Development

Without a doubt, Lehi's top 10 stories for 2007 would have to include the Lehi Project, a Frank Gehry Architects sports and entertainment planned commercial and residential community.

Controversial retaining walls in the Three Falls Subdivision in Fort Canyon are moving forward with developers educating neighbors on how it will impact the property. Despite vocal citizen outcry in several City Council meetings, the subdivision met all the Planning Commission requirements. The city attorney has indicated there is little the city can do to legally stop the project from moving forward and so they have agreed with developers to collaborate carefully to come up with the best solutions possible, while still maintaining city cut and fill ordinances.

On the bitter cold night of Dec. 22, Jennifer Norris and others were evacuated from their trailers in Frazier Park because of a nearby fire in a public restroom.

Though there were no earth-shaking controversies or town hall upheavals in Orem in 2007, there were newsworthy items taking place in Family City USA over the past 12 months.

There may be a new 10-story building added to Pleasant Grove's historic downtown district, an addition its neighbors are fighting to stop.

A slowdown in housing construction in Utah is taking the edge off the state's once-sizzling job market, according to a report released Tuesday by the state Department of Workforce Services.

After several days of testimony, the bench trial between Friends of Maple Mountain and Mapleton city heard final witnesses Friday.

There's some folks with odd-looking hats and tools doing some last-minute preparations before Christmas for Utah County residents but they don't have pointy ears, make toys or report directly to ol' Saint Nick.

A thumping car stereo that can be heard from 50 feet away is now considered disturbing the peace in Orem.

There's some folks with odd-looking hats and tools doing some last-minute preparations before Christmas for Utah County residents but they don't have pointy ears, make toys or report directly to ol' Saint Nick.

The history of Cedar Valley goes back to pioneer times when in the 1850s westward saints, including Ole Peterson, settled in the small area now known as Cedar Fort.

Much has changed in the valley, but much has also remained the same. Paul Peterson still owns and operates his father's farm, and his 150-year-old house, and still grows hay as his grandfather once did.

But Ole Peterson would never have though that the quaint, humble little valley

WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of thousands of strapped homeowners could get some relief from a plan negotiated by the Bush administration to freeze interest rates on subprime mortgages that are scheduled to rise in the coming months.

"There is no perfect solution," President Bush said Thursday as he announced an agreement hammered out with the mortgage industry.