State of the City address, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall shares what she wants to see happen to the ballpark at West Temple and 1300 South.

Salt Lake City officials have narrowed down a plan for the future of Smith's Ballpark. The news was announced Tuesday night by Mayor Erin Mendenhall in her annual "State of the City" speech.

The long-term future of Smith’s Ballpark is finally becoming clear a little more than two years after the Salt Lake Bees announced they would be moving out. The 31-year-old baseball stadium will be "repurposed" to serve as an entertainment venue with creative spaces and retail,

During her State of the City address on Tuesday night, Jan. 28, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said the city will move ahead with refurbishing the existing ballpark to create something new while honoring the location's history.

Utah leaders support Salt Lake City Mayor's new public safety plan and express readiness to collaborate on improving safety.

The Ballpark announcement came during the mayor’s annual State of the City address, hosted this year at downtown’s Main Library. Mendenhall noted the renovation underway on the library’s rooftop terrace, one of dozens of improvement projects in progress, recently completed or funded to soon begin on public assets throughout the east and west sides.

A Utah man died after driving off the side of a Nevada freeway and crashing Monday morning. The Nevada Highway Patrol said troopers responded to a vehicle crash on Interstate 80 near mile maker 64, about 25 miles west of Winnemucca and 8 miles east of Imlay.

Crowds packed Hong Kong's biggest Lunar New Year flower market on Tuesday on the eve of the start of the Year of the Snake. Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said the stadium will be repurposed as an entertainment venue.

The future of our city depends on our collective ability to act boldly and decisively, with the conviction that every person we serve — whether housed or unhoused — is worth the effort,” writes Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall in an op-ed.

A new website strives to make Salt Lake City's affordable housing efforts more transparent. It offers a better look into funding sources and project locations.

Other cities, counties and, most of all, the state — with the deepest pockets — must step up,” writes The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board. “So must the state’s philanthropic and religious leaders.”