Carolyn Murray
ReporterKPCW reporter Carolyn Murray covers Summit and Wasatch County School Districts. She also reports on wildlife and environmental stories, along with breaking news. Carolyn has been in town since the mid ‘80s and raised two daughters in Park City.
Originally from the New York metro area, Carolyn came to Utah to attend college, earning degrees from the University of Utah in political science and French. After college, Carolyn started her career in retail, moving to sales and business marketing and management. Taking a hiatus to raise her girls, she pursued many volunteer endeavors in the schools and in the community. She initiated the citizen-led, city-wide, $15 million walkability bond that passed in 2007. The bond funded sidewalks and bike paths. It also resulted in a tunnel under Kearns Boulevard near the school campus and one under Bonanza Drive, which connects the city’s Old Town district with the Prospector neighborhood and the Rail Trail.
A news junky for decades and years of civic engagement set in motion a passion for the community. Since 2016, Carolyn has worked with the KPCW news team and readily offers that it’s the best professional experience of her life so far.
A hiking, biking and skiing enthusiast, she spends her free time in the mountains and deserts.
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The Park City Board of Education postponed adopting a proposed book ban policy Friday as the school district’s attorney evaluates its constitutionality. -
The Summit County Sheriff's Office reported several car break-ins in Snyderville Basin public parking areas. -
Community members are rallying around the Park City High School girl's tennis coach accused of child abuse after allegedly defending herself from a student's attack. -
Tuesday's Park City School Board meeting drew a crowd of parents and teachers commenting on a new state policy that would establish a process for banning books in the classroom. -
The Talkin' Tax Valuations Town Hall held Wednesday at the Jim Santy was a forum to question Republican candidates on Utah tax policy. -
Park City High School announced seven seniors have been named National Merit Scholar finalists. -
Forecasting weather more than five days in advance is tricky, but winter predictions so far indicate a big snowfall coming to the Pacific Northwest and uncertain snowfall for the Wasatch Back. -
A bull moose caught his rack in a Summit Park family's hammock Monday while trying to attract a nearby cow. -
Silver Creek Estates mailboxes were burglarized early Friday morning for the second time this year. -
The new COVID-19 boosters available through the Summit County Health Department do a much better job preventing repeat COVID infections in vaccinated people than the previous booster.
