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There were primary elections in Summit and Wasatch counties to set the field for two local school board races and a handful of higher offices. In Park City, preliminary results show 29 votes to be the difference between a spot on the ballot and the end of the race. In South Summit, that margin was three.
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Aerial Mike/stock.adobe.com - 142127364A judge denied a request from prominent Park City attorney Joe Wrona that he be allowed to travel while felony rape charges against him are pending. -
Ben Lasseter/KPCWLike voters across the state, Wasatch County voters overwhelmingly favored incumbents in the two Republican primaries on Tuesday’s ballots.
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Three candidates are vying for the district 4 seat on the school board. With ballots still being counted, Meredith Reed currently leads by a narrow margin.
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A semi-truck overturned yesterday carrying 200 beehives. Millions of bees are in the Rail Trail area in Silver Creek Canyon while emergency crews work on next steps.
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KPCW just won 16 awards from the Utah Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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At a joint meeting Tuesday, elected leaders from Park City and Summit County addressed the region's housing crisis and ways the two governments could work together on solutions.
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Park City Municipal is preparing to take over managing the state-owned Union Pacific Rail Trail inside city limits.
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An historic mining relic – the Daly West headframe – has been laying on its side for the last seven years after collapsing. It’s been repaired and on Thursday, a celebration will take place when the headframe is lifted once again.
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A postponed public hearing and vote on a new Wasatch County sales tax to fund public transit is scheduled for Wednesday’s county council meeting.
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President Biden said there will be a permanent headquarters in Poland for the U.S. 5th Army Corps. It's one of several ways NATO forces will be beefed up after Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Many Americans put down deposits of $20,000 or more with builders to put up new homes. But with mortgage rates rising, some can no longer afford the homes. And they could lose their deposits.
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Maria Ressa, the first Filipino Nobel Peace Prize recipient, says the government is closing Rappler, which gained notoriety for its reporting of President Duterte's bloody crackdown on illegal drugs.
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