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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Wednesday is opening day for the North Summit School District in Coalville. School officials reported busy students and a few new district-wide programs.
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The Park City, Summit County Arts Council returns Saturday with its Art on the Trails fundraiser.
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West Jordan Police shut down I-80 in Summit County Thursday evening, looking for a homicide suspect.
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$50,000 will go to western firefighters as part of the High West Distillery’s $1million commitment to Protect the West campaign.
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A Girl Scout Gold Award candidate is working to install pedestrian crossing beacons on a roundabout in the Snyderville Basin.
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Help raise awareness for a cure to Alzheimer's disease and join the Park City Walk to End Alzheimer's on Saturday at the Basin Rec Field House.
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33-year-old Park City native Sierra Quitiquit, a skier turned activist, is one busy woman.
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Grazing goats control vegetation and weeds, and reduce wildfire risk in the Willow Creek area.
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Free menstrual supplies are now available in Wasatch Back School districts.
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The committee hopes to have qualified candidates identified by the first of the year.