Government

Squint past the shine of a renovated Capitol building. Maneuver through the maze of hand-shaking, back-patting politicians whose jobs are up for grabs this fall. Tip-toe quietly past the elephant in the middle of the room (the voucher defeat. Shhhh.)

When Utah's Senate majority launched its blog in 2005, it was cutting-edge stuff for lawmakers.

While attending church services in Boston in the mid-1970s, long before he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah, was nudged in the stomach by his then-girlfriend who whispered, referencing the speaker, "Why can't you speak like that?"

The American Fork Riding Club got a new lease on life as the city is considering trying to find a way to have the equestrians come under the city's recreation department, in an effort to provide stable room at a rate the club members can afford.

A bit of paradise is coming to American Fork.

The White Hills area owners northwest of Fairfield are looking at becoming Utah County's newest town.

It was out with the old, in with the old at the American Fork's swearing in of City Council members on Monday.

The American Fork City Council has officially shifted its position regarding which alternative it prefers for a redesigned West Main Street freeway interchange. The council will present its opinion to the Utah Department of Transportation, which has a Jan. 11 deadline for comment.

Let's just say some of the victims made it seem like a real disaster.

Surrounded by family, friends and supporters in the nearly filled to capacity Orem City Council Chambers, the three Orem City Council members elected by voters in November were sworn into office Monday.

Backed by studies and with the hope of averting a potential system failure at Interstate 15's heavily trafficked University Parkway exchange, Orem city is backing a plan that would add a freeway exchange at 800 South and a frontage road system.