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UDOT hits the brakes on 300 West bikeway extension to Pioneer Park.

UDOT hits the brakes on 300 West bikeway extension to Pioneer Park.

Wiped Out
A long-in-the works project to extend the 300 West bikeway north into downtown will fall one tantalizing block short of Pioneer Park and the decades-old protected cycling lanes on 300 South, Salt Lake City's streets division confirmed Wednesday.

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Utah's ubiquitous and increasingly creepy Julia Reagan tribute billboards are never going away.

Small Lake City
I'm not on Reddit often (or so I tell myself), but I recently ran across a lively and funny-AF discussion thread in the r/SaltLakeCity subreddit.

News

Mike Lee and other pro-natalists ramp up efforts to boost Utah's lagging birthrate.

Making Babies
No one is more concerned and alarmed by the falling birth rate than Utah's senior senator, Mike Lee. Well, maybe Elon Musk, who seems to be trying to solve it unilaterally.

Cover Story

City Weekly's founding fathers go digital with "The Bingham Boys" podcast.

Private Eye
I constantly wonder why everyone's attention span has taken a vacation, perhaps to somewhere on the beautiful Gulf of Mexico, like Port Aransas in Texas.

Private Eye

A fairy tale for Americans and their sorry-assed Trump enablers.

Taking a Gander
Once upon a time, in the shadowed kingdom of Veridia, King Malakor reigned with an iron fist. His decrees were cruel, his taxes crushing, all to fund his opulent lifestyle while his people starved.

Opinion

‘Trumpenfreude’—the joy of a Trump voter’s misfortune.

Smart Bomb: The completely unnecessary news analysis
Hey Wilson, have you ever heard this word, “schadenfreude?” It means taking pleasure or joy from someone else's misfortune. For example: If your mean boss got a flat tire in the rain and showed up at work soaking wet, you would have to rush to the restroom to laugh your ass off. Or if Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem—aka ICE Barbie—was at a burger joint with her grandchildren, and if someone swiped her designer handbag with $3,000 in it, and the Democrats in the Senate cloakroom were overhead saying, “gee, that's terrible,” followed by a lot of snickering.

Opinion

Utah lawmakers pitch berms and Band-aids as political will to save The Great Salt Lake evaporates.

Hits & Misses
Patience is not a personal characteristic of Utah lawmakers. They are all about quick fixes and if that can't be done, blame someone else—or Mother Nature.

Hits & Misses

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