The Kamas-area mother who killed her husband, Eric Richins, and then wrote a book about grief will spend the rest of her life in prison.
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Wasatch Back residents can now see a comprehensive map of ongoing road work across Summit County.
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Park City drivers may see more kids on the roads May 15 for the district’s Bike To School Day.
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The South Summit School District has no plans to raise taxes despite facing a tight budget year.
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Heber City residents are pushing back against a proposed cell phone tower in a downtown neighborhood. Planning commissioners want the city to have a plan for future tower applications.
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A lawsuit over Wasatch County wastewater treatment ponds will continue – with some limitations.
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Lake Powell's dire water level forecast is prompting an unprecedented move: transporting a massive marina to deeper waters. It's another example of how the West's historically dry, warm year is straining the Colorado River.
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Drivers in Big Cottonwood Canyon will see more buses in an effort to decrease winter traffic over the next few years.
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A Park City High School student has started a new book club that will gather both youth and seniors. Their first meeting is in May.
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The rule required the agency to consider conservation and development equally in land-use decisions for millions of acres across the West.
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A Francis woman has died after the climber was caught in an avalanche May 11 on Mount Makalu in Nepal.
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U.S. school districts worry it could get even more expensive to prepare a meal under new federal dietary guidelines, as they also contend with cuts to programs that helped them buy local food.
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Much of the focus of the ongoing redistricting war has been on which political party will come out on top. But it's voters who will pay a cost, say voting experts and voting rights advocates.
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Until recently, Jonathan Gross was a Trump political appointee at the Department of Justice and worked on its "Weaponization Working Group." He has now become a vocal critic of the department.
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