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Sundance contingent visits state as selection process for festival future continues
Sundance Film Festival officials visited the state early in the week as they continue to consider whether to move the event elsewhere. The Utah Film Commission released limited information about the visit. The bid to keep the festival in the state involves what is described as a “reimagined footprint” in Park City and Salt Lake City. The vision is “Two Cities, One Experience, preserving the legacy of the Park City experience while expanding the Salt Lake City footprint,” a statement from the Utah Film Commission said. It has previously been known that sort of vision for the festival was under discussion in the state.
Utah DCFS: When to call for help if abuse is suspected
KEARNS — Concerning allegations of a teen kept in makeshift cells in Kearns has some neighbors wondering if they could have gotten help there sooner. These cases are always very sensitive. It can be tough to tell from the outside looking in whether abuse is happening. That's why the Division of Child and Family Services doesn't want us having to take on that pressure.
Feds plan to open 32M acres of public land for solar development across 11 western states
Federal land managers Thursday released an updated roadmap for solar energy development across 11 western states, a plan that opens about 32 million acres of federal lands to utility-scale solar development. The proposal released by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, known as the Western Solar Plan, updates a decade-old plan that identifies areas with […]
Other new avalanche center chief is all about solving problems
Caroline Miller, the new executive director of the nonprofit Utah Avalanche Center, originally began working in adaptive recreation around age 19 because she wanted to give back. “I felt selfish for growing up skiing,” she said, talking about how she grew up in Estes Park, Colorado, through high school and...
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