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Tavaci rezoning application filed with Salt Lake County

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:13:38 MDT

Tavaci rezoning application filed with Salt Lake County

By Mike Gorrell The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 24, 2013 02:13PM MDT

Tavaci is back. Developer Terry Diehl’s controversial proposal to transform the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon with a high-density project — which at one time included a hotel, commercial operations and perhaps 300 condominiums — has been revived in Salt Lake County’s planning and development process. Diehl’s company, Cottonwood Estates Development, has filed an application to rezone 47 acres on the northern flank of the canyon mouth from FR.5, which requires minimum half-acre lots, to “FM-10 F...

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Celebrated Utah climbing location may get a face-lift

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:54:17 MDT

Celebrated Utah climbing location may get a face-lift

By Mike Gorrell The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 21, 2013 08:54AM MDT

The U.S. Forest Service is looking to improve access to the world-renowned rock-climbing routes in lower Little Cottonwood Canyon. Its Salt Lake Ranger District is proposing to remove a dilapidated Grit Mill and equipment from the north side of the canyon road, just uphill from the park-and-ride lot and below The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ vaults, and replace them with a better parking lot and an improved trail system for reaching the granite faces that attract thousands of cli...

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Utah avalanche season exacts heartbreaking toll

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:14:25 MDT

Utah avalanche season exacts heartbreaking toll

By Mike Gorrell The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 06:14AM MDT

Statistically speaking, Utah’s avalanche season could not have been more average. Four people died, equaling the average number of fatalities annually in snowslides around the state. But as Utah Avalanche Center forecaster Drew Hardesty observed in his emotional report on the 2012-13 season, the stories underlying the numbers are a reminder that tragedies are never ordinary and that this winter’s toll was particularly hard to take for avalanche-safety professionals. “In terms of the mark [the fa...

Gas leak causes evacuations in Cottonwood Heights

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:32:01 MDT

Gas leak causes evacuations in Cottonwood Heights

By Jim Dalrymple II The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 09:32AM MDT

A gas leak in Cottonwood Heights on Wednesday afternoon forced the evacuation of 10 businesses. A person who smelled gas reported a potential leak about 3:30 p.m. near 1850 East and Fort Union Boulevard, according to Questar spokesman Darren Shepherd. The evacuation impacted an area strip mall, Shepherd said, and began about 4:30 p.m. when Questar crews detected gas. Authorities began lifting the evacuations about 7:15 p.m. A half hour later, only three businesses remained under evacuation order...