SALT LAKE CITY — For the third consecutive month, Utah's consumer sentiment ticked upwards with a modest 0.9% increase in January. From December to January, Utah's sentiment increased from 79.9 to 80.6, according to the Zions Bank Consumer Sentiment Survey. The increase, as noted in a Zions Bank release, is within the survey's margin of error.

SALT LAKE CITY — As Utah's flagship institution and second-largest university in the state, the University of Utah is a significant contributor to the state both economically and socially.

SALT LAKE CITY — New research from Salt Lake County and the Department of Aging and Adult Services shows thousands of older adults can’t afford groceries. But county officials say a new year-long plan will aim to address the issue.

SALT LAKE CITY — Communities along the Wasatch Front and in Washington County led Utah again for growth in 2024. Cities, towns and metro townships added about 59,000 people in 2024, according to American Community Survey estimates released Thursday.

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's growth is slowing down, but it still remained one of the fastest-growing states in the nation last year. Utah gained nearly 36,000 new residents between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, representing a growth rate of 1%, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released on Tuesday.

SALT LAKE CITY — A new study from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute highlighted some potential health challenges for Northwest Salt Lake County, including a lack of access to affordable healthcare.

SALT LAKE CITY — Realtors across the state participated in the annual Housing Forecast event, detailing trends within the housing market in Salt Lake County. The Salt Lake Board of Realtors (SLBR) hosted the event, where experts talked about mortgage rates, buyer demographics, inventory and housing-price appreciation.

SALT LAKE CITY – Don’t expect Utah real estate to do anything crazy this year. That’s what agents and brokers were told at the Salt Lake Board of Realtors’ annual housing forecast event in Salt Lake City. The business of buying and selling houses is expected to be more or less stagnant in 2026, said Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute Senior Fellow James Wood.

SALT LAKE CITY — A group of Utah leaders and prominent residents gathered on a deck near the eastern shores of the Great Salt Lake on a hot September afternoon last year to outline a vision they had for the Utah 2034 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

SALT LAKE CITY – Despite the Great Salt Lake’s dire straits, state researchers and leaders remain optimistic that Utah will become the first place in the world to reverse a saline lake’s decline — and do so in time for the 2034 Winter Olympics.