Community leaders disagree, sometimes strongly, over how to manage the mostly untouched western Summit County property.
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Heber City leaders are debating whether to allow developers to levy special taxes in a neighborhood in the northern section of town. The council will discuss the proposal again July 21.
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Park City’s Egyptian Theatre is warning others after hackers recently stole tens of thousands of dollars. No donor information was compromised in the scheme.
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Wasatch County and Midway City leaders have now pledged open space dollars to protect local farmland forever. Both easements still need to secure additional funding.
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Triple-digit temperatures are in the forecast for most of the state this weekend, including parts of the Wasatch Back.
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The Park City Council will discuss next steps for the senior center and Little Kate Road improvements at its meeting Thursday.
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The Park City High Country Fly Fishers plans to restore more than a mile of Soapstone Creek this summer to keep Yellow Lake Fire debris and ash out of local waterways.
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“Grey's Anatomy” star Katherine Heigl and her husband, songwriter Josh Kelley have listed their Oakley mansion for $10.6 million after 18 years in the Wasatch Back.
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The Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter has a busy lineup of summer programs and free events.
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Mountain goats can be found in the Uinta Mountain range and in popular hiking areas including Mount Timpanogos and Little Cottonwood Canyon
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Readings from Wasatch Front air quality monitors showed lower levels of dangerous particles.
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Canoeist David Hearn plead not guilty in D.C. Superior Court Thursday to a charge of destruction of property causing more than $1,000 in damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Former strength and conditioning coach Mark Kulbis was charged Monday in the death of Calvin "CJ" Dickey Jr., a freshman athlete with sickle-cell trait who collapsed during training in July 2024.
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Tyler's biggest hit is a perfect encapsulation of what made her a star in the 1980s: An epic power ballad surging with emotion, delivered in a voice that sounded like it might tear the singer apart.
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