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Around 300 locals gathered at the Utah Olympic Park to celebrate the start of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Many were excited to see the parade of nations featuring Utah and Park City-based athletes.
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The family of Carol PotterCarol Potter, a former director of Mountain Trails Foundation, whose contributions continue to shape Park City’s trail system, has died. -
Ballantine BooksNew York Times bestselling author Charmaine Wilkerson’s second novel, “Good Dirt,” was inspired by a true story recently aired on NPR.
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Signature gatherers have just over a week to get a petition to repeal Proposition 4 on the ballot this November. Clerks in Summit and Wasatch counties are verifying dozens of packets of signatures. -
A Feb. 10 public hearing on the residential development is cancelled. -
The Park City Council plans to put child care support into its annual budget. The decision is part of efforts to provide a sustainable funding source.
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In an explosive crash near the top of the downhill course in Cortina, Vonn landed a jump perpendicular to the slope and tumbled to a stop shortly below. -
At just 19 years old, Parkite Josie Johnson is a rising star on the U.S. ski jumping team. She's competing in her first Olympics this winter. -
Park City High School’s head football coach Josh Montzingo has resigned from his position on the team Friday, effective immediately. -
Alex Cooper will film “The Unwell Winter Games” in Park City this month, featuring Olympic-like competitions between celebrities, athletes and internet personalities. -
Two documentary projects from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival in Park City have been picked up by major distributors.
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"This is very valuable to us, and we will pay," Savannah Guthrie said in a new video message, seeking to communicate with people who say they're holding her mother. -
Their lawyers fear the notices are merely the first step toward the removal without due process of Somali asylum applicants in the country. -
U.S. figure skating phenom Ilia Malinin did a backflip in his Olympic debut, and another the next day. The controversial move was banned from competition for decades until 2024.
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