Another emergency homeless shelter opened in Salt Lake County this week. The new winter overflow facility is on the west side of Salt Lake City and can house 120 people.
Published January 7, 2021 at 6:13 PM MST
Jon Reed
KUER
Tickets for the Sundance Film Festival went on sale Thursday. This year the festival has gone virtual due to COVID-19. This story and more in Thursday evening s news brief.
Thursday evening, January 7, 2021
State
Second Highest Single Day COVID-19 Case Total
Utah recorded its second highest, single day total for new COVID-19 cases Thursday as health officials announced 4,597 cases. Officials also reported 29 deaths but they said 17 of those occurred before Dec. 20. There are also 537 people currently hospitalized with the disease. In vaccine news, Utah hospitals have already begun administering the second dose and 967 have received it so far.
Al s Airport Inn in Ewing has announced that they re now offering our local heroes a discount.
The newer family owned bar and grill on Bear Tavern Road (near the Trenton Mercer airport) has launched what they re calling First Responders Mondays. Every Monday, first responders with valid ID will get 10% off their entire bill. Wow. I love that. They all deserve it.
The restaurant s website says, Real heroes don t wear capes, they wear badges. As our way of showing appreciation for the dedication, hard work, and sacrifices those in uniform make everyday, Al s Airport Inn if offering a 10% discount to ALL first responders every Monday.
Robert Gehrke: The pandemic makes Utahâs homeless situation more complicated than ever
More people are camping outside or getting vouchers to stay in hotels.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Robert Gehrke.
  | Dec. 23, 2020, 2:00 p.m.
Theyâre down by the library or at Pioneer Park, clustering under overpasses and in lots, the makeshift homeless camps that seem to be as widespread and jammed pack as theyâve ever been.
As with everything during the pandemic, the coronavirus has exacerbated the inequities in our society and made one of our most intractable problems many times worse.
âThere is always going to be some amount of unsheltered homelessness in our community and I think we can be smart about how we respond to that,â Michelle Hoon, the project and policy manager with Salt Lake Cityâs Homeless Engagement and Response Team, told me, âbut I think the pandemic has made it a lot more challenging.â
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Mariposa Supervisor Marshall Long (left) joins others at Airport Inn Bar & Grill in Mariposa, which offered masks but had few takers.Tracy Barbutes / Special to The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
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