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Professional skijoring will return to the Wasatch Back this winter with high-speed competition at a new location. The 2027 Frontier Tour will stop in Utah twice along with new events in Denver, Colorado, and Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Skijoring pairs a horse and rider with a skier or snowboarder racing behind them through a snow-packed course of gates, jumps, rings and obstacles.
The Adopt-A-Native-Elder program is asking Wasatch Back residents to bring winter coats to its annual Navajo rug show at Deer Valley this weekend. Severe flooding washed-out roads and bridges across the Navajo Nation and southeastern Utah in October making it difficult for people to get basic supplies.
Wasatch Back school districts saw another enrollment decline this fall, following a state trend. Some school leaders predict that will change. For the last five years, Wasatch Back schools have had fewer and fewer students walk their halls — and this year was no different.
Warren Miller’s 77th ski film, “Days Off,” will screen in Park City this weekend. The film centers around what the world’s best athletes do on their days off. Canadian comedian, filmmaker and self-proclaimed professional leisure athlete Katie Burrell hosts the film, the first female narrator of a Warren Miller movie.
New charging documents detail the obstruction of justice allegations against Wasatch County Sheriff Jared Rigby and former Summit County Sheriff Dave Edmunds. Jared Rigby tried to use false information, anonymous letters and fellow law enforcement leaders to discredit his challengers and secure a third term as Wasatch County’s sheriff.
Jennifer Armandi has announced she will step down as CEO of Park City Board of Realtors on Friday, Nov. 20. It has been a privilege to serve this membership and work alongside a dedicated Board of Directors and exceptional staff, Armandi said in a letter to members.
The Kimball Art Center has chosen an internationally-known architecture firm to design its new home in Kimball Junction. The building is meant to reimagine arts spaces. The Kimball Art Center has been searching for an architecture firm to design a new facility in Kimball Junction.
A mare rescued from Lake Powell has been adopted by a Blanding, Utah resident. The horse, Emma Dean, is now settling into a new home with a pasture companion.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Corrections is disputing the claims that inmates at the state prisons were not getting adequate care during a month-long lockdown. The lockdown was initiated at both state prison locations — Salt Lake City and Gunnison — after a correctional officer was violently attacked and seriously injured at the Central Utah Correctional Facility on Sept. 24.
The state’s southernmost ski area, and the one with the highest base, saw snow — but also warm temperatures. Brian Head Resort is pumping the brakes on the hype over this super El Niño winter — and on its targeted opening day. In August, Utah’s southernmost resort optimistically set this Friday as the tentative first day of its — and the state’s — 2026-27 ski and snowboard season.
A planned year-round market at Pioneer Park is off, but Salt Lake City’s summer market will return, and its winter market opens at the former Leonardo Museum for a second season on Saturday, Nov. 14.
Heavy rainfall has boosted reservoir levels across Utah, including in Wasatch County. Deer Creek State Park reports water levels rose to over 50% full in October. That's an increase of more than 6,600 acre-feet between Oct. 6 and Nov. 5, enough to fill more than 3,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
The Utah State Board of Education held a meeting on November 5, 2026, during which members celebrated new Utah Teacher of the Year Daren Lentz and swore in Katrina Gibson to a District 2 vacancy. The board also addressed various administrative rules, standards, and statutory change requests.