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- Growth & housing
Park City's Bonanza Park housing project review delayed again for redesign
The developer of the city-owned Five-Acre Site, planned for 106 homes including 88 deed-restricted affordable units, asked for more time to revise designs and brief the City Council.
- Outdoors & skiing
First storm of the ski season buries Little Cottonwood, misses northern Utah
Alta and Snowbird reported well over a foot of new snow from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel, while Park City and the Ogden Valley and Logan-area resorts saw little.
- Growth & housing
Wasatch County and state ease tensions after funding threat, but law fight remains
County leaders still want lawmakers to repeal a 2024 law letting large developments seek preliminary town status.
- Sports
Lone Peak survives Skyridge in shootout as girls soccer playoffs open
Lehi and American Fork also advanced in 6A, while Timpanogos upset No. 2 Wasatch in double overtime and Salem Hills knocked off Timpview in the 5A and 4A openers.
- Outdoors & skiing
Early snow shuts Guardsman Pass between Park City and Big Cottonwood
UDOT expects the mountain route to reopen Thursday morning, and the closure is temporary rather than the pass's usual winter shutdown.
- Education
Park City schools contractor gets until Oct. 16 to answer state over contaminated water
State regulators say more than 518,000 gallons of groundwater with arsenic and lead went into a storm line at a school construction site without a permit, and the district has not answered questions about its earlier statements.
- Business
Heber Valley dairy farmer says worker shortage is getting worse
Farmers face high costs, drought and immigration enforcement fears while competing with better-paying industries for labor.
- Utah history · Feature
First Security’s two merger paths: How Wells Fargo acquired a Utah banking leader
First Security’s failed combination with Zions and its 2000 acquisition by Wells Fargo show how shareholder decisions and local competition shaped Utah banking consolidation.