A structure fire can double every minute, and someone who collapses from cardiac arrest loses 10% of the chance they’ll survive each minute before professional help arrives Given the high stakes when small measures of time can mean the difference, officials from the town of Hideout decided to provide funding for a temporary fire station equipped to serve their residents, even if it wasn’t included in the municipality’s budget. Now, with the temporary fire station weeks away from opening, they’re asking for the community’s help to cover the costs the town fronted. Saturday morning, they held an ..read more

I think of Park City as home. But last week, I was on a road trip Home to Rochester, New York. It’s a long drive. Something like 1,964 miles and change. Google Maps says it’s 29 hours. I can’t drive 55, but I also can’t drive much more than eight hours a day, so I chunk it up into four days and three overnight towns. Park City to Cheyenne. Cheyenne to Des Moines. Des Moines to Toledo. Toledo to Rochester. It was just me and my ride-or-die, Riley BB King, a small-but-mighty cairn terrier. I love the rhythm of the open road. The freedom of being on a journey and not knowing exactly what will hap ..read more

It’s not about the dogs. It’s really not about the house, either. I have no dog in this fight and remain pretty agnostic about the house itself. If it complies, it complies, and my opinion doesn’t matter. This is a story about much bigger stuff. The Shakespearian saga of the Princes, who own this newspaper, struggling to get a building permit for their house above Old Town, has drawn international media attention. It’s been covered in everything from the Daily Beast to The Times of London with varying degrees of snark. The stories have mostly been about Sasha & ..read more

Tom Clyde has been keeping us laughing with his column about the absurdities of Park City Life for over 35 years. Life for me always looks better after reading his column. Happy birthday Tom, and don’t stop writing — for our sanity.  Sydney Reed Park City ..read more

In recent years, there have been more and more preposterous ideas ranging from the Green New Deal’s needless austerity mandates to peaceful arson by the performance artists of BLM and Antifa. Entertainment acts organic to the Las Vegas strip are now performed in elementary schools. Joe Biden is president. And much, much more. As Voltaire once said, “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” Hamas, the “Islamic resistance movement,” has committed barbarous medieval atrocities of murder, rape, torture, infanticide and capture of non-combatants. International hum ..read more

December 3, 1932 – April 23, 2024 It is with heavy hearts that we bid farewell to LaVerne F. Moser, 91, an affectionate and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. LaVerne passed away on April 23, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. LaVerne was born on December 3, 1932 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Wilmer and Lovie King. Shortly after she graduated from high school, she married the love of her life, Gene Moser. Gene and LaVerne had an adventurous life together with many defining chapters. The first chapter followed Gene’s rodeo career as a cowboy and rodeo clown. T ..read more

Former Park City Mayor Dana Williams, center, joins the Dr. Bob Band during a 2020 performance at the Boneyard Saloon. From left: Bets Conner Pott, Greg Friedman, Williams and Jeffrey Howrey. Howrey has posted a new rockumentary called “Dr. Bob Rocks!!!” on the band’s YouTube page. The video is a musical history lesson of the 42-year-old band.Courtesy of Jeffrey Howrey The 2020s have been good to Park City-based rock band Dr. Bob. In 2022, the group, led by guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Jeffrey Howrey, celebrated its 40th birthday, and in the spring of 2023, it released a concert document ..read more

The collective bargaining agreement between Vail Resorts and the Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association (PCPSPA) expired at 11:59 p.m. on April 30, according to a press release from the Ski Patrol side of negotiations. The two sides began meeting at the beginning of April to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement. Meetings have been productive, the PCPSPA release said, with positive back-and-forth discussions between the sides and the exchange of multiple proposals and counterproposals.  Despite progress made over the past month, significant work remains bef ..read more

As part of its commitment to the safety of all cyclists, Bingham Cyclery is partnering with its community partners to host an E-Bike Expo at Bingham Cyclery Park City, 3156 Quarry Road in Park City, on Saturday, May 11. The Expo will focus on safe riding education, safe e-bike battery storage and charging, best practices for emergencies and how to safely, legally and courteously navigate roads, bike paths and trails. This event is open to everyone who is curious about e-bikes and is free to attend. “E-bikes offer excellent transportation, mobility and recreation options for a diverse ..read more

New regulations for e-bikes could be coming to trails and pathways in Park City and the Snyderville Basin based on resident feedback received in a local survey. People who completed the survey largely supported electrically assisted bicycles and recognized the pros and cons. While most respondents said they felt safe overall, the majority called for more restrictions such as speed limits and additional enforcement.  Park City Municipal and the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District partnered for the review to study residents’ thoughts about the current rules and allowances of e-bik ..read more