Local News Hour | October 22, 2026
Local News Hour

Local News Hour | October 22, 2026

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 22, 202649 min
  • Politics

Summit County Council Member Megan McKenna recaps Wednesday's meeting, including the selection of a design for a new Kimball Junction pedestrian bridge, Snow Survey Data Collection Officer Jordan Clayton recaps the 2026 water year and the outlook for 2027, and Executive Director of Summit Community Gardens and EATS Helen Nadel and Garden Director Jess Collette talk about the end of the growing season and a winter food insecurity program.

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Looking at traffic in the Wasatch back. I'm not seeing much there are no accidents being reported by UDOT in either Wasatch or Summit counties

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And good morning. It is Thursday, October 22nd 806 a.m. I'm Connor Thomas filling in for Leslie Thatcher on the local news hour this morning Looking at traffic in the Wasatch back. I'm not seeing much there are no accidents being reported by UDOT in either Wasatch or Summit counties summit counties, but we'll keep an eye on that as the hour progresses. There is that usual morning backup at eastbound 80 on your exit to eastbound, Hebrew

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bound U. S Highway 40 and we're in for a wet few days as we approach the weekend here with more on the weather forecast for the was such back as ABC meteorologist Cedric Haynes. Happy Thursday. KPCW listeners is time for your forecast for the was that back on this Thursday. Look for clouds to

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continue to thicken up ac a chance of scattered show as we get into the aftern today as the cold front b

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