Toria Barnhart

2 weeks ago | parkrecord.com | Toria Barnhart

The Park City School District isn’t proposing a tax raise this year. Instead, district officials plan to pull $2.6 million from savings to cover the budget shortfall and preserve its programming. Property taxes have been increased throughout the district over the past three years, prompting new school board members to find a way to balance the budget without putting a financial burden on taxpayers for fiscal year 2025-26.

2 weeks ago | parkrecord.com | Toria Barnhart

A new pedestrian-friendly neighborhood with around 200 residential units is planned on 30 acres in Jeremy Ranch. But depending on the developer chosen by the County Courthouse, the project could also include a day-care center, a recreation facility similar to the Fieldhouse, a sculpture garden, senior housing, first-time homebuyer condos, a weekend market with space for food trucks, a bouldering park or a riverfront boardwalk.

2 weeks ago | parkrecord.com | Toria Barnhart

Juliana Allely still remembers listening to the radio as a little girl in her mother’s Oldsmobile. Though her family moved around a bit growing up — Indiana, Pennsylvania, New York — Allely’s mother always found the NPR station to make sure they were connected so they’d know what was happening in the community and to stay in touch with the world. Now the president and general manager of KPCW, Allely recognizes just how important public media is.

2 weeks ago | parkrecord.com | Toria Barnhart

The Park City Fire District is reminding community members to be careful of what they throw away after a Republic Services garbage truck driver noticed smoke coming from the vehicle, forcing him to dump the burning load in the former BeeHive Home parking lot. Park City Fire Public Information Officer Mike Owens said the driver quickly pulled over and safely dumped the garbage once he noticed something was burning. Firefighters were paged out around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

2 weeks ago | parkrecord.com | Toria Barnhart

Park City School District officials are exploring a district-wide cell phone policy that could restrict student device usage from bell to bell following the passage of Senate Bill 178 earlier this year. Superintendent Lyndsay Huntsman emphasized that a new policy is being crafted to improve student engagement, youth mental health and human connection.