Residents and emergency responders alike are applying lessons learned from the 2021 Parleys Canyon Fire.
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Park City will mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with Forum Fest. The free event begins Thursday at 4 p.m.
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Wasatch Back locals can celebrate Independence Day with the Utah Symphony. The Midway concert is one stop on a statewide tour.
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Tom Schultz addressed governors and other state leaders from across the West in Park City Tuesday.
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Wasatch County School District leaders say their $193 million fiscal year 2027 budget supports teachers and staff.
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Kouri Richins submitted a motion for a re-trial in the murder of her husband, Eric Richins, June 30, 2026.
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Utah State Forester Jamie Barnes said this season is unlike anything Utah firefighters have seen before and estimates the cost sits at $20 million as of July 1.
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America celebrates its 250th anniversary Saturday, and Wasatch Back government buildings will close the day before to observe the Fourth of July holiday.
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With wildfires raging across Utah and other parts of the U.S., municipalities are turning to drone shows rather than fireworks, including Park City.
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UDOT said the recycling process is a way to maintain rural roads that play an important role in connecting small communities across Utah.
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Beyond looking cool, the new designs share a common theme to make them easily identifiable as Utah plates.
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As much of the Eastern U.S. experiences potentially record-breaking daytime temperatures, the nights are also staying unusually warm, leaving the human body no time to recover.
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The romance books Ryan read growing up rarely included characters who looked like her. Now she deliberately centers people the genre has left out, including Black, Indigenous and queer women.
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The Scottish-born comic became a U.S. citizen in 2008. He showcases his goofy sense of humor, and his appetite for the unpredictable, in a new five-part documentary series for CNN.
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