The Miners baseball squad killed two birds with one stone Thursday afternoon at Park City High, thrashing Stansbury 12-1 for a senior night victory and a region title. Park City was powered by a strong outing from senior Griffen Rogers and patience on offense, where they took advantage of several fielding and pitching errors from Stansbury. Rodgers threw five innings, allowing just three hits and one earned run. He came up big when needed most, closing out the mercy rule victory with two bases-loaded strikeouts. Rodgers heroics earned him a water bottle bath of sorts from his teammates, who st ..read more

A three-member panel next week will consider the appeal by the closest neighbor to a home overlooking Old Town for Matthew and Tatiana Prince that the Park City Planning Commission approved in February. The Appeal Panel — made up of Adam Strachan, Esteban Nunez, and Matthew Day — will consider the elements of the decision raised in the appeal and whether the Planning Commission applied the correct standards in its approval. Strachan is an attorney who once served on the Planning Commission, Nunez is a real estate agent, and Day manages a private equity firm. The hearing at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Apri ..read more

The Park City Planning Commission delayed casting a vote on Wednesday that is needed before Deer Valley Resort is allowed to build what the resort sees as an important lift that would serve as a connection to beginner terrain. The panel instead opted to delay a decision until at least May 8. It was not clear whether the panelists will be prepared to cast the vote at the May meeting. The Planning Commission earlier in April also pushed back a potential vote, to the meeting that was held on Wednesday. There was concern by the Planning Commission about issues like any anticipated impact on wildli ..read more

The Park City Sunrise Rotary Club apologized on Wednesday for inadvertently scheduling its Shot Ski event on Yom Kippur, Judaism’s holiest day of the year. However, unable to find a suitable date to reschedule, the club has decided to continue with the event at its original date, Oct. 12, citing an expected return of around $45,000 to Summit County and Wasatch County nonprofits. “… we feel it is important to continue this tradition of giving back to our community,” the club said in a press release. “We share our sincerest apology to those of the Jewish faith for this oversight,” the release sa ..read more

Deer Valley Resort will begin its summer season on June 14. Unveiling brand new terrain, a series of new kids’ downhill gravity bike clinics and season passes to access it all, Deer Valley will be open daily June 14 through Labor Day and then Friday-Sundays until September 22, conditions permitting.  “Our mountain operations teams have been hard at work preparing our new mountain biking offerings this season,” said Deer Valley Resort President and Chief Operating Officer Todd Bennett. “We look forward to welcoming bikers of all abilities — first-timers to expert riders — to explore our ex ..read more

Plumes of smoke drifted high over Old Town Wednesday morning as Alpine Forestry management crews started their spring-season pile burning work. Contracted by the city in 2021, Alpine Forestry — a forest management company founded by longtime wildland firefighters David Telian and Matthew Castellon — has been working on the 104 acres of Treasure Hill open space.  Now, they’re down to 15 acres of piles left to burn, racing against the weather before fire season starts and having lost an extra week on the project due to the resort’s extended season. But already the land has come a long way ..read more

U.S. Rep. Blake Moore met with Summit County voters at the Richins Building for a candid conversation about national issues as part of a town hall series he hosted this week. The Republican spent an hour and a half on Tuesday meeting with constituents to answer questions about, and defend his position on, key issues ranging from U.S. foreign policy and national security to voter fraud and fiscal responsibility.  Moore is serving his second term as Park City’s representative in Utah’s First Congressional District and is seeking reelection this fall. He highlig ..read more

UDOT crews are widening roads, maintaining bridges and repaving existing highways around the state. With temperatures starting to rise, construction on Utah Department of Transportation projects are starting to ramp up. UDOT will be working on 209 projects this year, with a value of $2.74 billion over the life of the projects. Drivers are urged to plan ahead and stay informed, as these projects will require lane closures, detours, and new traffic patterns while under construction. Planned improvements range from repaving rural highways to building freeway-style interchanges and widening, repav ..read more

There’s a band of horses grazing on a 20-acre parcel owned by Oakley City, but it could someday be transformed into a public access nature sanctuary for the living — and the dead. Summit Land Conservancy CEO Cheryl Fox and Starks Funeral Parlor owner Shayneh Starks this week presented the Oakley City Council with a proposal to put a conservation easement on the land and convert it into a green burial cemetery.  “The idea here is to create an income stream for the city of Oakley that will create enhancement and protection for a really beautiful  ..read more

The Miners boys lacrosse squad kept it rolling on their senior night Wednesday, defeating Highland 14-8. Park City was pushed past the Rams in a well-rounded effort. They stood tall on defense, turning stops into scores on the other end throughout the game. The Park City scoring started in the first quarter, where they poured in four goals. They didn’t give up their first until the second, then responding with four more to take a 8-1 lead into the break. The sizable leads at times, especially entering the fourth quarter (11-5) allowed Miners head coach Michael Persky to honor his seniors prope ..read more