Linda Graves

Summit County behavioral health director Aaron Newman and Mental Health Alliance Director Linda Graves explain how the final town hall meeting will help shape local behavioral health strategy.

On today's Local News Hour, host Leslie Thatcher's guests are: (06:09) Summit County behavioral health director Aaron Newman and Mental Health Alliance director Linda Graves, explaining the final town hall meeting and the future of behavioral health strategy in the county, (20:44) Park City Municipal Emergency Program Manager Mike McComb and Community Engagement Manager Linda Jager, with information about the evacuation exercise happening September 28th, and (34:56) Park City photographers Dave Winegar and Amy Eskind sharing highlights from their wins at the Utah State Fair photography competition.

Joining the show with a conversation about mental health in the Wasatch Back are two women, Linda Graves and Pamella Bello, whose passion and efforts to destigmatize and promote prevention bring our community towards greater understanding and increased services.

On today's episode of The Mountain Life, Pete Stoughton and Lynn Ware Peek's guests include: (01:01) Mexican-American Poet & Novelist Erika L. Sánchez joins the show to introduce her new memoir, Crying In The Bathroom, in which no subject is off-limits—including sex, shame (and how they intersect for Latina women), feminism, depression, gender norms, beauty standards, ambition, and race. (25:38) Then, a conversation about mental health in the Wasatch Back with two women, Linda Graves and Pamella Bello, whose passion and efforts to destigmatize and promote prevention bring our community towards greater understanding and increased services.