City Watch

Sugar House Construction—When Will it End?

On a visit to the Sugar House neighborhood in late Fall 2023, I barely recognize the place. Highland Drive is reduced to a tiny sliver of one-way traffic and 2100 South is a...

Traffic is Choking Utah Canyons—Is A Gondola the Solution?

The legend lives somewhere in the peaks of Little Cottonwood Canyon. Dendrites of just such a density, perfectly stratified, falling endlessly. The Land of “Gnarnia” blanketed with the Greatest Snow on Earth....

Organized Labor in Utah Means Business

Organized labor is having a moment. After the highly publicized (and politicized) events of what some are calling “hot labor summer,” that much is clear. “We do see the events of new...

Mormon Apostle M. Russell Ballard Dies Amid Questions About Tim Ballard, O.U.R. Connection

One of the leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, M. Russell Ballard died Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, at 95 years old. The LDS Church (also known widely as...

Road to Nowhere: Deer Valley’s Snow Park Development

Pour one out for those trying to get anything done in Park City. The cause of profiteering developers is far from a sympathetic one, it’s just that seeing the never-ending clash with...

What’s the Plan? A Q&A With SLC Mayor Erin Mendenhall and Candidate Rocky Anderson

This salt lake city Mayoral Election strikes a contrast to the election four years ago, but the issues that are on the top of voters’ minds are a return to many of...

Hidden Peak Provisions in Midway is built on local ingredients

In midway, Hidden Peak Provisions is the taste of the town. I mean that literally. Almost every component of every menu item is homegrown or roasted or harvested or made. “There’s a...

Evo Is Not a Regular Hotel

In the heart of Salt Lake’s ever-growing Granary District, Evo Hotel contains a skatepark. Yes, a skatepark. (Oh also, a climbing gym, hotel, cafe, retail store, bar and rooftop deck.) Evo is...