Utah Inland Port Authority

The plaque outside the Utah State Auditor’s Office inside the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, June 5, 2024.

Politics & Government

Hey Utah GOP voters, don’t forget about the auditor’s primary race

Saige Miller

Ricky Hatch and Tina Cannon are the two candidates in the Republican primary to become the next Utah State Auditor.

A map of the Twenty Wells inland port project site to the east of Grantsville in Tooele County.

Business & Economy

Grantsville’s inland port project promises jobs, but will it upset the rural feeling?

Tilda Wilson

Grantsville and Tooele county officials are celebrating the tax revenue and jobs they expect from two new Utah Inland Port Authority projects, but residents remain unsure.

Great Basin Water Network Deputy Director Chandler Rosenberg speaks at a rally at the Utah State Capitol promoting a new report that details potential impacts of development near wetlands critical to the Great Salt Lake, Nov. 6, 2023.

Politics & Government

Great Salt Lake wetlands are the latest battleground with the Utah Inland Port

Sean Higgins

A recent report from activists says nearly 53,000 acres of wetlands in the Great Salt Lake Basin could be at risk if the Inland Port and its satellites are developed as planned.

A tanker truck leaves the 600 N interchange to merge onto I-15 north of downtown Salt Lake City, Sept. 12, 2023. The Utah Department of Transportation is planning to expand I-15 north of town, in part to accommodate heavy freight traffic on Utah's roads.

Business & Economy

Do the Inland Port’s freight rail ambitions square with UDOT’s plan to expand I-15?

Eric S. Peterson | Utah Investigative Journalism Project

The Utah Department of Transportation plans to expand I-15 between Farmington and Salt Lake City, in part to accommodate trucks. The Inland Port’s new vision is for more trains.

Looking south over Spanish Fork, Utah, as seen from the air, June 25, 2023.

Business & Economy

Utah Inland Port Authority approves the Spanish Fork port project

Martha Harris

The Verk Industrial Park will be around 2,200 acres on the west side of the city.

A worker and the autonomous robotic machines sort out goods at the Chinese online retailer JD.com's warehouse in Beijing on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021.

Business & Economy

The Inland Port wants to be Utah’s magnet for tech jobs and electrification

Eric S. Peterson | Utah Investigative Journalism Project

Warehouse automation could change the logistics workforce while underdeveloped trucking technology could mean more polluting trucks in the Inland Port for the near future.

The Union Pacific rail yard in South Salt Lake, May 20, 2023. Part of the Inland Port's new plan involves a push to get cargo out of trucks — and off the road — and onto railroads for distribution across the state and region.

Business & Economy

Utah Inland Port now says it will be lean and green. Experts are skeptical

Eric S. Peterson | Utah Investigative Journalism Project

The idea is to cut back on trucks and embrace rail shipping. But dwindling West Coast imports and stiff big city competition make Inland Port success unlikely.