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Benjamin Wood
Lifelong Utahn Benjamin Wood has worn the mantle of City Weekly's news editor since 2021. He studied journalism at Utah State University and previously wrote for The Salt Lake Tribune, the Deseret News and Entertainment Weekly
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- News, April 11, 2025
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"Hidden Waters" art installation tracks buried creek through downtown Salt Lake City.
Creeky Joints
- Salt Lake City's newest public art installation debuted on Friday, with The Blocks arts district and Seven Canyons Trust unveiling "Hidden Waters," a series of decorative water droplets designed by local artists and placed along North Temple to mark the underground path of City Creek.
- News, April 9, 2025
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SLC Mayor kicks off spring road repair season with week-long "Pothole Palooza."
Holy Week
- Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall joined a work crew on Wednesday morning, helping to shovel and tamp down cold patch asphalt as part of "Pothole Palooza," an annual week-long blitz of Spring road maintenance.
- News, April 7, 2025
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U.S. Transportation Secretary says Utah is doing transit "the right way" after brief ride on Frontrunner.
Whistle Stop
- Sean Duffy, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, was all smiles as he deboarded a Frontrunner train at Salt Lake Central Station on Monday, trailed by a coterie of state-level dignitaries.
- News, April 1, 2025
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Salt Lake City closes Jordan River Trail to launch bond-funded parkway improvements.
Trail Blazing
- An $11 million upgrade to the Jordan River Trail got underway this week, with Salt Lake City closing a segment of the river parkway near Backman Elementary to facilitate construction of a nature playground and outdoor classroom space.
- News, March 27, 2025
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Sundance Film Festival ditches Utah for Boulder, Colorado
The End
- The decadeslong relationship between Utah and the Sundance Film Festival will come to an end in 2026, with the nation's premiere showcase for independent film opting to rebuild itself anew in Boulder, Colorado, beginning in 2027.
- News, March 26, 2025
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UTA launches South Jordan Downtown Trax station, "a baseball throw" away from new Bees ballpark.
Training Day
- The Trax Red Line began service at a new station on Wednesday, with the Utah Transit Authority formally launching the recently-completed South Jordan Downtown Station at what is set to become an urban retail and entertainment hub for the southwest corner of Salt Lake County.<
- News, March 21, 2025
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SLC's Mayor Mendenhall urges Utah's Gov. Cox to veto Pride flag ban.
Hill's Bills
- Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said Friday that city attorneys and financial analysts are still working through the unfunded mandates and new expenses imposed on the capital city by the 2025 legislative session, which concluded earlier this month.
- News, Cover Story March 12, 2025
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With no money to spend and no elections to win, Utah lawmakers went to work tightening their leash on the state.
Dog Eat Dog
- CAPITOL HILL—Some years, the Utah Legislature is flush with cash, generously dispersing spoonfuls of sugar to help the medicine go down their constituents' throats.
- News, March 7, 2025
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Mayor Mendenhall and SLC lawmakers decry capital city micromanagement by the Utah Legislature.
Day 45
- Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said Friday that, in time, she will feel relieved and even grateful about many of the bills that passed during the 2025 legislative session, and how some of the worst potential outcomes faced by her city and its residents were avoided.
- News, March 6, 2025
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Utah Legislature passes bill inserting UDOT oversight into Salt Lake City's local street grid.
Reverse Gear
- A state-mandated pause on transportation projects in Salt Lake City would apply only to "collector" and "arterial" roadways, allowing pedestrian and cyclist safety initiatives to continue on small, neighborhood streets, under the latest terms of a bill that is poised to pass the Legislature on Thursday.
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SLC Mayor kicks off spring road repair season with week-long "Pothole Palooza."
Holy Week
April 09, 2025
U.S. Transportation Secretary says Utah is doing transit "the right way" after brief ride on Frontrunner.
Whistle Stop
April 07, 2025
