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 Biskupski Budgets For Additional Homeless Funding | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 98

Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski unveiled her proposed budget Tuesday night for the 2017-2018 fiscal year. The plan includes new money for homelessness and affordable housing.

 Draper Mayor Offers To Put A Homeless Shelter In His City | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 114

Draper City Mayor Troy Walker has offered up two potential locations in his city for a third homeless shelter/resource center. Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams must select a final location by Thursday. He now has nine sites to choose from.

 London Terrorist Attack Leaves Utah Man Dead And His Wife Injured | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 55

Kurt and Melissa Cochran from West Bountiful were among those caught in the London terrorist attack Wednesday. Kurt was killed while his wife Melissa survived with serious injuries.

 Rallies Held To Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 114

On the day honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, celebrations and rallies took place throughout the Salt Lake Valley.

 McAdams Pitches New Plan For Simpson Avenue Shelter Site | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 84

Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams is asking Salt Lake City to make the proposed homeless shelter/resource center in Sugar House housing instead of a shelter. He announced the proposal Wednesday during his monthly Collective Impact Steering Committee meeting.

 Wanted: Design Ideas For Mixed-Income Housing Project | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 80

Salt Lake City officials are asking for design proposals for a designated affordable housing project downtown.

 Junior High Welcomes New Homeless Shelter To The Neighborhood | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 119

Administrators at a Salt Lake City charter school are welcoming a new homeless shelter to the neighborhood. This comes as other city residents worry about how the four planned centers might affect property values and safety.

 Utah Families Follow Santa’s Trek With Help From NORAD | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 122

"Mom, can I see where Santa is?" asks 4-year-old Owen Shosted, perched next to his 9-year-old sister Allyson.

 New Programs Tackle Recitivism, Homelessness in Salt Lake County | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 105

Salt Lake County has officially launched two initiatives that will put hundreds of homeless people into housing and hopefully curb repeated jail stays.

 Future Shelter Closure Makes Some Homeless Uneasy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 93

As Salt Lake City moves to build four new homeless shelters in the next few years and close The Road Home, there is some anxiety among people who are staying at The Road Home.

 County Assesses Needs Of Rio Grande Homeless Population | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 111

Salt Lake City Police have already identified much of the crime element in the homeless population downtown, directing people to treatment or jail through Project Diversion. Now dozens of Salt Lake County employees and volunteers are getting to know those who remain.

 Food To Honor The Dead | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 103

Halloween is over but for some people in Salt Lake City’s Latino community, November first and second are better known as a time to remember deceased family members for Day of the Dead. It’s a holiday with its own special food.

 Salt Lake City Mission Serves Thousands of Area Homeless On Labor Day | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 85

The Salt Lake City Mission’s annual birthday celebration for the homeless and outreach event drew thousands of people to Pioneer Park Monday.

 Memory Grove Thriving 15 Years After Tornado | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 85

On August 11 th , 1999, a tornado ripped through downtown Salt Lake City. One person died, many more were injured, and hundreds of homes and other buildings were damaged. But fifteen years later, it looks like one city park may have come through the experience better than before. The tornado ripped down dozens of huge trees that shaded Memory Grove at the mouth of City Creek Canyon next to Utah’s state capitol. But even before the disaster, the park had gained a reputation for crime and

 Utahns Call for Peace in South Sudan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 149

Demonstrations against the violence in South Sudan took place in Utah and throughout the country Wednesday as President Salva Kiir visits Washington DC for an African-US summit. The Nuer community in Salt Lake City walked up State Street to the Utah Capitol, calling for peace and the deposition of Salva Kiir. The demonstration comes as the United Nations reports this week that militias in South Sudan killed at least five relief workers of Nuer ethnicity. In a parking lot on State Street and 800

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