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The Local News Hour follows NPR's Morning Edition and is KPCW's flagship news program, hosted by KPCW Senior News Director Leslie Thatcher, every weekday from 8 to 9 a.m. Get the information directly from the people who are making the news in the Wasatch Back with live interviews.

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The Local News Hour follows NPR's Morning Edition and is KPCW's flagship news program, hosted by KPCW Senior News Director Leslie Thatcher, every weekday from 8 to 9 a.m. Get the information directly from the people who are making the news in the Wasatch Back with live interviews.

    Local News Hour | June 8, 2023

    Local News Hour | June 8, 2023

    Trails report from Mountain Trails Foundation (1:31), Old Town resident Jody Whitesides files to run for Park City Council (7:51), Summit County Councilmember Canice Harte recaps meeting (10:25), Park City and Summit County Arts Council details Latino Arts Festival (23:22), Utah elections moved back (32:04), Park City Film to reopen renovated auditorium (34:12), Nine candidates enter Park City Council race triggering primary (45:17), Stink from sewer ponds returns to Midway, managers promise relief soon (46:35), Sheriff Justin Martinez approved as U.S. Marshal (49:03)

    • 50 min
    Local News Hour | June 7, 2023

    Local News Hour | June 7, 2023

    Appointed Park City Councilmember Ryan Dickey seeking full term (2:16), Summit County development projects update (4:46), Park City Museum's historic home tour June 17 (23:15), Heber temple development agreement up for review as group challenges church progress (32:14), Summit Community Gardens + EATS summer programs (36:17), New Heber Valley school principals named (42:37), Park Silly Sunday Market opens for 17th season (43:46), Park City Farmers Market reopens at Canyons Village (47:40), State officials warn Utahns wildfire risk to quickly rise this summer (49:07)

    • 50 min
    Local News Hour | June 6, 2023

    Local News Hour | June 6, 2023

    Heber City pulled a “bait and switch” in Duke Farm land deal, family says (02:17), Wasatch County Manager Dustin Grabau previews county council meeting (06:58), Upcoming Prospector Block Party Saturday (27:29), Summit Land Conservancy Director Cheryl Fox on For The Future fund (34:10), Summit County bike share program delayed (42:45), Park City seeks 40 artists for public art project (45:10) and Francis unveiling plans for new city hall (46:54)

    • 48 min
    Local News Hour | June 5, 2023

    Local News Hour | June 5, 2023

    Previous candidate John Greenfield announces Park City Council bid (02:17), Bullhog masticator mulching Parleys Canyon to prevent wildfires, restore watershed (05:10), Park City Special Events Director Jenny Diersen discusses Park Silly Sunday Market opening day (06:59), Kem C. Gardner institute study of migration tracks origins of where transplants to Utah are coming from (13:20), Deer Valley owner Alterra to buy largest ski resort in Idaho (16:54), Park City Sailing Association Executive Director Scott VerMerris shares this summer's camps and lessons (18:26), Holy Cross Ministries Director of Development and Communications Andy Cier and Executive Director Emmie Gardner discuss five Utah hospitals renamed in honor of the Sisters of the Holy Cross (28:07), People's Health Clinic CEO Mairi Leining has details on this year's Walk and Wine fundraiser (39:05), E-bike rider dies, was found on golf course in Summit County (47:33)

    • 48 min
    Local News Hour | June 2, 2023

    Local News Hour | June 2, 2023

    Kimball Creek high waters wash out bridge to Glenwild trails (3:46), PCHS Principal Roger Arbabi on 2023 graduating class (4:18), Park Silly Sunday Market opens this weekend with smaller Main Street footprint (14:45), Pride flag raised at Miners Hospital for third year to mark Pride month (18:04), Park City Councilmember Max Doilney recaps meeting (20:32), Kem C. Gardner Institute's Emily Harris on "The Geography of Utah's Migration" (36:10)

    • 50 min
    Local News Hour | June 1, 2023

    Local News Hour | June 1, 2023

    Trails report from Mountain Trails Foundation (2:40), Former mayoral candidate David Dobkin running for Park City Council (5:53), Summit County Councilmember Malena Stevens recaps meeting (8:15), Ski Utah President and CEO Nathan Rafferty shares ski numbers from this record season (23:11), Park City Economic Development Program Manager Jenny Diersen details Park Silly Sunday Market changes (35:39), Park City Council to discuss Deer Valley project, recap Sundance (46:15)

    • 49 min

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