Renai Bodley Miller

**UPDATE  11am:  Summit County Sheriff Justin Martinez says Stratton has been found safe and has been reunited with his father. 

Search and rescue workers are looking for a missing 9-year-old boy near the Henry's Fork area in Summit County Thursday.

While the results are not official yet, it appears Malena Stevens has an insurmountable lead over Canice Harte in the race for Summit County Council.

Stevens and Harte, who serve together on the Snyderville Planning Commission, competed in the Democratic primary to fill the Council seat being vacated by Kim Carson.

In Tuesday’s unofficial results, Stevens received 1821 votes—nearly 1000 votes ahead of Harte, who received 831.

No Republican contender has filed to run for Carson’s seat. So barring a write-in, Stevens has been elected to the Summit County Council.

Utah has set another high bar for COVID-19 cases. There are 676 new cases of the coronavirus in Utah Friday, according to the state health department.  That brings the total number of positive cases in Utah to 20,050 since the pandemic began in March.

More than 317,000 tests have been administered. The rate of positives is at 6.3%. 31 more people are in the hospital due to COVID-19, bringing the total number of hospitalizations to 174.

Thursday night Utah Governor Gary Herbert approved Summit County’s request to make wearing face masks mandatory in public. County Manager Tom Fisher tells KPCW the county received verbal confirmation from Herbert's office and written approval will come Friday.

Utah saw its highest number of COVID-19 cases this weekend, and a Wasatch County man is among the recent deaths reported due to the virus.

On Saturday, the Utah Department of Health reported 643 new cases, topping the old record set just the day before on Friday, which was 586.  State epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn released a statement Saturday saying the number of new cases in Utah is “sobering.”  She noted that for three straight weeks the cases in Utah have been increasing at a rate that is not sustainable, and the state is at risk for overwhelming its hospital capacity. 

Monday night the Wasatch County Open Lands Board will meet to consider giving $2 million to save one of the last dairy farms in the Heber Valley.

The Albert Kohler Legacy Farm is 103 acres between River Road on the west, and the Provo River on the east around 1800 North.  The Kohler family has operated the farm since the 1800's. Currently, they process milk and cheese on site and sell it in a red building adjacent to the proposed protected property.  The family also operates a cafe and provides tours of the cheese-making facility to local students and tourists.

Utah’s COVID-19 cases went up by 2.1% Monday, with 256 more cases since Sunday.

Summit County has 437 cases, up three from the day before.  Wasatch County added two more cases, for a total of 332.

There were three more deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Utah Sunday, two women in Salt Lake County and one man in Davis County.  All three were older than age 60 and were hospitalized at the time of their deaths. A total of 124 people have passed away in Utah due to COVID-19.

COVID-19 cut the 2019-2020 ski season short by about a month and "significantly impacted" Vail Resorts' third quarter earnings, according to the ski company.  Thursday, CEO Rob Katz told investors the company lost $140 million in the first four months of 2020. Net income was $152 million, down from $292 million the year before.

The Utah Department of Health reported 268 new cases of COVID-19 in the state Sunday, a more than 50% drop from the day before.  Ten more people are hospitalized, bringing the total number of coronavirus patients in Utah hospitals to 118.  No new deaths have been reported.

Summit County has 434 cases, up eight from Saturday.  One more person has been hospitalized, bringing the total number of hospitalizations in the county since March to 40.  

Wasatch County has 330 cases, up four from Saturday.  

Utah set another record for COVID-19 Saturday, reporting 546 new cases.  The statewide total is now 11,798.  There was one more death, a Weber County man over the age of 85, bringing the total number of fatalities to 121 since March.

Summit County has 426 cases, up four from Friday.  Wasatch County has 326 cases, up nine from Friday.

Utah recorded its highest daily incident rate of COVID-19 Friday and the state epidemiologist says a significant number is due to an outbreak at a meat processing facility in northern Utah.

In a news release Friday, the Utah Health Department announced there were 439 new cases of COVID-19 since the day before. That’s a daily rate increase of 4.1%.

Utah set its second highest benchmark for COVID-19 cases Saturday, with 269 more cases than the day before, or 2.9%.  That brings the state total for positive cases to 9,533.  

The state reported its highest ever daily increase Friday with 343 new cases.  State epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn said the higher numbers could be due to testing trends and isolated outbreaks and urged Utahns to continue wearing face masks and staying home when they feel ill.

The Park City Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau has a new plan to bring visitors back to the area now that businesses have reopened.

Phase One of the Chamber's plan uses digital advertising to appeal to potential visitors from the Wasatch Front, which is the population centered around Salt Lake City that stretches north to Ogden and south to Provo, an area encompassing 80% of Utah's 3.2 million residents.

As Summit and Wasatch counties move to a lower-risk phase of COVID-19 response, the number of positive cases in Summit County appears to be levelling off, while Wasatch County's cases have gone up almost 10% in the past four days.

On Sunday, Summit County had 401 cases.  By Thursday, that number had gone up three to 404.  Wasatch County's cases, on the other hand, have gone up by twenty since Sunday, from 202 to 222.