Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon will enter his second term with a new second in command. Deputy Mayor Karen Suzuki-Okabe announced her retirement Tuesday after serving four years alongside the newly re-elected Democratic mayor.
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
Welcome, hikers, bikers, horseback riders and prospectors. Copper-mining giant Kennecott soon could explore for minerals beneath the largest swatch of publicly owned open space on Salt Lake County's west side, ending months of vigorous opposition by Democratic County Mayor Peter Corroon.
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
The door to Rose Canyon has been opened to Kennecott.The Salt Lake County Council approved an agreement Tuesday, which allows the copper-mining company to begin exploration of a patch of public land in the south valley.The agreement ends the fierce fight between the company and County Mayor Peter Corroon, who oversaw the county's $8.7 million purchase of 1,700 acres of untouched land...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
... we have."The deal signals and end to the months-long squabble between Kennecott and County Mayor Peter Corroon over the copper company's interest -- and right -- to probe for profitable ore beneath the publicly owned preserve.Turns out, the county couldn't stop Kennecott's mineral exploration, Corroon conceded earlier this week.So Kennecott will get an open gate to Rose Canyon,...
