Morning Edition & The Local News Hour with Leslie Thatcher
NPR's national show Morning Edition is interspersed with Park City'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 Park City a community.
The Local News Hour follows Morning Edition and is KPCW's flagship news program, also hosted by KPCW News Director Leslie Thatcher, every weekday from 8 to 9 a.m. Get the information directly from the people who are making the news with live interviews.
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Summit County Manager Shayne Scott previews Wednesday's council meeting including possible amendments to Dakota Pacific development agreement for Kimball Junction that would that add 50,000 square feet for nonprofit spaces, including the Kimball Art Center. -
Ski Mountain Mining History board members Alicia O'Meara and Don Roll preview the organization's annual Music for the Mines fundraiser July 1 to raise money for the Thaynes Mine restoration project. -
Park City Golf Director Vaughn Robinson discusses the proposed master plan for the renovations to the municipality's golf course and the July 6 open house locals can attend to learn more. -
Utah Olympic Park General Manager Jamie Kimball discusses the site's plan for building a 208 room hotel and renovations to the training pool. -
Park City Chamber Bureau Communications Director Dan Howard provides an update on area tourism data and the lodging forecast for the rest of the summer. Howard highlighted 22% year-over-year growth in hotel bookings for May and a 2% increase so far in June. -
Kristin Martino and Lindsey Marshall of Eventful Yoga preview Park City's first Yoga Festival happening June 27 at City Park. -
Justin Jones, executive director of Utah Valley University's Gary Hebert Institute for Public Policy, discusses Utah's mail-in voting system and voter security measures. -
University of Utah professor Paul Reeve shares the history of Juneteenth, which marks the announcement of emancipation for enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865 and discusses the history of enslaved persons in the Utah territory from the 1840s to the 1860s. -
Timpanogos Valley Theatre board member Gary Harter previews the opening of "1776 The Musical," which chronicles the story of the Founding Fathers in the days prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. -
Summit County Councilmember Chris Robinson recaps Wednesday's meeting including the purchase of 25 acres from Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City for $3.5 million.
