Utah ski areas are gearing up for winter, with a handful scheduled to open at the end of November. Wasatch Back resorts are hoping to have more snow.

"Today's decision to delay the trial of the man accused of murdering our beloved Charlie until at least June 2028, is deeply disappointing," the Kirk family said in a statement.

Street parking is banned in Summit and Wasatch counties to allow for snow plows to clear the roads.

The resort will now fine no-shows $100. The town, meanwhile, is quintupling the cost of a parking ticket.

Patriotic banners that lined Heber's Main Street will be up for auction in November.

When ICE agents show up at a school, educators rely on a patchwork of policies to know what to do. This year, many state legislatures tried to update those policies.

In a state that hasn't had a Democrat in office since 1980 and hasn't sent a Black Senator to Washington since the 1870s, Colom's win represents a massive upset in state politics.

A Supreme Court ruling that further weakened the Voting Rights Act paved the way for a record drop in Black representation in Congress. But a midterm blue wave helped hold off such a decline for now.