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5 days ago | 
kpcw.org | Connor Thomas
The Soapstone Bridge reopened June 1 after it closed to be replaced last August. Forest rangers said the 50-year-old bridge needed the upgrade so it can handle the heavier and more frequent traffic. The new bridge is bigger than before, including more space for the Provo River underneath. It connects Kamas’ Mirror Lake Highway to the Soapstone Basin, and from there, connects to Francis and Woodland’s state Highway 35.
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5 days ago | 
kpcw.org | Connor Thomas
Francis city officials want to edit their code after two newly approved hotels sparked community protest and a lawsuit. That includes effectively banning hotels in town. Hotels are allowed in the commercial and city center zones where they were recently approved, as long as their negative effects are mitigated. Under the draft code changes, they would no longer be allowed at all. The two hotels approved along state Route 32 this year would be grandfathered in.
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5 days ago | 
kpcw.org | Connor Thomas
The full results of the 2024 Community Health Assessment are out. For the most part, the 139-page report shows Summit County outperforms the rest of Utah across all health outcomes. That includes vaccination rates; scientists say vaccines tend to reduce the spread and severity of disease. But statewide, the survey says the number of people who say they received a flu shot in the previous year is declining: about 30% of people in 2020 down to 20% in 2024.
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5 days ago | 
kpcw.org | Connor Thomas
Las bicicletas eléctricas han llegado a ser una manera popular y sostenible de desplazarse sin un carro para personas de todas edades. Pero como dice el portavoz del alguacil del Condado de Summit Skyler Talbot, también han aumentado las preocupaciones de la seguridad para niños en particular. “Estamos muy afortunados de no haber tenido un accidente grave con estas bicicletas eléctricas.
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5 days ago | 
sltrib.com | Connor Thomas
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1 week ago | 
kpcw.org | Connor Thomas
El alcalde Matt McCormick anunció en la reunión del concejo municipal del 22 de abril que los residentes en el límite occidental de los Kamas Meadows están interesados en la anexión. Docenas de esos residentes llenaron la sala del concejo para pedirle a la ciudad que apoyara a la organización sin fines de lucro que fundaron para proteger el estilo de vida rural del área frente al desarrollo.
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1 week ago | 
kpcw.org | Connor Thomas
The recreation district said a 24-foot soccer goal was somehow taken from Trailside East Park on the night of May 24. The welded metal goal is worth upwards of $2,000, according to Summit County sheriff’s spokesperson Skyler Talbot. “I don't know if this is along the lines of a prank, or if someone just, you know, really needed a full-size soccer goal,” Talbot said.
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1 week ago | 
kpcw.org | Connor Thomas
President Donald Trump handed down an executive order May 1 prohibiting National Public Radio and television’s Public Broadcasting Service from receiving any money from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which allocates money to NPR member stations like KPCW.
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1 week ago | 
kpcw.org | Connor Thomas
The South Summit Trails Foundation says it discovered some damage to the White Fir and Left Hand Loop portions of the Slate Creek trail system at the end of May. The 15 miles of hike-and-bike trails are behind the Yellow Pine campground area in the Uintas, 7 miles up Mirror Lake Highway. A horse or horses left tracks in the mud, on what South Summit Trails Foundation Vice President Howard Sorensen says is an expensive trail network.
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1 week ago | 
kpcw.org | Connor Thomas
Parking is at a premium along Park City’s Mid-Mountain trail, 26 miles of singletrack from Deer Valley to Kimball Junction. A project doubling the spaces at the southern trailhead was delayed last year. Right now, the northern edge terminates in the Pinebrook trail system, which is private. But on July 1, Basin Recreation will break ground on a new connector trail to link Mid-Mountain to the Ecker Hill park-and-ride.
