The 2026 wildfire season is only halfway through, but it’s already scorched a record 285,000 acres of woodland and forest areas — continuing a trend that brings ‘concerning’ economic and ecological impacts.
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The 57th annual Kimball Arts Festival returns to Old Town this weekend. The event invites the community to meet artists, enjoy live music and try something new on Main Street.
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Park City is looking into bringing a thermal energy network to town, which heats and cools buildings using the earth. The underground systems are gaining popularity in the Intermountain West.
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The annual Park City Kimball Arts Festival on Main Street begins Friday and organizers are asking festivalgoers to bike, walk and take public transit.
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A new film festival is coming to Park City less than a year after the Sundance Film Festival left its 40-year home for Colorado.
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Park City received a record amount of rainfall in July since the library weather station began recording more than 30 years ago.
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Heber City residents will soon see steeper fines and late fees for parking violations.
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Working with local partners, Summit County has opened four new neighborhood recycling drop-off sites, making it easier for residents to recycle household glass and mixed recyclables.
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Kalshi, an international prediction market, says it will appeal the Utah Supreme Court judge's decision.
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DACA renewals are taking months longer than usual, costing some recipients their jobs. Temporary Protected Status and asylum are also harder to come by as the Trump administration continues to overhaul immigration.
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A new Utah State Auditor’s report shows the small Wasatch County town of Interlaken failed to follow state law when hiring its town administrator and public works manager.
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Snails are slimy. But there's more to that goo of theirs than meets the eye. It's a fact that may help inspire the creation of new materials.
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President Trump's proposed arch in Memorial Circle would intrude on dozens of nearby sites, says the National Park Service. But there's been minimal discussion of alternate locations.
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Living in the desert is "not for everybody," says Watkins. Her home, in the Mojave Desert near Death Valley, is staggeringly beautiful and brutal. Her new novel Yellow Pine shares this landscape.
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