David Boyle

Heber City Council’s meeting on Tuesday looked at how to plan for the city’s future, and also looked at honoring and preserving its past.

The 2020 Sundance Film Festival brings with it opportunities for festival goers to see new films, hear panels and listen to live music. Alongside more traditional forms of artistic expression, the festival also explores opportunities for additional venues of expression.

Members of the Valley Opposition to Large Transmission lines, or VOLT, are busy working to raise $1.5 million to fund the burial of about a one mile stretch transmission lines that will go through Midway City, but the clock is ticking on that effort.

Wasatch County has released more information on the tax error that cost the county $6 million in under collected taxes. In a brief report the county has outlined a timeline of events and plans to prevent further errors in the future.

Five state representatives and senators met for a Legislative Preview hosted by Action Utah in Park City on Wednesday night. One of the hot topic issues for the evening was Tax Reform and funding for education.

A construction trailer near Woodward Park City caught on fire Wednesday afternoon.

On December 12th members of the Utah Legislature passed a Tax Reform bill in a special session, which was then signed by Utah Governor Gary Herbert. Soon after a grassroots effort to overturn the bill sprung up across the state.

The International Olympic Committee met in a session last week in Switzerland. There the committee received an update on future Winter Olympic Host cities. The update included only three cities by name, Salt Lake being one of them.

US Ski & Snowboard saw action across the globe including local competitors in the Youth Olympics in Lausanne Switzerland.

A local nonprofits effort to bring more affordable housing to Summit County will soon be complete with 64 new condos but time is running out for those interested in buying these units.

Seven local athletes began competition Thursday in Lausanne Switzerland begin their competition at the Youth Olympic Games. Among those celebrating and supporting those local athletes is the Youth Sports Alliance.

At their Tuesday meeting Midway City Council swore in Lisa Kohler Orme for another term, as well as first term council members Steve Dougherty and Kevin Payne. One of the first items discussed by the new council was parking.

At their first meeting of 2020 Midway City Council considered an ordinance to amend their code regarding Festival Market Business Licenses, in order to incentivize the creation of public parking. Midway City planner Michael Henke introduced the idea.

Tickets are now on sale for the National Ability Center’s biggest fundraiser of the year.