Flow to slow in ‘Poison Creek’

Cole McDonald celebrates as he crosses the finish line on Thursday night. Jaelin Kauf crosses up her skis and backflips off a jump during Thursday’s World Cup event. Hannah Soar flies off a jump during Thursday’s moguls competition. Support Local Journalism. Readers around Park City and Summit County...

I listened to the Feb. 1 presentation by Dakota Pacific to the Summit County Council, to outline their revised proposal for residential and commercial development in the Tech Park. The plan is “reduced” but nevertheless remains a massive project which would be built in arguably the most traffic-congested part of Summit County! Public and voter strong opposition for the initial proposal was near universal; I have no doubt the council will hear similar howls this time around if this proposal is given any serious consideration.

The Park City Tech Center sits as mostly undeveloped land, but workforce and senior housing, commercial facilities such as a medical center, and a central park equipped with a climbing gym, amphitheater or boardwalk, could exist there someday – if the Summit County Council approves the plan. Salt Lake...

Respiratory illnesses are up in Summit County across the board, but still lower than what health officials saw during the holiday season. The Sundance Film Festival kicked off roughly 14 days ago, bringing celebrities and even more crowds to the Park City area. The Summit County Health Department amid the festival announced coronavirus cases were increasing again, though Director Phil Bondurant said the rise isn’t attributed to a particular activity.

The February slate (see accompanying list) starts with a Sundance connection through Oliver Hermanus’ “Living,” which will screen Friday through Sunday, Feb. 3-5, said Executive Director Katharine Wang, Park City Film executive director. “This film premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, and it was one of...

Contrary to popular belief, the United States’ U-2 Spy Plane program did not come to a halt when Francis Gary Powers was shot down and eventually imprisoned for nearly two years in what was then called the Soviet Union in 1960. Parkite Frank “Fuzzy” Furr should know. He flew...