Juvenile from outside Park City School District rode school bus and entered junior high classroom

On-Desk Talent: Drew Murry and Christian Bedke; Camera Operator: Martina Cavieres; Floor Director/Camera Operator: Oona Tuttle. The Miner Morning Show is a 10- to 15-minute twice-weekly student-produced news and information show. It airs at 9:09 a.m. on the PCHS Live YouTube channel. The show is the product of the high...

Park City High School offers two avenues for its students to study journalism; online and on-camera. The online version is the school’s student-run newspaper called Park City Prospector. It produces articles including sports reports, feature articles such as students' favorite classes, opinion articles, and the monthly advice column Dear Isaiah.

Public transit and a sobriety program for DUI offenders are up for potential action in Wednesday’s Wasatch County Council meeting. On Wednesday, the Wasatch County Council is scheduled to consider a state program described as “24/7 Sobriety.”. It allows people convicted of driving under the influence to keep...

A state council decided Wasatch County Sheriff Jared Rigby will not take a new job leading the agency that oversees Utah law enforcement standards. After nominating Rigby in November to be the next director of Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.), the P.O.S.T. Council decided Tuesday to find someone else to take the job.

After a month of uncertainty, Wasatch County Sheriff Jared Rigby could get a decision about his eligibility to direct Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.). A spokesperson for the Utah Department of Safety, which oversees P.O.S.T., said the council could make a decision on whether or not to allow Rigby to take over the seat today.

New housing and more business, or a small-town feel? As Heber’s population booms, the debate is part of the city’s growing pains and was the focus of a conversation about the city’s future strategy Wednesday. The Heber City Council and planning commission held a joint meeting and...

A mountain town community like Park City lives for an epic winter and consecutive storms like the ones this season. But so much snow can cause problems. Big ones. Mike Owens is fire marshal for Park City Fire District. He said one of the biggest risks is noxious gases getting inside homes from various outside vents which are usually above the snow. These vents are attached to appliances such as dryers, water heaters and furnaces.

Dakota Pacific submitted its downsized proposal last November, cutting back after the original plan garnered well-organized opposition. When the council considered the original redevelopment plan in Dec. 2021, a crowd of nearly 1,000 community members turned out in protest. Wednesday's meeting drew about 25 in-person attendees, still more than usually sit in on work sessions.

Around 7:15 p.m. Wednesday the Park City Fire District and Park City Police responded to a water leak at the state liquor warehouse store on Sidewinder Dr. in Prospector. On arrival, firefighters discovered that the roof collapse. A Park City Fire District spokesperson said the heavy snow load on the...

After being postponed several times, Joe Wrona’s preliminary court hearing is scheduled for Feb 17 in Third District Court before Judge Richard Mrazik. Wrona was charged in March of 2022 with one count of first degree felony rape of his biological daughter. KPCW does not name victims of sexual violence without their consent. Wrona’s daughter is an adult who lives in another state.

The city council plans to jump back into a list of transportation ideas that it started considering last year. Potential strategies to combat growing gridlock include congestion pricing during peak times, a tunnel beneath SR-248, and expanding the Rail Trail to include aerial transit. The city recently received an $80,000...

Over the next few decades, Brian Head — which is just east of Cedar City — will open up more than 850 acres of new skiing terrain and up to seven new high-speed lifts. When complete, it will be the seventh largest resort in Utah, putting it ahead of Big Cottonwood Canyon destinations Solitude and Brighton. Though hours south of the Wasatch Mountains, Brian Head has some serious elevation; at 9600’ its base is the highest of any resort in Utah.

Over the weekend, police officers and a SWAT team arrested a man in Heber City after he barricaded himself in a home for a night. Heber City Police reported they got a call from potential domestic violence victims Saturday night around 11 p.m. The callers said they had left a home after an altercation with an intoxicated man escalated and he threatened them with a gun.

Heber City downtown is evolving. Could that mean taller buildings and a changed skyline?. Main Street, downtown neighborhoods and a recreation and tourism district are priorities in Heber City’s 30-year plan. Currently, buildings can be up to four stories tall. That became city law in October after the city...

Rubell listed his Thaynes Canyon home for sale last week. Summit County records indicate he owns other property in Park City. City council members are required to live in city limits. Rubell didn’t respond to a request for comment Monday. In recent months he and White Pine Touring have...

Park City pickleball players are mobilizing in support of a new facility to play the game. Indoor and outdoor pickleball courts are part of the Park City Recreation department’s master plan. The plan includes 16 outdoor courts and eight indoor for the game, which has exploded in popularity in...

In the meantime, she’s offering great deals on remaining inventory and store furnishings. What started as a women’s shoe store on Valentine’s Day in 2003, grew to include menswear, children's clothing and small gift items. She’s also watched the boom of Main Street with its increasing rents,...

Winter conditions made for a chaotic early Sunday afternoon on Highway 40 near the Mayflower exit. A total of 10 cars crashed near the Mayflower exit on U.S. Highway 40 on Sunday a little after noon. It all happened within a span of 15 minutes, according to Utah Highway Patrol Sergeant Cameron Roden.

The mogul competition will start the action Thursday, followed by aerials on Friday, and dual moguls — the newest freestyle Olympic discipline — on Saturday. Finals each day take place at 7:30 p.m. Start times vary daily (the complete World Cup schedule can be found at the bottom of this report).

The Sundance Film Festival is, among other things, a great connector. People from all over the world get to Park City in a feverish, nonstop storytelling frenzy. Amid the thousands of people visiting this week, a poignant and powerful connection happened among a group of Ukrainians. Erika Howard is director...