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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Hunting big game is popular throughout fall and winter in the Wasatch mountains. But not everyone hunting is doing it legally. KPCW reports on how to address suspected illegal hunting and potential conflicts.
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A Park City mom has moved into a new Habitat for Humanity home in Silver Creek Village.
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Witnesses saw someone hit an empty car and then drive away in the Trailside Park parking lot last Thursday evening, and law enforcement is asking the public for help in finding the driver.
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Park City School District Business Administrator Todd Hauber is leaving for the Granite School District in Salt Lake City.
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Scamming operations have Summit County law enforcement on high alert. Know what not to do!
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Many road construction projects will be halted during the Labor Day weekend Friday through Monday, but some work zones – and weekend travel - will continue to cause slowdowns.
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The next court date in the Summit County case charging Joe Wrona with rape was postponed again.
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A student on the Park City High School Tennis Team is under investigation for allegedly assaulting two people during practice at the MARC Monday.
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A local Girl Scout Gold Award candidate is finishing her project to help children affected by domestic violence.
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More than two-thirds of kids in the Wasatch Back have two working parents. Families say they need far more early child care options than they currently have.