Local News Hour | December 31, 2025 By Kristine Weller, Connor Thomas Published December 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM MST Listen • 49:06 Ways To Subscribe Apple Spotify Amazon Music TuneIn Overcast KPCW Utah Avalanche Center forecast (2:52)Wasatch County’s Luke Searle to seek Utah statehouse seat (5:47)Point-in-Time Count leaders Heather Hogue and Amanda Christensen share how residents can get involved in the annual homelessness count (7:56)Wasatch Back state parks host ‘first-day’ New Year’s hikes (19:31)Utah Olympic Park General Manager Jamie Kimball has an update on the park's facilities and events (21:25)Utah Avalanche Center warns skiers, riders of backcountry dangers after slides (29:54)Austin Smith from Bogus Basin ski resort in Boise talks about using snow storage as an unconventional early season snow solution (31:53)Utahns will be banned from using SNAP to buy soda starting Jan. 1 (46:57)Utah public safety offering Lyft gift cards for sober rides (47:38)