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Tickets on sale for 2024 Park City Wine Festival: A celebration of local and international wines
PARK CITY, Utah — Calling all wine lovers, tickets are now on sale for The Park City Wine Festival, which will feature over 100 wineries, breweries, distilleries, and epicurean purveyors.
Southfield Park skate park closed indefinitely after multiple vandalism incidents
HEBER CITY, Utah — The skate park at Southfield Park will remain closed indefinitely after two instances of vandalism occurred earlier this week. According to an Instagram post from Wasatch
Park City High School ranks fifth best high school in Utah, top 5% nationally
Park City High School is the fifth-best high school in the state, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of high school rankings. The school is also one of two public schools in the top five. The ranking is based on six factors including college readiness, graduation...
Salt Lake gang 'shot caller' charged with killing 2, now linked to 4th shooting
SANDY — A Salt Lake man already charged with killing two people at a party in 2021 has now been connected to another shooting in Sandy two days earlier. Patrocinio Perez, 21, was charged Thursday in 3rd District Court with discharge of a firearm causing injury, a second-degree felony, plus aggravated assault and seven counts of shooting in the direction of someone, third-degree felonies.
Neighbors asking who pays damages for their homes damaged in dynamite detonation
HOLLADAY, Utah (KUTV) — Neighbors are asking officials who will pay the damages for surrounding homes after authorities detonated a massive amount of dynamite in a house in Holladay. While not much is left of the home that contained the dynamite, houses nearby also suffered damages due to the...
Investigation into 2023 Park City landslide resolved
A landslide occurred on the slope above the Marriott Mountainside Hotel in Park City on April 30, 2023. Murphy discusses the resolution of an investigation into the landslide. He also discusses some issues with the Engine House project.
Rocky Mountain Power to begin construction in Park City May 11
In 2020 the Utah Legislature passed a bill requiring companies like Rocky Mountain Power to develop plans to reduce the probability of utility-related wildfires. Earlier this year, Pacific Gas and Electric agreed to pay $45 million in penalties due to its role in the July 2021 Dixie Fire, which is the second largest in California’s history. The blaze started after a tree came in contact with a PG&E power line.
Oakley’s Rescue Ranchito provides sanctuary for ailing horses, education for residents
Rescue Ranchito founder Erin Brown with a rescue horse. Erin Brown's first horse was a thoroughbred adopted and rescued straight off a racetrack. About 10 years ago, her second Lola was adopted from Washington State where she was waiting to be auctioned off for slaughter. Lola's plight opened Brown's eyes to the reality that thousands of horses face the same fate each year.
This Utah Public High School is Perfect for Winter Athletes as School Year Runs from April to November
A traditional school calendar starts in the Fall, runs through winter and spring, and ends at the start of summer. If you or your child has aspirations to be a snow sport athlete, this calendar takes significant time away from prime training season in the winter. However, there is an option for those who prefer to be in school during the skiing offseason and be able to have no school from December to late April. That option is the Winter Sports School in Park City, Utah.
Ridgelines: It’s hard to say goodbye
The early morning sun rising over the High Uintas cast shadows onto the rock-hard corduroy. A feeling of joy came over me as I set an edge in the snow, linking arcs down the frozen mountainside. It’s springtime in the Wasatch!. But after 158 straight days, the lifts have...
Park City planners delay vote on new Deer Valley lift
The proposed lift would pick up skiers at the confluence of the Ontario and Trump runs and travel to Park Peak, where Deer Valley plans to build a new lodge and gondola connection as part of its major terrain expansion. Six people spoke during a public hearing Wednesday, with two...
Park City police blotter: Someone ‘trying to rent his house out from under him’
The Park City Police Department recently received a report involving a claim of a rental offering that was not authentic. The police on Friday, April 19, were told someone’s house had been “listed.” The person told the police “somebody has poached his advertisement and is reaching out to people trying to rent his house out from under him,” according to public police logs.
Wasatch High School track is renamed to honor winning coach
Family, friends and former athletes recently gathered to dedicate Wasatch High School’s Tolley Track to a local legend. It’s ironic that when the winningest track-and-field coach in Wasatch High School’s history moved to Heber in 1964, there wasn’t even a track. But one of Coach Verle Tolley’s many legacies was ditching the school’s use of the cinder track at the county fairgrounds and replacing it with a modern rubberized field of dreams at the high school.
Deer Valley owner Alterra acquires Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing
BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada — Alterra Mountain Company announced today the closing of its purchase of Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing in Blue River, British Columbia, Canada. The acquisition further expands Alterra’s
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