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The council discussed at length the potential benefits and liabilities of a unique financing model.
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Matt Sampson/KPCWThe Utah Department of Transportation will announce where it intends to build the bypass in January. After the announcement, locals will have several ways to share feedback. -
Park City MunicipalThe Park City Council has adopted the updated Clark Ranch Conservation Easement. It protects most of the land as open space.
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The map includes roughly 60,000 buildings across Utah on the outer edges of development with wildfire risk. -
Wasatch County Sheriff Jared Rigby said his office is making some changes as it heads into 2026, including more frequent check-ins with county leaders. -
As measles started to spread across the country, the Summit County Health Department took a proactive approach. It partnered with school districts to protect students before outbreaks in the Wasatch Back.
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Following public pushback, the proposed burial site is along state Route 224, farther away from Olympic Parkway. -
The Utah Supreme Court will determine whether the Heber Valley temple can be built while a lawsuit over its approval pends. Justices heard oral arguments in the case Dec. 8. -
The Snyderville Basin has now seen nine vehicle break-ins since mid-November. -
The Midway City Council voted to make several changes to its short-term rental rules as the city seeks ways to more easily regulate its tourism economy. -
Utah water officials remain optimistic about the snow season after a slow start to winter.
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Congress is poised to leave for a scheduled holiday recess without a solution for addressing the expiration of enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans. -
A new program at the Department of Energy is pushing the development of nearly a dozen new reactor designs at breakneck speed. -
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds 70% of Americans say things have become too unaffordable and have a dim outlook on the economy and President Trump's handling of it.
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