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Ready to Fly Premiers In Park City

Ready to Fly Premiers In Park City

The Park City premier of Ready to Fly will be Monday and Tuesday Feb. 20 and 21 at Egyptian Theater.  Tickets are $20 for adults.     READY TO FLY, a documentary feature film. “Since childhood, as a wide-eyed 7-year-old ski jumper with a dream of Olympic flight, Lindsey Van has been an outsider in [...]

Summit Land Secures 120 Acres

Summit Land Secures 120 Acres

The Summit Land Conservancy did it – and raised the million plus dollars needed to secure the conservation easement for the 120 acres of alfalfa fields along Park City’s entry corridor.  KPCW’s Leslie Thatcher has more…    

Friday Film Review: Big Miracle

Friday Film Review: Big Miracle

The chill of the Artic waters produces a heartwarming new film based on the true story of three grey whales trapped in the ice off the coast of Barrow, Alaska. Friday Film reviewer Linda Jager is here with her review of Big Miracle…    

GOP Challenger: Jacqueline Smith

GOP Challenger: Jacqueline Smith

U.S. Congressman Rob Bishop, whose First District includes Summit County, has a challenger within the GOP.  She is Wanship Republican Jacqueline Smith, the founder of a group called the STAR Forum.  Rick Brough has more…

School Board Talks Early Retirement

School Board Talks Early Retirement

The Park City school board is looking to offering early retirement as one way to cut costs in the face of a 5-million dollar shortfall for next school year’s budget. KPCW’s Leslie Thatcher has reports…

Committee Explores Bidding For Future Olympic Games

Committee Explores Bidding For Future Olympic Games

Ten years to the date that Utah opened the 2002 Winter Olympics, Governor Gary Herbert and Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker announced that they have formed an exploratory committee to consider bidding for the games ten years from now. KPCW’s Leslie Thatcher has more…

RAP Tax Recommendations

RAP Tax Recommendations

The Summit County Council on Wednesday received recommendations to grant RAP tax money to 17 organizations for an amount totaling over $714,000.  Rick Brough has more…

Governor Proposes to Cut Tourism Marketing Fund

Governor Proposes to Cut Tourism Marketing Fund

Governor Gary Herbert has proposed chopping a million dollars from the state’s tourism marketing fun – a fund which helps pay for hundreds of thousands of dollars in local marketing efforts. KPCW’s Leslie Thatcher has more…