Inspired by the “Miami model” in Florida — where Miami-Dade County has been diverting nonviolent people with mental illness away from jails and into mental health facilities — Utah state, city and county leaders are taking the next steps to put a plan into action.  The mastermind behind the “Miami model,” former Judge Steven Leifman, sat […]

Utah’s raging wildfires have burned fast and big in the backcountry, but cities and suburbs are also dealing with destructive fires.

Kelly Cockrell said when her son was killed in a car crash at the age of 24, “I just spiraled.”  Cockrell, 49, said she started using drugs, lived on the streets of Salt Lake City for about five months, and attempted to take her own life before she was hospitalized. But she eventually got help […]