Salt Lake City launched a new program to place plaques at specific sites that highlight a significant historical event, person or place in the city, but it's looking for help identifying sites.

The 32-year-old shot by Salt Lake City police early Thursday was taken to a hospital in critical condition, making him the fifth person in Utah in less than two weeks to be shot at during a police encounter.

The public safety plan will increase police presence in high-crime areas downtown, in the Ballpark Neighborhood and the Jordan River area. The plan includes placing security cameras at parks, enforcing park curfews and improving responses to businesses affected by crime.

The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) is adding five new bus lines and restoring service on lines that had service cut during the pandemic, reports Jordan Miller for The Salt Lake Tribune. “The service expansion comes after a nearly 16% jump in ridership last year and will restore routes that have been dormant since the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Palmer Court in Salt Lake City is hoping to redesign its supportive housing campus and potentially add more housing units in the future.