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SLC is gutting its own single-family zoning reform [Opinion]

This is an opinion piece. To submit your own written opinion to Building Salt Lake, email info@buildingsaltlake.com. Salt Lake City’s Expanding Housing Options zoning proposal was presented by the Mendenhall administration and the City Council as a strategy for adding gentle infill and missing middle housing in Salt Lake City. With housing affordability at crisis levels, that sounds like something we could really use.

Salt Lake City, UT · 10d
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Utah is still red, but an unaffiliated voter jump suggests some discontent

With the national political landscape looking bleak for Republicans one week before the midterms, it appears fewer Utahns are associating with the party as well. Since the beginning of the year, the number of active Utah voters who identify as unaffiliated has surged to 513,554, adding 28,885 more people to their ranks according to the most recent numbers. Democrats have added 16,282 voters. During that same time frame, Republicans shrank by 9,362 people.

Utah · 10d
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Cache County Republicans claim lead in early local voting results

LOGAN – The long-awaited “blue tsunami” predicted by Democrats doesn’t seem to have materialized in local early voting results so far in the upcoming midterm election. The Cache County Republican Party announced that GOP voters are leading in early balloting results in Cache County by 58 percent, compared to 52 percent of ballots cast by Democrats.

Cache County, UT · 10d
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Salt Lake City's Hidden Art Museum Will Be Torn Down, Rebuilt by 2031

UMOCA’s move will leave a multi-year gap between its current home and the museum planned for 2031. The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art plans to close its downtown gallery in mid-2027, before the building is demolished for a new east-west connection. It will operate from a temporary facility during construction, though the location has not been announced. Before closing, the museum is inviting the public to contribute to a final exhibition tied to the building.

Salt Lake City, UT · 9d
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Beyond the ice: Utah Mammoth training facility helps boost local business

The Utah Mammoth's new training facility is drawing hockey players and fans from across the region, and nearby businesses say they're seeing the benefits.

Sandy, UT · 11d

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Salt Lake City prepares to welcome 19 pets from flood-hit New Mexico

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Cats and dogs caught in severe flooding across the Navajo Nation and western New Mexico were transported to Salt Lake City. On Monday, 19 pets from the Grants Animal Care Center in Grants, New Mexico, were expected to arrive at 3 p.m. The group included 10 puppies, three adult dogs and six cats.

Salt Lake City, UT · 11d

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Salt Lake City Public Library employees raise concerns over staffing, workplace culture

SALT LAKE CITY — Former and current employees of the Salt Lake City Public Library are raising concerns about staffing levels, workplace culture and communication under the library's current administration. The allegations prompted an independent review of library practices and related concerns, but its results won't be publicly shared...

Salt Lake City, UT · 11d

Axios Salt Lake City

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Social saunas are heating up in Salt Lake County

Social saunas are so hot right now. The big picture: Saunas aren't just popping up in people's homes . They're also becoming gathering places where people can sweat, get in the water and find community. By the numbers: There are hundreds of social saunas and bathhouses across the country, estimates Ben Burger, co-founder of directory SaunaShare . His platform lists roughly 150 of them. What they're saying: " Americans have had bathhouses for generations, in Korean spas and Russian and Turkish banyas," Burger tells Axios. "What's new is the Nordic-style social sauna, and several more are scheduled to open this fall and winter." Zoom in: Here are three social saunas in Salt Lake County. Glow SLC , an urban bathhouse in Poplar Grove, offers a cedar sauna, steam room, cold plunge pool, soaking pool and lounge areas. South Salt Lake's PLUNJ Salt Lake , which opened last year, includes a sauna and a cold plunge. The new Löyly Nordic Spa , with locations downtown and in Midvale and Orem, features multiple cold plunges, a social sauna and a silent one.

