Summit County News

The Summit County Council drew a large crowd on Wednesday at the Sheldon Richins Building as officials discussed the leash law, long a controversial rule in the Park City area.

The Friends of the Summit County Library members used book sale will open its doors to the public on Saturday, May 25, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Hours on Sunday, May 26, are 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. at the Summit County Library Kimball Junction branch, 1885 W. Ute Blvd.

Filmmaker Kristi Jacobson's 2012 documentary "A Place at the Table" examines the issue of hunger in America and follows single mother Barbie, a single Philadelphia mother who grew up in poverty and is trying to provide a better life for her two children.

The 2013 Miss Summit County Rodeo Queen and Little Buckaroo Rodeo Queen contest application deadline has been extended to Wednesday, May 29.

Domestic violence affects women and men of all economic, social and cultural backgrounds.

ACLU Utah board members paid a visit to eastern Summit County on Saturday. Pictured left to right: Utah Rep.

The new chairman of the Utah Republican Party has an ambitious goal for the GOP in Summit County: win each of the partisan elected offices in the county.

A former Park City police officer was arrested and charged Wednesday with embezzling money from the department's evidence room as well as the Fraternal Order of Police for at least six years.

According to Summit County Prosecuting Attorney Matthew Bates, Antonio Patrick Contreras, 31, from Summit Park, pled guilty Monday, May 6 to one count of committing an act of domestic violence in the presence of a child and one count of violating a protective order.

Summit County is forming a subcommittee to tackle a request by the Environmental Protection Agency to discontinue the county's soil contamination voluntary clean-up program, VCUP.

The Utah Association of Counties met with the Summit County Council Wednesday, May 8 to discuss two proposals to fix the state's current referendum law.

Former Park City Planning Director and Talisker Corp. Consultant Pat Putt has been officially hired as the new Summit County Community Development Director.

Rooftop of The Leonardo covered with photovoltaic panels as mayors of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Midvale, Park City and West Valley City, representing the Wasatch Solar Challenge Team, formally launch efforts to lower the cost and simplify the process for residential and commercial solar energy projects April 10, 2012, in Salt Lake City.

This is the first of three stories looking at a trio of studies, completed last fall under the auspices of Salt Lake County, that laid a foundation for an environmental impact statement expected to provide a comprehensive examination of transportation issues in the central Wasatch Mountains .

Jack Walkenhorst, vice president of operations at All West Communications, draws a parallel between the integration of bandwidth fiber optics in the country to the U.S. interstate development started through the efforts of President Eisenhower in the 1950s.

People brought in thousands of pounds of electronic waste, leftover paint and solvents, expired medicines, refrigerants and other household chemicals.

Summit County Manager Bob Jasper made a decision Friday, May 10 to grant Canyons one more year to complete construction of a long anticipated golf course.

"I've met with her a few times and she's very qualified to win this job," Summit County Democratic Party Chair Glenn Wright said.

During the Summit County Council meeting Wednesday, County Manager Bob Jasper said counties should be able to levy the Resort Community tax, an additional sales tax cities with a transient population greater than its census population can impose.

Dozens of Park City property owners say a widely used weed killer has felled a forest of their trees and shrubs.