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Guardsman Pass closes until Thursday as snow hits Wasatch
The Utah Department of Transportation closed Guardsman Pass at 9:30 p.m. Monday, cutting off the mountain route between Park City and Big Cottonwood Canyon until at least Thursday morning as a winter storm dumps heavy snow on the Wasatch.
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UDOT closes Deer Valley Drive lane daily for repaving
UDOT is closing the outside southbound lane of Deer Valley Drive between Town Point Condos and Aerie Drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily starting the week of Oct. 12 for repaving, with the project expected to finish before winter.
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View MoreSummit County lacks methadone providers despite opioid settlement
Summit County has no methadone providers, forcing residents to travel to the Salt Lake Valley for ongoing opioid care, while the Health Department deploys expected $1.2 million in settlement funds toward post-release treatment and transitional housing.
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View MorePark City police log Sept. 7–13 includes assault, tire slashing
The Park City Police Department logged a suspected assault near a Main Street business, a tire slashed with a ninja star on Homestake Road and more than a dozen other incidents during the week of Sept. 7–13.
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View MoreJeremy Ranch trail detours begin as bridge project resumes
The Homestead Road trail near Jeremy Ranch is being rerouted in two phases as UDOT resumes its I-80 bridge replacement project, with up to two full I-80 weekend closures planned for 2027.
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View MorePark City DUI arrest turns up oxycodone at Kimball Junction
The Park City and Summit County police log for Aug. 31 through Sept. 6 includes a DUI arrest with oxycodone and THC at Kimball Junction, suspicious activity near McPolin Elementary during school hours, a retail theft arrest at Macey's in Pinebrook, and a driver clocked above 90 mph on I-80.
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View MoreSummit County reservoirs lag below 50% despite wet August
Summit County's Echo, Rockport and Stateline reservoirs remain below 50% capacity despite above-normal August monsoon rains, bucking the trend across the rest of the Wasatch Back as Utah's drought emergency continues.
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View MoreSummit County launches free home visits for young families
The Summit County Health Department's new Strong Starts program sends a nurse and care coordinators to homes of pregnant women and families with children up to age eight, offering free developmental screenings, mental health referrals and help accessing benefits.
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View MoreUSDA proposal lifts protections on 4 million Utah forest acres
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule would remove protections from roughly 4 million acres of Utah national forest land, including Wasatch terrain near Park City, with public comments due Sept. 21.
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View MorePark City police chief's attorney confirms cooperation with obstruction probe
Attorney Greg Skordas confirms Park City Police Chief Wade Carpenter and former Summit County Sheriff David Edmunds are cooperating with a criminal obstruction probe, while Mayor Dickey declares "full confidence" in Carpenter's leadership.
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View MoreRocky Canyon Fire reaches 100% containment in Summit County
The Summit County Sheriff's Office declared the Rocky Canyon Fire 100% contained within county boundaries as of Monday, Aug. 17, lifting all evacuation orders, but warned that the burn scar poses ongoing flooding and debris-flow risks.
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View MoreRocky Canyon Fire reaches 77% containment after Bishop's Canyon burn
The Rocky Canyon Fire reached 77% containment as of Monday, Aug. 17, after a strategic firing operation in Bishop's Canyon removed unburned fuel from steep terrain, but the burn scar now poses flood and debris-flow risks as Park City schools prepare to reopen Wednesday, Aug. 19.
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View MoreFelony warrant arrest follows domestic violence call in Snyderville Basin
Summit County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested an individual with a felony warrant from New Mexico after a domestic violence call in the Snyderville Basin, while the Aug. 3-16 period also brought five DUI arrests, multiple Search and Rescue backcountry responses and a fight at a Kimball Junction store.
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View MoreHigh Uinta waterways closing in August for native trout restoration
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources will close the Fall Creek drainage Aug. 3–6 and North Fork Sheep Creek Aug. 19 and 26 for rotenone treatment to remove non-native fish and restore Colorado River cutthroat trout, with trails remaining open but water contact prohibited.