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As Utah learns it will get less vaccine next week than expected, rate of new cases continues to slow Erin Alberty © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cassidy Murphy tests for Covid-19 at Intermountain Healthcare Cottonwood InstaCare, on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for . Utah will be receiving thousands fewer COVID-19 vaccine doses than the state previously was promised for its first round of vaccinations, state officials said Friday. “Like many other ...

There are ways Utah cities can boost affordable housing. But some residents may not like them. Tony Semerad © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) The Suncrest community in Draper on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. If you’re looking for a place to live in Utah right now, you’re well aware that home prices and prevailing rents are high and climbing skyward. With Utah’s housing shortage now reaching crisis worsened by the pandemic, researchers at the University of Utah have published a new guide to help cities encourage more homebuilding at more accessible prices — in...

Nearly 80% of the money budgeted for Operation Rio Grande was used for policing, jail beds and court costs Bethany Rodgers © Provided by Salt Lake Tribune (Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Police continued policing the removal of homeless camps for the second day near the Rio Grande area, Dec. 10, 2020. Nearly $8 of every $10 allocated by state and local governments for Operation Rio Grande, a massive safety and social services campaign, were spent on court costs and policing and jailing the predominantly homeless population around Salt Lake City’s Pio...

During COVID-19 pandemic, Salt Lake City elementary students failed fall classes at triple last year’s rate Courtney Tanner © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A second-grader at Bonneville Elementary studies from home using Zoom with her class, on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. Salt Lake City School District saw an increase in "need for improvement" grades among its youngest students with school being entirely online during the pandemic. Editor’s note , The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting in-depth on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on education. Student scores...