(Undated) – Utah voters should start checking their mail boxes for their election ballots. State election officials say mail-in ballots should start arriving today ahead of the June 28th primary. All four of Utah’s congressional districts have heated primaries, as well as one of the state’s Senate seats.
Sanpete County Commissioners have had a change of heart when it comes to the county’s bookmobile. The commissioners had previously voted to dismantle the program after 17 years. Reasons included financial costs as well as convenient access to online reading. However after a well attended public meeting held on Tuesday, […]
The United States Department of Agriculture has announced plans to invest $3.3 million into water infrastructure in Sanpete County. Officials stated that “this funding will ensure Pine Creek Ranch Owners Association 450 residents and businesses, have access to clean, safe and reliable water for many years.” The $3.3 million loan […]
(Springdale, UT) — A popular hiking and climbing trail at Zion National Park is closed off to visitors. Rangers shut down Angels Landing to repair damage on the Chain section, but have not released specific details about what happened. The park just started a reservation system for Angels Landing this […]
(Provo, UT) — Brigham Young University approved plans to construct a new building for the College of Fine Arts and Communications. The new building will be built where the Harris Fine Arts Center is currently located on the Provo campus. When finished, the departments for Art, Design and Theater & […]
(Panguitch, UT) — Deputies with the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office have arrested two men for having eight-thousand fentanyl pills. The drugs are worth about 250-thousand-dollars. They were arrested when they were pushing their car to try to start it in the Thunder Mountain Trailhead off state Route 12 on Sunday. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Today, the Utah Inland Port Authority is beginning its search for a new executive director. Friday, the authority announced its director for the last three years — Jack Hedge — is stepping down to assume a new post as the organization’s president. Hedge will focus […]
On June 5, the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office received a call for a disturbance on Highway 12 near Mile Marker 2. Upon arrival officers observed one man trying to push a red Cadillac, another man in the drivers seat and a woman and juvenile at the scene. While investigating the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Highway Patrol and law enforcement agencies in other states are out in force to remind drivers to use their seatbelts. The “Border to Board Click It or Ticket” campaign is focused on making sure drivers remember to stay buckled up as they cross […]
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — A speller has been reinstated into the Scripps National Spelling Bee field after successfully appealing that he was denied relevant root information about a word. Thirteen-year-old Surya Kapu of South Jordan, Utah, misspelled “leucovorin” during Wednesday night’s last semifinal round. Surya’s family appealed, arguing that […]
