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(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A man recently seeking shelter under the 500 South overpass in Salt Lake City. With homelessness running high, the city is boosting its available shelter beds and stepped up police patrols along the Jordan River.

Open winter shelter beds in summer? SLC may do so. And Jordan River patrols are paying off.

By Tony Semerad | April 26, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) People tour the new Family Interim Noncongregate Housing (FINCH) facility in South Salt Lake for the grand opening on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. The facility will provide shelter and services for up to 85 families in need.

Take a look inside the Salt Lake Valley’s newest homeless shelter

By Jose Davila IV | April 25, 2025, 3:25 p.m.

(Courtesy of Salt Lake City Police Department) City police at a crime scene in March. Salt Lake City recently approved a new labor pact with its police union, ahead of a state imposed ban on collective bargaining by public workers.

SLC approves contract with police union. Here’s why this might be the last one of its kind.

By Tony Semerad | April 18, 2025, 12:40 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox, bottom left, attends a ceremonial bill signing for public safety laws in Salt Lake City, Thursday, April 3, 2025.

Gov. Cox, Utah lawmakers laud new public safety laws, but SLC leaders are less impressed

By Tony Semerad | April 4, 2025, 10:19 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) A man carrying jugs of water walks past trash strewn along the bank of the Jordan River near Cottonwood Park in 2022. Salt Lake City is closing part of the Jordan River Trail near the park.

Citing public safety worries, SLC is closing part of the Jordan River Trail

By Tony Semerad | April 2, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) People pass by a shelter along the banks of the Jordan River in Salt Lake City, Monday, March 17, 2025. The Tribune visited a group of shelters three times across two weeks to see the effect cleanups have on the environment and the people living there.

‘They took my house again’ — What a homeless camp cleanup in SLC looks like, from beginning to end

By Tony Semerad | Chris Samuels | Rick Egan | April 2, 2025, 3:19 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Shawn Spaulding interviews a man in his tent during the annual Point-In-Time Count at 5 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. Utah lawmakers took steps to crack down on illegal encampments.

Bag checks and a new shelter: How Utah lawmakers look to ease homelessness

By Jose Davila IV | March 14, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(Salt Lake City Police) Salt Lake City police disciplined seven employees in the handling of a homeless man's body.

Family now grieving even harder after learning of Salt Lake City police abuse of man’s body

By Mya Constantino | FOX 13 | March 2, 2025, 4:32 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall and her pick for police chief, Brian Redd, at a news conference at City Hall on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025.

How Mendenhall’s pick for police chief plans to tackle Salt Lake City’s homelessness crisis

By Tony Semerad | March 4, 2025, 5:32 p.m.