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Park City Community Foundation grant applications due this week
Funding is awarded to organizations working on pressing local needs that support the health of the community. Funding ranges from $2,500 to $15,000, but the application review committee can also award grants outside that range. The committee is expected to announce its list of grant recipients Aug. 16.
Deer Valley Music Festival celebrates 20 years of music in the mountains
For information about the Utah Symphony | Utah Opera's Deer Valley Music Festival, visit deervalleymusicfestival.org. The Utah Symphony | Utah Opera‘s Deer Valley Music Festival turns 20 this year. To celebrate, the summer concert series will pay homage to the past two decades by presenting beloved traditions and audience...
Park City tourism official plans Paris trip to learn of ‘size, scope and scale’ of an Olympics
The leader of the Park City Chamber/Bureau plans to travel to Paris for the Summer Olympics to learn about the staging of a Games, highlighting that the work in Utah toward hosting a second Winter Olympics stretches beyond the committee seeking the Games and government institutions. Jennifer Wesselhoff, the president...
Heber City artist plans to bring U.S. history and Book of Mormon to life in statue garden
Steve Neal has been an artist since he was young. His Heber City home is decorated with vast portraits he’s painted throughout his life — some from when he was a teenager. Scenes from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ canonized books of scripture decorate his walls, as do images he’s captured of his family and even a panoramic look at a variety of birds filling a colorful, busy rainforest scene.
Park City’s Fourth a big party
Park City’s annual Fourth of July celebration is a big party that maintains a small-town feel. It starts with a 5K run, an fallen officer memorial, Air Force flyover, a community parade down Main Street, a party at City Park and a drone show. “Park City is known for...
Park City police investigate disappearance of pride flag
The Park City Police Department in June received a report of someone taking a pride flag from a residence in Park Meadows. The agency classified the case as a suspected theft. The Police Department received the report a little bit after 11 a.m. on June 22, but the person who contacted the department indicated the flag disappeared several days prior to the report to the police.
Heber Valley celebrates July 4 with flyover, chuckwagon breakfast
The morning begins with a 5k or 10k race starting at Heber’s Main Street Park. Holiday festivities also include a free hot dog lunch, patriotic train rides at the Heber Valley Railroad, live music in the evening and a fireworks show at Memorial Hill in Midway.
Lucky Ones Coffee ready to pour again
Lucky Ones Coffee signed their lease for five more years in the space connected to the Park City Library, bringing a revamp to the aesthetics of the space and functionality of the barista area. The coffee shop is set to reopen Wednesday and has an official ribbon cutting for the...
VIDEO: NT-501 reduces progression of macular telangiectasia type 2
PARK CITY, Utah — In this Healio Video Perspective from Clinical Trials at the Summit, Thomas Aaberg Jr., MD, of Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, discusses NT-501, an encapsulated cell therapy in development for macular telangiectasia type 2. “The backbone of our technology are human [retinal pigment epithelium] cells that we can...
Fireworks Season Underway but New Study Highlights Pollution Concerns
Help keep One Green Planet free and independent! Together we can ensure our platform remains a hub for empowering ideas committed to fighting for a sustainable, healthy, and compassionate world. Please support us in keeping our mission strong. Fireworks season is underway across the Wasatch Front, bringing vibrant celebrations but...
Utah’s NHL team kicks off week in Park City
Utah’s brand-new NHL team, the Utah Hockey Club, kicked off their week in Park City Monday. The club held day one of their prospect development camp at the Park City Ice Arena. 32 prospects hit the ice during two sessions Monday featuring skating, offensive and goalkeeping work. The prospects will hit the ice again Tuesday from 9:30 to 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Hot, dry weather brings ‘critical’ fire danger to Utah ahead of holiday weekend
With much of Utah expected to see ripe wildfire conditions for the foreseeable future, restrictions are in place and officials are on edge heading into the holiday weekend. Anyone looking for a rainy reprieve on the heels of one of the hottest Junes on record in Utah will have to wait, says Basil Newmerzhycky, lead […] The post Hot, dry weather brings ‘critical’ fire danger to Utah ahead of holiday weekend appeared first on Utah News Dispatch.
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