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Show A-10 The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, October 31-November 3, 2020 Tribune, Deseret News will no longer print daily papers End of operating agreement spurs media shakeup LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press 434 Main Street Park City, Utah 435-655-9505 www.purplesageparkcity.com Thank You Park City! The support and trust we have received from the local community this summer and fall has been overwhelming. There were many nights when we couldn’t seat you all. We are truly honored to serve you and be a part of this community. We will be closing for our normal fall break October 25th to November 23rd. Please check our social media pages for updates, info on opening specials, and what exactly we will be doing to keep your indoor dining experience safe when you come to join us for dinner. Until we see you again please stay safe, wash your hands, and wear a mask. We love you Park City! SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City will go from two daily printed newspapers to none after both of its major publications cut print days to once a week in unusual moves for a large city that could portend more struggles for the country’s newspaper industry. The 170-year-old Deseret News in the state capital said Tuesday it will stop publishing daily starting next year, a disclosure that came a day after the Salt Lake Tribune made a similar announcement. It’s an unusually deep cutback in print days, even in an era of steeply declining revenue, media analyst Ken Doctor said. “To go from seven to one just like that and to have it done by both papers in the same city shows us how deep the reckoning is for the American newspaper industry going into 2021,” said Doctor, who writes the Newsonomics blog. The newspaper industry has been in crisis, with The Associated Press finding in 2019 that some 1,400 cities and towns across the U.S. had lost a newspaper over the past 15 years. Much of that has come in smaller markets, though papers in cities such as New Orleans and Pittsburgh have also cut print days less deeply. Youngstown, Ohio, became the largest U.S. city without a daily newspaper last year — before the nation’s economy was thrown into turmoil by the pandemic. In Salt Lake City, both newspapers will continue to publish breaking stories online every day. The Salt Lake Tribune, which won the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting in 2017, is not cutting newsroom staff. There were some journalist layoffs at the Deseret News. The two publications have a joint-operating agreement that will end later this year. Both papers will offer a weekly print publication. The Deseret News will also have a monthly magazine. Deseret News Editor Doug Wilks said in an op-ed that the publication owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will continue its “national leadership role as the watchdog of the family and of faith in the public square.” Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall tweeted that it’s a significant change for the city. “It’s hard to believe we’ll no longer have a daily print paper in SLC,” she wrote. “Local journalism is essential to democracy ... I look forward to reading online, but I’ll miss both papers dearly.” The Deseret News will lay off six journalists and give severance packages to 18 staffers in visual editing and sales departments. About 160 people associated with the two newspapers’ joint print operations will also be laid off. The Deseret News is named after the territory’s early title. The newspaper was born three years after pioneers arrived in 1847. The newspaper has worked to expand its digital offerings for a decade, appealing to church members and others outside the state, and now 70% of its digital users come from outside the state, said Jeff Simpson, its president and publisher. EPA approves Utah pollution controls at aging power plants Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Federal environmental officials have approved a plan by the state of Utah for new pollution controls at the state’s oldest coal-fired power plants aimed at reducing haze near Arches and Canyonlands national parks and other wilderness areas. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision, announced Wednesday, applies to an emissions reduction plan for PacificCorp’s Hunter and Huntington power plants in Emery County. The EPA said the plan calls for providing credits for nitrogen oxide emissions control systems at the plants in eastern Utah. The EPA also said it was formally withdrawing a mitigation plan for the two plants it had submitted under the Barack Obama administration in 2016. In 2017, a federal appeals court granted a request by the Trump administration to halt the plan. Environmental and clean air groups argued the move rejected EPA’s own research that showed the plan would have cut down haze. “We appreciate the efforts of EPA to act on Utah’s plan and the many stakeholders who participated in the development of the plan.” Bryce Bird, director of the Utah Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality, said in a statement Wednesday. Hunter began operating in 1978 and Huntington in 1974. Here’s why I am challenging an incumbent for the school board Paid Advertisement This is an historic election year for many obvious reasons. Critical issues are on people’s minds, and as long as we are fortunate to live within a democracy, we vote to ensure our future. A local school board race may seem the very definition of “down ballot,” but in Summit County, we take great pride in our schools and education system. The race for Park City School Board District area 2 is not inconsequential. On August 31, 2020, I filed with the county clerk as a write-in candidate to challenge sitting school board president, Andrew Caplan. If you are a voter living in Highland Estates East, Highland Estates West, Park Meadows North, Snyder’s Mill, or Ranch Place, I am humbly asking for your vote. It is a lot to ask. My name will not be on your ballot. You will have to remember my name (Thomas Cooke) and take the time and effort to write it in. I believe in democracy, and I believe no elected official should ever run unopposed. Nowhere does a personal vote carry more weight than a district school board race. Voters in Districts 1 & 5 have no choice in candidates this year. If you live in District 2, you have a choice. You deserve a choice. So why take the time to write-in my name, Thomas Cooke? Paid for by supporters of Thomas Cooke About three and a half years ago, my opponent ran for school board and described himself in a Park Record interview dated March 21, 2016 as wanting to bring a fresh voice to the board. “Infusions of fresh voices and new ideas are crucial for government bodies to be successful.” It’s not fresh voices this community needs, but rather fresh ears. We need a board willing to hear the voters who put them there. Board members must talk less and listen more if they truly want to collaborate and align with community goals for education. This involves valuing taxpayers input on investment in new facilities, respectfully considering teachers’ concerns for health and safety in schools, and fully investigating the curricula and environments our students need to achieve their highest potential. I will work diplomatically and collaboratively with everyone - from current, dedicated board members to fearless administrators to our great teachers to passionate parents to ambitious students - to ensure the Park City school district focuses to immediately deliver on optimal learning environments and outcomes as we navigate the current COVID19 pandemic. This means doing whatever it takes to ensure our teachers feel valued, supported, and safe. This means doing whatever it takes to ensure our students remain physically and mentally healthy, safe, and engaged, regardless of which learning modalities are pursued. This also means reevaluating all pre-pandemic master planning initiatives through the lenses of flexibility, resiliency, and economic responsibility, and adjusting as needed. And it also means turning a lens of selfevaluation on ourselves sometimes. “What can we be doing better? Where can systems be improved, goals refined, and outcomes more readily achieved?” Healthy debate, honest dialogue, and transparent decision making are pathways to mutual community success for Park City School District. If elected, my mission will be to work productively with the other board members to restore these functions of a healthy district. Hopefully this encourages broader community participation, and no seat will ever go unchallenged again. I am humbly asking for the votes of area 2 constituents in order that I may represent you on the Park City School Board. Please consider writing in THOMAS COOKE for Park City School Board District 2. World-Class Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Care You Can Trust Right Here in Your Community Originally from Miami, Florida, Dr. Taubin earned her undergraduate degree at Tulane University and her medical degree at Emory University. She joins Intermountain from Shepherd Center, one of the top rehabilitation hospitals in the nation. 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