Hey @mikemuller –
That’s definitely odd – and Local should be shipping with that php extension.
If you right click on the site and select “Open site shell”, do you see curl in the output when issuing this command:
php -m
If you don’t see curl, then maybe there’s an odd issue with the PHP service.
If that’s the case, can you try updating the service by following the steps in this community forum thread with more info along with a fix:
Using the instructions in the above link, can you try re-downloading the PHP services and try again?