More than 150 Park City High School students walked out of their classes about an hour into their school day Friday morning to protest along Kearns Boulevard. They waved handmade signs, American and Mexican flags and chanted “snow, not ice,” and “this is what democracy looks like.”
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Businesses planned ahead to hire seasonal workers this year. But low snow ended up limiting work hours.
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The Sundance Film Festival honored movies interrogating serious social and political problems this year.
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The family of Gabby Petito will have its case against the Moab Police Department heard by the Utah Supreme Court this year.
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Summit County is updating its 2018 Solid Waste Master Plan. The goal is to extend the life of the landfill by 10 years.
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The race in Crans Montana, Switzerland Jan. 30, was the first of three scheduled for the weekend. It was canceled after just six racers.
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The Park City incident is the sixth in-bounds death at a Western U.S. resort this month.
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Summit County's mayors and councilmembers will reconsider transportation grant procedures in March.
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Ivory Homes and Garff-Rogers Ranch LLCs have filed parallel development applications with Summit County and the state of Utah.
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Hundreds of people filled the Wasatch High School library Jan. 28 for a standing-room-only hearing about plans for the Heber Valley corridor.
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Park City recently approved a consent agreement meant to end years of litigation over billionaire Matthew Prince’s home overlooking Old Town. But it appears an end to the disputes won’t come soon.
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Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Friday announced an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of hundreds of prisoners detained for political reasons.
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Trump administration officials have falsely linked Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good to domestic terrorism. It's part of a larger pattern by the Department of Homeland Security.
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The Senate passed a measure to avert a shutdown on Friday. But with the House on recess, funding for broad stretches of the federal government has technically lapsed.
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