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Traffic can be backed up in the canyons for miles, especially on big ski days. Some of that traffic in Little Cottonwood Canyon is even spilling out into Sandy, which is causing a lot of problems.
A pedestrian was struck and killed on Highway 26 between Sandy and Cherryville Thursday morning, Oregon State Police reported.
It was an all-hands-on-deck night as lines wrapped around the building at the Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream location in Sandy.
A wildland fire has been reported north of Helena near the White Sandy Campground. Around 1:30 p.m. a smoke column could be seen from the Helena valley.
The holiday weekend’s high temperatures and gusty winds have firefighters stressing. Departments in northern Utah have already dealt with firework-related fires this weekend.