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On today's Local News Hour : (5:29) Summit County Council member Doug Clyde recaps Wednesday's meeting, (26:58) Planned Parenthood of Utah Vice President of Outreach Annabel Sheinberg talks about the get out the vote event Sunday at the J-GO Gallery, and (41:07) Jeff Fishman and Jude Grenny, members of the Park City Gallery Association, have details about tomorrow's monthly gallery stroll.

On today's Local News Hour, host Leslie Thatcher's guests are: (04:46) High Valley Transit District Executive Director Caroline Rodriguez highlighting Monday's groundbreaking for the new transit facility, (22:50) Park City Manager Matt Dias and Transportation Director Matthew Neely preview this week's city council meeting, (49:40) and Summit Community Gardens Executive Director Sloane Johnson finishes the hour with a gardens update.

Today on The Mountain Life, David Wintzer and Lynn Ware Peek's guests include:(00:56) Longtime Park City resident and professional, wellness, and recovery coach Brooks Addicott who will present a new movement in the greater Park City area - it is recently formed CLUB FREE, a group with the aim to embrace, support, and advance sober-fun culture.(28:50) Then, one of Fortune Magazine’s “Most Powerful Black Executives in Corporate America,” Carla A. Harris. In her new book, LEAD TO WIN: How to Be a Powerful, Impactful, Influential Leader in Any Environment, Carla examines the journey from individual contributor to effective leader.

On today's edition of Mountain Money, (18:07) Ginger Wicks with The Park City Area Restaurant Association (PCARA) invites guests to the 10th Annual Dine About Park City, featuring world-class cuisine for an incredible value.Mountain Money ends the hour speaking with (23:32) Scott Galloway, author of Adrift: America in 100 charts. These 100 charts tell the story of how we got here, and where we might head.

In this episode of This Green Earth hosts Nell and Chris will be talking with (01:55) Dave Goulson. Goulson is a Professor of Biology at University of Sussex who has published more than 300 scientific articles on the ecology and conservation of bumblebees and other insects. He has just released a new book called "Silent Earth - Averting the Insect Apocalypse." Goulson will share more on the dramatic decline of insect species and how this can directly impact all life on Earth.Then (25:23) Dr. John Francis a.k.a. the “Planetwalker” comes on the show. Francis is an author and environmental professor. His environmental work began in 1971, when he witnessed an oil spill in San Francisco Bay. It was then that he gave up the use of motorized vehicles and began to walk. He then went on to create the nonprofit Planetwalk, an environmental awareness organization, took a vow of silence for 17 years, and received multiple degrees, including a PhD in Land Resources.

On today's Local News Hour: (9:04) Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter Exhibits Manager Hunter Klingensmith has details about October's bat exhibit, (20:13 ) Park City council member Max Doilney recaps the recent joint meeting with the Summit County Council and (37:17) Park City Ski and Snowboard Executive Director Christie Hind and new Youth Sports Division coach Ryan Devine have details about a new division now open for registration.

On today's Local News Hour : (9:31) Utah legislator for District 54 District Mike Kohler discusses taxes and interim business, (22:30) Park City Planning Director Gretchen Milliken talks about upcoming construction projects and (38:16) Recycle Utah Director Carolyn Wawra with a monthly update.

Today on This Green Earth, host Chris Cherniak brings back a best of show with (1:02) Yale University lecturer Wake Smith, who teaches a course on climate mitigation. The course syllabus forms the basis of his new book, Pandora's Toolbox: The Hopes and Hazards of Climate Intervention. In it, Smith offers readers an accessible introduction to the hopes and hazards of some of humanity's most controversial technologies. Then (27:17) Dr. David Stoner, Assistant Professor for Wildland Resources at Utah State University. Smith discusses the ever-increasing encounters with wildlife that Utah hikers and campers are having. Stoner provides facts about mountain lions, shares why drought and warming may increase human encounters, and explains how best to handle an encounter.

On today's Local News Hour host Leslie Thatcher interviews: (7:21) North Summit Unite organizers Anita Lewis and Lynn Wood have details on Saturday's NSU Regional Round Up (20:12) Park City Trails and Open Space manager Heinrich Deters and Kate Napier-Janz with Alpine Forestry are looking for residents to fill out the community wildfire risk assessment and (37:11) St. Mary's Volunteer Food Bank Coordinator Sarah Dellenbach who talks about the many charitable causes the church provides to the community.

Today on Cool Science Radio: (1:13) Update on NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft, DART, which was intentionally smashed into the asteroid Dimorphos Monday September 26th. NASA administrator Bill Nelson called the mission an “unprecedented success for planetary defense. The next step is to study the asteroid using telescopes on Earth to confirm that DART’s impact altered the its orbit. Then (3:22) Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson who has just written Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization, This new book brings the rationality of science and the scientific mind to look at the political and cultural issues we talk about every day.And finally (29:37) Mara Grunbaum who has just written Break Down! which is a NatGeo kids book. It is filled with photos and fun facts and covers all kinds of things that crash, crumble, and break.