(Salt Lake City, UT) — Intermountain Healthcare is planning to shorten its name to better reflect its commitment to patient care. The company announced yesterday that it plans to change its name to Intermountain Health beginning next year. The company says the name change signals an increased emphasis on initiatives […]
Schools in Utah, Sanpete and Juab counties went into a soft lockdown between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Aug. 29 after the Utah County Sheriff’s Office contacted college administrators to report suspicious activity. According to reports a Snow College student was taken into custody after comments they made during online […]
Pres. Russell M. Nelson, President & Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints was a surprise guest at the Ephraim Utah Temple Groundbreaking Service Saturday, Aug. 27th. A group of about 500 special guests attended the “by invitation only” event including Elder Walter F. Gonzalez, Elder Kevin […]
(Ephraim, UT) — The number of turkeys raised in Utah for food that have tested positive for bird flu is up to over 50-thousand. The latest case in Sanpete County involved nearly 13-thousand commercially raised turkeys. The new case was reported on Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal […]
Sanpete Valley Hospital administrator Aaron Wood has confirmed that Intermountain Healthcare plans to purchase land in Ephraim later this year. A hospital with as many as 125 beds has been rumored, but it will be determined at a later date what the land will be used for.
Snow College president Bradley Cook received the top honor in education at the Best of State awards last week in Salt Lake City. Cook won a medal for best college/university administrator, while the college medaled as the best educational institution in Utah. Other winners from Snow College included Keith Steurer […]
(Ephraim, UT) — A bear is safely back in the mountains of central Utah after an assist from the Ephraim Police Department. Officers were notified yesterday about a bear spotted in a cemetery in the city. Callers worried that the bear might be headed toward U.S. Highway 89, where it […]
Early in the morning of May 15, authorities responded to a house fire in Ephraim. According to reports, a neighbor discovered the fire about 3:00 a.m. Fortunately the residents of the home, Kendon Sorensen, his wife and four children, were out of town at the time so no one was […]
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Ephraim Utah Temple will take place on Saturday August 27, 2022. Elder Walter F. Gonzalez of the Quorum of the Seventy will preside at the event. The temple site is located at the intersection of 200 North and 400 East. The temple is expected to […]
On May 7, the Miss Ephraim pageant was held at Snow College. The new Miss Ephraim is Clarissa Knapp, who also won Miss Congeniality. Her first attendant is Harmony Durtschi, her second attendant is Joslynn Gordon and her third attendant is Karlie Strickland.
