Salt Lake City Education Program Manager Stephanie Yau questioned the need for a colonoscopy but went in for her annual preventive screening anyway. The colonoscopy revealed cancer but early detection resulted in a successful outcome. “We caught it early enough, we were able to deal with it and get rid of it, so that was […]

Beginning next week, Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities will launch a series of restroom enhancements and replacements at popular recreation sites in the Wasatch Canyons watershed. The most ambitious project will occur at Big Cottonwood Canyon’s Silver Lake Nature Center, near Brighton Ski Resort. Restrooms there will demolished and rebuilt over the summer, […]

Salt Lake City has implemented a campfire ban at all picnic sites in City Creek Canyon. Fireworks and open fires outside of developed sites are always prohibited in City Creek Canyon. Propane-fueled camp stoves are permitted. With the hot, dry conditions, as well as proximity to urban neighborhoods, Salt Lake City Public Utilities and Salt […]

The new home for Cake Hair Salon is bigger, brighter and part of a national program that helps revitalize historic downtown areas. The salon is now located at 1010 S. State Street, an area designated for redevelopment through the Main Street America program, a national non-profit program with a proven track record of revitalizing business districts. After […]

Salt Lake City, in partnership with the National Recreation and Park Association(NRPA), has received a $25,000.00 grant to support its out-of-school time healthy food access and nutritional literacy programs. The gift is part of a $1.5 million grant NRPA received from the Walmart Foundation to support out-of-school time programs in park and recreation agencies across […]

Salt Lake City and County employees and volunteers are making a push to ensure everyone will be counted in the upcoming census. The U.S. Constitution requires that every ten years, all people are counted. The population total is the basis for, among other things, the future distribution of federally-funded programs to states, counties and cities. Utah […]

As part of a multi-year project to improve the service experience for Salt Lake City residents and businesses, Salt Lake City formally launched a new and improved city website today. The new SLC.gov replaces the City’s old website previously found at slcgov.com. The new site was soft launched three weeks ago. The City’s website is […]

“While I strongly support investing in Salt Lake City’s street and transit needs, I do not believe it is the right time for Salt Lake City to support the quarter-cent sales tax increase currently being considered by the Salt Lake County Council and city councils across the region. The Salt Lake City Council recently passed—with […]

Today, Salt Lake City announced a pilot renovation program aimed at preserving existing affordable housing stock throughout the City. Salt Lake City’s Housing and Neighborhood Development Division (HAND) kicked-off the program with a $1 million Notice of Funding Availability to attract owners of multi-family housing to apply. The pilot program is the result of the […]

Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski, along with Mayor Martin J. Walsh of Boston, Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago, and others have submitted to The U.S. Conference of Mayors a resolution reinforcing the organization’s support of the Paris Climate Agreement and collaborative efforts cities are taking to advance climate solutions. On Saturday, Mayor Biskupski will […]