Downtown Salt Lake City

Thousands are expected be in town Feb. 17-19 for NBA All-Star Weekend, delivering an economic lift for those able to handle the crowds.

Salt Lake City’s Japantown was largely destroyed to make space for the Salt Palace downtown. More than five decades later, members of the Japanese-American community have come together with the city to revitalize what’s left of it.

Despite calls to save the Utah Theater downtown, Salt Lake City plans to move ahead with selling the property to a developer who plans to build a 375-foot…

Salt Lake police have opened a temporary precinct west of downtown to address an uptick in crime in the North Temple corridor, police said Tuesday.The new…

Leaders say the long-term crime and drug crackdown in Salt Lake, Operation Rio Grande, is moving into a new phase. The focus now is getting people to…

Downtown Salt Lake City will soon have more public art, thanks to a long-term project that kicked off on Monday.Officials say downtown Salt Lake is…

The Utah Arts Festival, one of the largest annual festivals in the state, begins Thursday in Salt Lake City.This year there are 174 visual artists, 55 of…

Regular visitors to Salt Lake City’s Downtown Farmers Market may notice something missing this summer: market organizers are banning plastic bags.Market…

After nearly two years, construction on Regent Street in downtown Salt Lake City is complete.Regent Street has been undergoing a facelift since the summer…

A fence will soon go up between the Road Home shelter and The Gateway mall in downtown Salt Lake City. The Utah Transit Authority says it will pay about…

A new report by the Downtown Salt Lake City Alliance finds the city lacks affordable housing for young and low-income workers. The Downtown Alliance is a…

The estranged husband of restaurateur, real estate developer, and LGBT advocate John Williams has been arrested on suspicion of murder and arson. Williams…