Kamas, UT

PARK CITY, Utah. — The Park City Fire Department responded to a structure fire in Promontory today. A BBQ caught fire and spread to the back deck. The fire was confined to the BBQ and surrounding deck area of the home. All occupants were safely evacuated and no one was injured. View this post on […]

I was excited to learn of Chef Matt Harris’ (Tupelo Park City, RIME Seafood & Steak, RIME Raw Bar, Afterword) new pop-up dining experience: Wild Ember BBQ. Combining Chef Harris’ Southern roots and his fine-dining background, the upscale smokehouse concept began offering curbside and catering services at The Snow Park Residences at The St. Regis Deer Valley this Wednesday.

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Utah Department of Health reported that an additional eight Utahns have been killed by COVID-19 with over 1,749 positive tests coming in since Thursday. Of the eight deaths, one was a younger female between the age of 15 and 24-years-old from Wasatch County. She...

VIENNA, Austria. — A civil trial opened Friday in Austria over the government’s handling of a coronavirus outbreak at an Alpine ski resort during the early stages of the pandemic that relatives say resulted in unnecessary infections and deaths. The widow and son of a 72-year-old Austrian man are seeking about 100,000 euros ($117,000) compensation […]

Summit County received some good news in a ruling Sept. 16th from Fourth District Court Judge Jennifer Brown, concerning one of the county’s legal challenges to the town of Hideout and its attempt to annex into Summit County. Judge Brown denied a motion from Hideout, and allowed Summit County to...

Jack Thomas, a former mayor of Park City, saw himself as leading the community with a thoughtful approach to governance. An architect who served as a member of the Park City Planning Commission before ascending to the community’s top political post, Thomas would pore over issues in front of City Hall before decisions were made.

LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON, Utah — The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) received 13,000 comments regarding the environmental impact statement in Little Cottonwood Canyon, according to Deseret News. UDOT project manager Josh Van Jura told Deseret that their decision likely won’t come until spring of next year. “The comments have certainly gotten longer as the comment period […]

PARK CITY, Utah — This weekend Autumn Aloft is taking place, a hot air balloon festival that is celebrating its 7th edition after being canceled in 2020. On both Saturday and Sunday, you can catch morning launches at the N40 Fields at 8 am.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by […]

Intermountain Healthcare is the largest healthcare provider in Utah and announced plans to merge with Colorado-based SCL Health this week. The two nonprofit healthcare organizations signed a letter of intent to merge on Thursday. The merger would combine Intermountain’s services in Utah, Idaho, and Nevada with those of SCL in Colorado, Montana, and Kansas.

SANDY, Utah, Sept. 15, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) — A Sandy man was arrested Wednesday on seven felony charges after police say he shot a SWAT officer who tried to serve a search warrant for a narcotics investigation last week, and fired at other officers. In the Sept. 8 incident, Sean...

PARK CITY, Utah — After a possible stormy weekend, fall temperatures are expected to arrive on Monday. Park City has a 48 percent chance of precipitation on Saturday, with storms forecasted across the state. Unsettled weather is on tap for the weekend. Showers and thunderstorms are possible across much of the state, some storms could […]

When you are invited by the pianist — specifically — to be part of maybe eight people to lay under the piano on the highly polished wooden (flatbed) stage which is towed to town by a truck … outside in a grain field on a perfect fall day … you are not certain if you might not be dreaming. You are in the middle of the middle of 400 protected acres in the-middle-of-nowhere Idaho on land that has a restored creek where trout swim into the Teton River. And the sky is impossibly blue and the clouds keep shape-shifting and so do you. A light breeze keeps it all moving and music surrounds you and the Tetons are the backdrop and there is a slight breeze and soft bird calls from those winged creatures whose names you can’t place because you are in a place so surreal.

The Summit County Council last month voted to put a $50 million open space bond on November’s ballot and is hoping to hear input on the idea at a public hearing Wednesday evening. There is a history in Summit County of borrowing tens of millions of dollars to preserve land,...

A Sandy man accused of shooting a police officer earlier this month during a SWAT standoff was recently released more than two years early from state supervised probation because of good behavior, court records show. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News) — SANDY — On July 13, Sean DeJesus Darragh had his state supervised probation terminated early because he had been doing well and was showing progress, according to court records.

PARK CITY, Utah — The Department of Workforce Services released its economic report for August, showing a relatively similar picture compared to recent months. The state unemployment rate stayed at 2.6%, unchanged from July. The state’s rate is half of the national rate. The unemployment rate for the entire country is currently 5.2%. “Utah’s recent […]

SUMMIT COUNTY, Utah — Starting on Monday, September 20, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) will close the northbound U.S. 40 to the westbound I-80 flyover ramp at Silver Creek Junction. Crews will be resurfacing the ramp and replacing concrete barriers. Drivers can access westbound I-80 from Silver Creek Road. The ramp is scheduled to […]

SALT LAKE CITY — Summit County Attorney Margaret Olson joined three other Utah county attorneys this week in sending a letter to state lawmakers encouraging them to endorse legislation that would repeal the death penalty in Utah. Along with Olson, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sam Gill, Grand County Attorney Christina Sloan, and Utah County […]

Two men were shot and killed in a Sandy home, according to police.

(KAMAS, UT) A sunny Friday is here for Kamas, but if you haven’t got any ideas for taking advantage of it, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Check out these ideas along with a four-day forecast.