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Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams is proposing reopening the Oxbow county jail to help with a crackdown on crime in the homeless community. The crime…
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Homeless people in Salt Lake City will be able to access emergency shelter, meals and other services at The Road Home this winter, even if they don’t sign…
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Utah officials presented an update of Operation Rio Grande on Wednesday. That’s the initiative to crackdown on crime and drug activity in downtown Salt…
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The future of a limited Medicaid expansion in Utah is in question after the departure of U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price. Paul…
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Homeless people poured into the Salt Palace Convention Center early Friday morning to get a whole range of services from haircuts to family planning as…
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Salt Lake’s needle exchange program has a new home, at least temporarily. The biweekly pop-up tent was pushed out of its normal meeting spot near The Road…
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Utah lawmakers have unanimously approved a funding bill to keep Salt Lake’s downtown crime sweep, dubbed Operation Rio Grande, going through the end of…
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Jail records show few arrests in the Rio Grande neighborhood have been for violent, high-level offenses.Only three of more than 1000 arrests on Rio Grande…
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This week, people who were arrested during Operation Rio Grande went before a judge and asked for help. By agreeing to avoid drugs and alcohol, get…
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Salt Lake County’s new specialty drug court will operate the same as existing drug courts. What makes the new court different is the population it…
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Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski has signed a lease agreement with the state of Utah to close off a portion of Rio Grande Street to cars and…
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Salt Lake City officials have closed the crime-plagued street near one of downtown's busiest homeless shelters.Mayor Jackie Biskupski and House Speaker…