City’s 9th and 9th neighborhood, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.

Swanky condos with eye-popping price tags take over historic SLC building. Take a look inside.

By Tony Semerad | March 11, 2026, 8:24 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall hosts the annual raising of the pride flag at City Hall in 2025. A bill before the Utah Legislature would allow the city to keep its ceremonial pride flag while imposing new restrictions on where it can fly.

An attempt to ‘stop the flag wars’ in Utah quietly advances on Capitol Hill

By Tony Semerad | March 2, 2026, 1:00 p.m.

(Salt Lake City) An aerial rendering looking south on Salt Lake City's Pioneer Park. The city launched nearly $20 million in upgrades to the downtown park on Friday.

Long-planned transformation of a long-struggling SLC park finally gets underway

By Tony Semerad | February 28, 2026, 1:00 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) New small dwellings could be permitted in more of Salt Lake City under a new zoning proposal aimed at producing affordable homes in coming years.

In major bid for more housing, SLC could vastly expand where backyard homes are allowed — with some caveats

By Tony Semerad | February 27, 2026, 1:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Historic Rotosphere sign on the site of the old Granite Furniture building in Sugar House, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026.

Iconic 1960s-era starburst sign in SLC gets an upgrade

By Tony Semerad | February 25, 2026, 10:26 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The iconic Salt Lake Temple in November 2025. A six-month open house awaits in 2027.

Why is the LDS Church dumping billions in stocks?

By Tony Semerad | February 18, 2026, 9:07 p.m.

(USA Climbing/VCBO) Rendering of the proposed USA Climbing National Training Center to be located in Salt Lake City's Rio Grande District.

USA Climbing has ambitious Olympic goal for new headquarters in SLC — but what happens to a relic next door?

By Tony Semerad | February 16, 2026, 4:10 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) An 80-acre piece of open space near 2699 W. 3300 North in Salt Lake City's Northpoint area.

Bill to scuttle SLC homeless campus is actually about helping the Great Salt Lake, top Republican insists

By Tony Semerad | February 13, 2026, 1:00 p.m.