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One person dead in I-80 crash involving 2 semitrucks
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Highway Patrol says one person has died following a crash on eastbound Interstate 80, involving two semitrucks. The incident occurred in the area of milepost 191 in Summit County. The UHP said a semi with a “box trailer” was going slow up a hill. It was rear-ended by another semi pulling two trailers.
West Hills to resubmit incorporation petition after landowner drops out
Derek Anderson, the landowner organizing support for a new town between Kamas and Hideout, West Hills, will need to submit a new petition for incorporation. That’s because at least one landowner opted out after consultants ran the numbers on West Hills’ financial feasibility. The Utah Lieutenant Governor’s office...
Heber City housing: One young man's struggle to stay in his hometown
Every rural person and place has a story. Change is part of that story. “Rural Utah at a Crossroads” is part of the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America, which explores the changing meaning of rural life and identity. Utah Humanities is touring Crossroads to eight rural communities across Utah in 2024. As part of the tour, Utah Humanities and Utah Public Radio are partnering with exhibition hosts to interview local residents about change in their communities.
By connecting in Spanish, Timpanogos Middle tapped into the power of Latino parents
When Alfonso Flores used to get report cards for his oldest son, he didn’t understand exactly what they were telling him. Was his son doing well? Where could he improve?. The Heber City parent has lived in Utah for more than 20 years, but he grew up in Mexico. Unfamiliar with the U.S. grading system, he laughed remembering how he would just trust his son to tell him how he was doing in school.
Emergency officials ‘optimistic’ about Summit County flood forecast
The Wasatch Back has seen sporadic warm-ups this spring, punctuated by colder weather and more rain and snow. Summit County Emergency Manager Kathryn McMullin said that stair-step pattern is the best-case scenario. “So that's actually been going pretty well for us,” she said. “Even though we've continued to get additional...
Park City police blotter: Mercedes-Benz driver ‘accelerated and honked’ at pedestrian
The Park City Police Department received a report earlier in April from a pedestrian who was displeased with a driver along a busy road. The case was logged on Monday, April 8, at 2:03 p.m. The pedestrian told the police they were crossing Kearns Boulevard when a vehicle “did not even slow down.” The driver “accelerated and honked at him,” the police were told. The driver was in a red Mercedes-Benz of an unspecified model.
Fresh Tracks Friday | April 19, 2024
9 a.m. - ZZ Ward - Best Friends. ZZ Ward was influenced as a child by her father's record collection. By the time she was 12 years old she was singing in his blues band, and by 16 she was performing with R&B and hip-hop acts in Eugene, Oregon. ZZ Ward is known for her unique fusion of blues, hip-hop, pop, R&B, neo-soul, and rock, which you'll hear here on her newest release.
These dogs perform a different kind of ‘Best in Show’
Where: Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, 1750 Kearns Blvd. Note: Nuzzles & Co., the no-kill animal rescue nonprofit, will host a pre-show puppy snuggle lounge, starting at 6:30 p.m. Wesley Williams’ dogs know how to do those simple tricks — sit, rollover, stay, as well as do a backflip...
Majority of car crashes happen on 10% of Summit County roads
The regional planning organization mapped out the most dangerous roads across Summit, Wasatch and Utah counties using that last five years of crash data. In Park City, most crashes happen along Kearns Boulevard, but the more severe crashes happen at Marsac Avenue and Deer Valley Drive. In the Snyderville Basin,...
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