KPCW’s flagship news program, Local News Hour, follows NPR’s Morning edition from 8 to 9 a.m. KPCW Senior News Director Leslie Thatcher hosts Monday through Thursday and Roger Goldman hosts Fridays. Get information directly from the people making news in the Wasatch Back with live interviews every weekday.
Morning Edition & The Local News Hour with Leslie Thatcher
NPR's national show Morning Edition is interspersed with the Wasatch Back's only daily local news source, live every weekday morning from 6 to 8 a.m. Whether recapping the previous night's school board meeting, informing listeners about a recent development on a government project or a feature story on a piece of local color, veteran news anchor Leslie Thatcher delivers the news that makes the Wasatch Back a community.
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Mountain Mediation Center Executive Director Gretchen Lee has details on the nonprofit's 20th anniversary event. -
Heber City Manager Matt Brower previews Tuesday's city council meeting including discussions on the Central Heber Overlay Zone which aims to preserve downtown character while allowing property flexibility.
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South Summit Superintendent of Schools Greg Maughan shares updates after the first month of the new school year. -
Summit County Health Department Director Phil Bondurant provides an update on health issues and topics like the detection of measles in Coalville wastewater and upcoming events like a cancer screening on Sept. 24 and 29, and a Climate Change Speaker Series on Sept. 30, focusing on air quality and health impacts. The VAX and GO events for COVID-19 and flu vaccines are scheduled for Oct. 7-9. -
Holy Cross Ministries Communications and Marketing Director Andy Cier shares details on Fiesta 150, their special 150th anniversary edition fundraiser, which will be on Oct. 4. -
Summit County Communications Director Derek Siddoway provides some updates on the county's emergency policies.
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Summit County Manager Shayne Scott previews Wednesday's county council meeting, including Utah Olympic Park and Junction Commons development proposals and bus rapid transit construction, Park City Municipal Public Utilities Director Clint McAffee provides an outlook for this summer's water flows and possible conservation measures and Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter Director of Visitor Experience & Exhibits Hunter Klingensmith talks about upcoming spring programs and the return of the live sandhill crane cam. (40:45) -
A special report from the Utah Avalanche Center Special Project Lead Chad Brackelsberg and Vice President of Enablement for Rise 8 Adam Furtado on their collaboration which aims to use artificial intelligence to improve hazard forecasting in the backcountry, Park City Golf Manager Vaughn Robinson previews the 2026 golf season and plans for a new irrigation systems, and Wasatch Trails Foundation Executive Director Mia Yue has details on the current state of trails, the trail work schedule for the season and plans to add more trails to the area.
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The Utah Avalanche Center forecast assess backcountry risk, Andrew Brady an engineer at OpenSnow discusses the newest AI advancements in hazard and weather forecasting, the Salt Lake City airport's spokesperson, Nancy Volmer, on how airport operations and TSA agents are weathering the partial government shutdown, and a preview of the University of Utah's symposium on the impact the "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" has on culture, religion, lifestyles and more.
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The spring snow risk forecast from the Utah Avalanche Center forecast, Summit County Councilmember Megan McKenna recaps Wednesday's meeting including the sheriff’s office expansion and Cline Dahle development's zoning issues, Weilenmann School of Discovery Principal Elizabeth Phillips details the new PEAK program designed to help young athletes balance school and training and the Arts Council of Park City and Summit County's Jocelyn Scudder and Mountain Town Music's Brian Richards talk about this month's musical gallery stroll.
