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Will Summit County change the rules for Basin development?
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (459+ words) There's a common thread in debates over controversial development approvals in the Snyderville Basin in recent years, including 12 townhomes in Pinebrook, the Dakota Pacific project and Lincoln Station Apartments. They all survived policy 2.3 in the Snyderville Basin General Plan. County…...
State tourism officer Natalie Randall previews 'Tourism Day' on Capitol Hill
1+ week, 1+ day ago (89+ words) Natalie Randall, managing director from Utah Office of Tourism and Film talks about the upcoming Tourism Day on Capitol Hill and industry issues for 2026. State tourism officer Natalie Randall previews 'Tourism Day' on Capitol Hill Natalie Randall, managing director from…...
Detention beds: Where ICE is spending much of its new money
2+ week, 1+ day ago (80+ words) Detention beds: Where ICE is spending much of its new money'kpcw.org Detention beds: Where ICE is spending much of its new money Lauren-Brooke Eisen, senior director of the Brennan Center's justice program, joins host Robin Young to talk about…...
Utah bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote advances
2+ week, 2+ day ago (362+ words) Utah's chief elections officer, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, said last week that an ongoing inquiry by her office has not confirmed any cases of noncitizens voting in a Utah election. One noncitizen voter registration was found in the review. A…...
Utah confirms 6 new measles cases ahead of holidays, urges vaccination
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (220+ words) Utah has six new cases of measles as the holidays near. In the last three weeks, 34 Utahns have been diagnosed with measles and more than 140 people have tested positive this year. About 60% of those cases have been in people 18 and…...
Summit County Council denies Canyons Village tool to finance development
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (639+ words) The Summit County Council denied the Canyons master developer's request for a public infrastructure district in a 3-2 vote Dec. 17. PIDs can allow private property owners to issue bonds and access low-interest financing usually reserved for governments. They pay back the…...
Church attorneys ask Utah Supreme Court for permission to build Heber Valley temple
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (480+ words) The future of the Heber Valley temple has been debated in court ever since the Wasatch County Council approved plans in 2023. A district court judge ruled in favor of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints earlier this year,…...
Utah’s most populous county confirms its first measles case
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (337+ words) Officials with the Salt Lake County Health Department have confirmed the county's first measles case during the current national outbreak " and officials can't say where the patient caught it, according to a news release Friday. Gabriel Moreno, a spokesperson for…...
Deadline closing in for Utah and 6 other states hammering out a new water plan
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (480+ words) If they can't reach an agreement by Nov. 11, the federal government is set to intervene and make its own plan. The existing agreement expires at the end of next year. "There's still hope," Marc Stilson, principal engineer for the Colorado…...
Utah lawmakers face fork in the road over charging hikers to use Wildlife Management Areas
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (292+ words) Like the traveler in Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken," visitors to the Dairy Fork Wildlife Management Area near Spanish Fork face a decision. About three miles into the Dairy Fork trail, mountain bikers, OHV riders, equestrians and the…...