Utah Inland Port Authority

The latest Utah new from Tuesday evening, May 18, 2021.

Since 2018, the Utah Legislature has put forth a bill to tweak the state’s inland port project. This year’s measure passed a Senate committee Monday morning. Among other things, it creates a bank to distribute loans for inland port infrastructure throughout the state.

Proponents of Utah’s inland port hope that a centralized distribution network will do wonders for the state’s economy. The controversial project is based in the northwest corner of Salt Lake City, but is looking to expand statewide.

The Utah Inland Port Authority met with environmental, business and other stakeholders Wednesday to discuss its strategy moving forward.To inform its…

Wednesday morning, Feb. 26, 2020First Utah Black Lives Matter Chapter Off Wasatch FrontThe first chapter of Black Lives Matter — the civil rights movement…

Control over some 16,000 acres of undeveloped land in northwest Salt Lake City is in the hands of a Utah judge after he heard oral arguments Monday in a…

As protesters chanted and blew whistles at the first Utah Inland Port Authority Board in months, the port’s new director tried on Thursday to calm public…

A new public engagement report by the non-profit planning group Envision Utah said people are concerned about the inland port. Chief among those worries…

Despite overwhelming public opposition, the Salt Lake City Council voted Tuesday to approve a hefty tax reimbursement to a developer in the city’s…

The day after Gov. Gary Herbert denounced a violent inland port protest and doubled-down on calling it “borderline terrorism,” organizers behind the…

Last month's meeting on the inland port lasted only five minutes before being disrupted by megaphone-bearing protesters, furious over plans to build a…

A monthly inland port meeting lasted just 15 minutes before it was canceled because of disruptive protesters Wednesday afternoon.About two dozen people…