Local News Hour | October 13, 2026
Local News Hour

Local News Hour | October 13, 2026

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 13, 202650 min
  • News bulletin
  • Politics

Summit County Manager Shayne Scott previews the council's Wednesday meeting, including a first look at a proposed $107 million budget for fiscal year 2027, South Summit Superintendent of Schools Greg Maughan discusses a recent state audit that has prompted the school board to begin a strategic planning process and Eli Shackleford, director of programs for the Christian Center of Park City Eli Shackelford talks about the Operation Hope holiday toy store and the need for donations.

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for Leslie Thatcher on the local news hour. It is 38 degrees Fahrenheit in Park City at the moment.

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Good morning. It is 806 this morning on Tuesday, October 13th. I'm Christine Weller filling in for Leslie Thatcher on the local news hour. It is 38 degrees Fahrenheit in Park City at the moment. The high today is 45 degrees, 43 degrees over in the Heber area with a high of 52. And we've got showers throughout the day and possibly some snow in Park City. Let's turn it over to ABC4

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meteorologist Cedric Haynes for a more in-depth weather update. Happy Tuesday KPCW listeners this time for your forecast for the Wasatch back as we go throughout your Tuesday. We're looking at cloudy skies with scattered showers and maybe even a couple of rumbles of thunder in

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portions of the Wasatch back over towards the Hebrew Valley. Temperatures will be climbing into the upper 40s to near 50 degrees. Now as you get towards Park City and into the higher elevations we're gonna be looking at some of those rain showers mixing with or just falling in the form of snow showers at

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