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Beaver County rescinds agreement on development
Published on May 04, 2010 at 04:05PM
(BEAVER) – Beaver County Commissioners met in session Monday to rescind an agreement between the county and Mt. Holly Development Partners who foreclosed on a private development of a resort in the Mt. Holly area. Mt. Holly Partners of New York wanted to develop a resort for private skiing and recreation but a local public access group, known as “Brave”, sued the organization but lost in district court. The group appealed the case in the Utah Supreme Court and won. According to the Beaver County Clerk, Mt. Holly Partners were forced to foreclose on their property and the county had to rescind their agreement with the developers. Since then, Bowman Asset Management, also of New York, took over the development and helped pay back some of Beaver County’s debts associated with their past agreements with Mt. Holly. Bowman plans to provide public and private access to the resort to satisfy Brave and others.
Richfield Police Chief wants policy change
Published on May 04, 2010 at 03:33PM
(RICHFIELD) – The Richfield City Police Department petitioned the City Council in last week’s meeting concerning a change in policy as a condition of employment. Police Chief John Evans says the issue is over whether he can hire officers who live outside city limits. He said for years, city councils have either approved or denied employment for officers who live outside city limits. The current policy is that all sworn members of the police department must reside within the corporate limits of Richfield City, except for those sworn officers who live outside of city limits but within five miles of the city. Chief Evans says he would like the city council to approve the employment of officers who live ten miles outside of city limits. He said the reason for the policy change is to include officers who want to live in areas for open space and farm land and can’t afford to live within the city limits. The City Council will weigh the matter at the May 11 council meeting.
Millard Planners slate storage hearings
Published on May 04, 2010 at 03:02PM
(DELTA) – The Millard County Planning Commission will hold two separate public hearings Wednesday night to gain citizen input on a natural gas storage facility and a pipeline right-of-way. The first hearing will be held at 7:20pm for a Conditional Use Permit for a salt cavern natural gas storage facility proposed by Magnum Solutions, LLC for property located south and east of the IPP Power Plant at the intersection of Brush Wellman Highway and Jones Road, about 10 miles north of Delta. The second hearing will be held at 7:30pm on a CUP for a gas pipeline right-of-way to serve the gas facility on property located about 15 miles north of Delta at the boundary of the Millard-Juab County line. The public is invited to attend both hearings Wednesday night at the Millard County Offices in Delta.
SSD notifys parents of funeral procession
Published on May 04, 2010 at 02:12PM
(RICHFIELD) – Sevier School District officials have notified parents of students riding buses around 300 North in Richfield that their children may be delayed arriving home on Wednesday due to a funeral procession traveling down that area. The funeral procession is a tribute to fallen County Sheriff’s Sargeant Franco Aguilar following his funeral at noon. The procession will leave the Sevier Valley Center in Richfield at approximately 1pm Wednesday, then head out onto College Avenue and continue down 300 North along Highway 118 to Salina. School District officials said that students riding buses in that area may arrive home late due to the crowds.
Sevier Commissioners designate Aguilar Day
Published on May 04, 2010 at 11:19AM
(RICHFIELD) – Sevier County Commissioners are paying tribute to a fallen sheriff’s deputy with a resolution that was passed at their bi-monthly meeting Monday. Commissioner Gary Mason said May 5 will forever be remembered as Franco Aguilar Day. Aguilar was killed while investigating an accident on I-70 late Thursday night, when another vehicle slammed into a car and threw him over the Fish Creek Bridge to his death, 100 feet below. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office said that Aguilar’s funeral will be held Wednesday at noon at the Sevier Valley Center in Richfield with a procession to follow. Public Information Officer Nate Curtis said he hopes hundreds of people waiving American flags will show up along the procession route to show their support for Aguilar’s family. Curtis said the procession will leave the SVC at about 1pm Wednesday, to College Avenue and continue down 300 North in Richfield along Highway 118 to Salina. Aguilar will be buried in American Fork.
Gunnison Water Outage
Published on May 04, 2010 at 10:04AM
(Gunnison) Gunnison City residents experienced a culinary water outage Monday evening after a water main broke. City crews were forced to eventually turn off water to the entire city in order to make repairs. City officials commented that they were concerned the outage could last through the night, but crews were able to complete repairs and restore culinary service by 9:00 PM. Officials are not sure what caused the break but the problem has been resolved.
Manti woman dies in SR-132 crash
Published on May 04, 2010 at 09:09AM
Updated on May 05, 2010 at 02:30PM
(NEPHI) – A Manti woman was killed early Friday morning in a vehicle crash on an icy section of SR-132 east of Nephi. According to an eyewitness to the accident, 25-year old Brittany Bown, passed him going westbound on the highway and while rounding a curve in the road, slid into a 2009 Chevy Silverado, driven by 48-year old Maurice Egbert of Provo. A Utah Highway Patrol report said that Egbert T-boned Bown on the passenger side of her 2006 Toyota Scion at about 7:15am Friday. The report said that Bown was not wearing her seatbelt and died at the scene of the accident. Medical reports determined that no drugs or alcohol were involved in the accident. Egbert was wearing his seatbelt and was transported to the Central Valley Hospital in Nephi. He was treated and released.
Snow College concludes commencement
Published on May 04, 2010 at 08:04AM
(EPHRAIM) – Snow College concluded their 122nd commencement exercises Saturday morning at the Ephraim campus featuring keynote speaker, LDS Church Apostle, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. In his address to the 755 graduates, Elder Holland invoked three British “voices from the past”, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, writer Rudyard Kipling and poet and cleric John Donne. Holland explained that Woolsey rose to prominence and worldly wealth in the court of King Henry VIII but couldn’t overcome church objections and deliver a divorce for his king and eventually fell ill and died on his way to his execution. Holland told students in Woolsey’s case, ambition became more important than conviction, when power and wealth created a thirst that honest living could not satisfy. Elder Holland also recited Kipling’s “lest we forget” quote to remind students to remember all who have done so much good for them. He also quoted Donne, who said that God “had made no decrees to distinguish the seasons of his mercies, especially during times of discouragement.” Holland also received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree from Snow College.
Dugout Mine near Price closes for safety precaution
Published on May 04, 2010 at 07:04AM
(PRICE) – Owners and operators of the Dugout Mine near Price are working to seal off a section of the mine before it catches fire. Mine officials say that over the weekend, crews used water and foam to try to suppress the “heating event” but determined it wasn’t effective. National Administrator for Coal Mine Safety and Health Kevin Stricklin says certain coal seams are susceptible to spontaneous combustion, where oxygen comes in contact with the coal and starts giving off heat. He says ultimately, it becomes smoke and could lead to a full-fledged fire. Over the weekend, crews pumped out oxygen in the section of the mine that was at risk. Evacuations were ordered for the mine on Friday as a precaution. Mine officials say the mine will not reopen until the problem is solved and crews determine it’s safe to re-enter the mine.