Salt Lake County, UT · 11d

Axios Salt Lake City

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Must-see Halloween houses in Riverton, Herriman and Bluffdale

The south end of the Salt Lake Valley has some of the most elaborate Halloween displays and home haunts in the area. Zoom out: We've found dozens in Riverton, Herriman and Bluffdale for our 2026 Halloween map — which now has photos of more than 200 houses in Salt Lake County! Here's a guide to some of the very best, whether you're extending a Daybreak tour or are visiting Kuwahara's huge "pumpkin patch ". 11972 Lampton View Drive, Riverton Boarding the pirate ship on Lampton View Drive in Riverton in 2025. Photo: Erin Alberty/Axios " Walk the Plank " transforms a house facade into a pirate ship and the lawn into a swashbuckling seaside town — complete with a "drink shack" on select nights. Pop by "Salem's Sanctuary" a block to the south while you're in the neighborhood. 4142 Red Tail Drive, Riverton Photo courtesy of Karen Christensen Walk through a cemetery , witches' coven and life-sized pirate fort — with a bridge over drowned buccaneers at Haunted Hollows . Circle the block with Deer Mountain Drive for a few more awesome displays. 12932 Wild Mare Way, Herriman A haunted shack fills a Herriman lawn on Wild Mare Way in

Riverton, UT · 11d

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Second oldest congregation in Utah continues to serve Salt Lake City

SALT LAKE CITY — The First Congregational Church, the first church in Utah outside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is still in Salt Lake City serving members of the community. Their original building, however, is long gone. The congregation dates back to 1865, when a Congregational...

Salt Lake City, UT · 12d

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Push for ‘home rule’ gains momentum in Summit County

In 2025, more than 6,000 Summit County residents signed a petition to hold a referendum on a controversial development in Kimball Junction. Then it was known as Dakota Pacific, now Altus Park City. At the same time petitioners were gathering signatures, the Utah Legislature passed a law that made the...

Summit County, UT · 11d

ABC4

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Power restored after substation loss causes over 6k to lose power in Salt Lake County

A power outage in Salt Lake County is affecting more than 6,000 in Midvale, Sandy, and surrounding areas.

Salt Lake County, UT · 11d

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Council denies Peck property rezone; development agreement pending

*This story was updated on Monday, October 26 at 11:48 a.m. The Lehi City Council denied a request to rezone 12.8 acres at 600 South 600 East during the October 13, 2026, council meeting. However, the vote was not unanimous. Cole Peck and his family have owned and used the...

Lehi, UT · 11d

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Salt Lake City Schedules Final Gates in US$5.1bn Rebuild

SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is scheduled to open its final seven Concourse B-east gates on October 27, the last passenger-facing stage of a US$5.1bn redevelopment that began in 2014. The airport celebrated completion of construction on October 24, ahead of the planned public...

Salt Lake City, UT · 10d

Deseret News

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Downtown Salt Lake City will be busy in 2027. What streets will close?

Several street closures are planned next year, between the Salt Lake Temple open house and redevelopment near the Salt Palace Convention Center.

Salt Lake City, UT · 11d

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Liberty Park's century-old playground gets a revamp — and a new squirrelly mascot

SALT LAKE CITY — Children yelled that they were "excited" and "happy" that the Rotary Play Park at Salt Lake City's Liberty Park was finally reopening when asked by city leaders. Moments later, they showed just how excited they were. The group of a few dozen mostly school-age children...

Salt Lake City, UT · 11d

travelmag.com

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10 Gigantic Thrift Stores In Utah That Are Totally Worth The Journey

One thrift outlet on this list sells secondhand goods by the pound, the same way a grocery store sells bananas. I love that idea way more than I probably should. It turns shopping into a dig, and I’m completely here for it. Another stop sells doors, cabinets, and building...

Utah · 13d

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The 9 Utah Harvest Festivals And Farms Where Pumpkins Fill The Fields

More than 45 different kinds of pumpkins grow on a single family patch in the Salt Lake Valley. I honestly couldn’t name ten of them if you paid me in pie. Another farm on this list has been worked by the same family for six generations. They still welcome pumpkin hunters each fall.

Utah · 12d

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Final exhibit to mark end of an era for Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art is saying a bittersweet goodbye as it prepares to demolish the building that has served as its gallery since 1979. The museum sits next to some of the most iconic buildings in downtown Salt Lake — Abravanel Hall, the Salt Lake Temple, the Salt Palace — so why don't more people know where it is? Laura Allred Hurtado, the museum's executive director, says it's because the building is practically invisible.

Salt Lake City, UT · 11d

Standard-Examiner

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Alvin Thurgood focuses on data centers, ICE, housing costs in Weber County Commission Seat A race

Alvin Thurgood is a Democratic candidate for Weber County Commission Seat A. Below are his responses to a six-question survey sent to him by the Standard-Examiner. The Standard-Examiner made an attempt to contact each candidate involved in a competitive race in Weber and Davis counties. A lot of people overlook...

Weber County, UT · 12d