Kamas News

Progress on commercial developments in Francis have stalled in the recession. The new mayor, Lee Snelgrove, worries how the city will fund improvements it needs without a broad enough tax base.

With a clinic scheduled this week in Kamas, a Parkite says he is outraged because he claims that H1N1 vaccines have been unfairly distributed to the East Side of Summit County when most county residents live in Park City and the Snyderville Basin.

Political races unofficially decided on Election Day did not overturn when votes were canvassed in Coalville and Kamas, the two largest cities on the East Side of Summit County.

Sweet Perfections Utah makes wedding cakes of all kinds as well as birthday and party cakes out of Kamas.

East Side residents apparently like take-and-bake pizza. The McCluskeys opened Vic's at 54 North Main Street in Kamas last May and had so many customers drive down from Coalville they took over the vacated Huddle Caf space and as of last week operate on Main Street of that community too.

Hundreds of people lined up Friday to receive the H1N1 vaccine at the Sheldon Richins Building at Kimball Junction.

Incumbent mayors who were re-elected Tuesday in contested races in Kamas and Coalville will help shepherd the two largest towns on the East Side of Summit County through the next four years of growth.

Rose Lemon grew up in Park City but her family is from the Kamas Valley. She s cut hair in both high-end and franchised salons but prefers the human interaction of a simple barber shop.

A South Summit newcomer campaigning to be mayor of Kamas came alive in a telephone interview Wednesday when he tore into the current administration's handling of economic development in the town.

There's a Red Rooster helping people in Kamas get started with their day. It's not a bird, it's a breakfast joint selling coffee, doughnuts, pastries and a cold cereal bar.

Summit County health officials plan to distribute about 500 H1N1 flu vaccines this week at clinics in Coalville and Kamas.

A woman on Wasatch Way said a blue and yellow hot-air balloon "skimmed her roof" Oct.

Park City Medical Center officials confirmed that several patients in Summit County have contracted the swine flu just as parents rushed this week to vaccinate their children against the disease.

The Summit County Health Department staff isn't wasting any time. They received 400 doses of the new H1N1 nasal mist vaccine on Monday and plan to dispense it all today and tomorrow.

Security guards should not stop trail users as they enter a cluster of subdivisions with private roads near Bitner Road in the Snyderville Basin.

Educators say expensive insurance plans help school districts attract quality teachers.

Home for Rent in Kamas East, Marion UT. $950 a month, three bedroom 2 full bath, w/d hookups, no smoking no pets, will need at least all-wheel-drive to access home in winter.

Some mayors on the East Side of Summit County do not appear interested in retaining a firm to help facilitate discussions about growth, which can get testy.

ResortCom International, which manages Park Plaza Resort, The Lodge at Stillwater and Shadow Ridge Resort Hotel & Conference Center, recently announced the hiring of Kevin Ellis as new regional sales manager in Utah.

A new Web site geared toward child safety will feature a series of check points to help parents correctly install car seats and will be available to Utahns this week.