By MIKE GORRELL, Salt Lake Tribune
Resorts respond with deals as recession hits ski slopes
Great snow in December might have salvaged the important holiday week for Western ski resorts, but the recession has been taking a toll since then.
New figures from the Denver-based Mountain Travel Research Program reflect the strain that rising unemployment and plunging consumer confidence have had on the ski industry and its partners in the lodging and hospitality sectors.
Combating cancer on the slopes
Not quite three months after her cancerous left leg was amputated just below the hip, Amanda McDaniel watched Paralympian Monte Meier carve fluid one-legged turns last week at Park City Mountain Resort.
"That will be you before long," said one of McDaniel's instructors from the National Ability Center.
Feds fine mining company for 'flagrantly' violating safety laws
The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has cracked down on Murray Energy Corp., fining the company $420,300 for "flagrantly" violating safety laws at its Tower mine in Carbon County, Utah.
Mine company will build Crandall Canyon disaster memorial
The families of the six Crandall Canyon mine disaster victims still buried in its collapsed workings are closer to having one source of solace -- a secluded memorial where they can be closer to their loved ones. Murray Energy Corp., which owns Crandall Canyon, said this week it will build the memorial in a small, elevated meadow just uphill from the mine.
Utah commission recommends mine-safety changes
After August's mine disaster in Utah, Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. assembled a commission to evaluate the state's role in mine safety, accident prevention and emergency response.He received an answer Wednesday: 45 recommended improvements in a 97-page document from the Utah Mine Safety Commission.

