Top, South Kearns Elementary students Lewis Lemus, left, Malakai Vaenuku, Francisco Gomez and Shawn Carlson plant a tree as part of the "One Million Trees for One Million People" program. The program was started by Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon to plant one million trees in the county by 2017.

By Jared Page Deseret News School hadn't quite ended when Lane Rolling pulled up to Hawthorne Elementary to pick up his son. Most days, Rolling would leave his car running -- and air conditioning blowing -- while he waited.

By Arthur Raymond Deseret News The third year of Salt Lake County's partnership with the national service group AmeriCorps kicked off Monday with Mayor Peter Corroon's announcement of a vigorous recruitment campaign for this year's program.

The mayors of Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County are teaming up to promote environmentally friendly programs and initiatives.

By Leigh Dethman Deseret News Acres of Salt Lake County open space could end up as Kennecott Utah Copper Corp.'s newest mine. Earlier this week, mine officials filed a notice of intent to locate mineral claims on 80 acres of the county's Yellow Fork Canyon land.