Mike Pritchett believes children with special needs are capable of picking up fishing as a new hobby — they just need a little boost. That’s the premise of the annual Kids Fishing Day, where disabled kids from around Utah Valley are invited to Salem Pond to participate in a memorable ...
Summer is almost here at Zion National Park! As Memorial Day Weekend approaches and the busy summer season ramps up, the National Park Service wants to help visitors prepare for what to expect. With Zion visitation reaching nearly 5 million in 2024, the second highest in the NPS, planning ahead ...
The parents of Rena Nguyen said their daughter was an accomplished student with big dreams and aspirations but that she unfortunately faced repeated acts of violence and abuse from a man she was dating. Nguyen, a 20-year-old student at Brigham Young University, died of a gunshot wound on ...
The Orem City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday night to approve the rezoning of 14 acres of land known as Wilkerson Farm from open space to residential housing. The approval allows Keystone Construction, which is in a contractual agreement with the landowner to buy the property, to build 53 ...
Warming weather means construction season is about to kick into full gear. And while the Utah Department of Transportation recently announced several of the heavy-duty projects that drivers will see throughout the coming summer and — in several cases — beyond, UDOT announced in a press ...
The efforts of Brigham Young University students helped the Provo school place 86th on the National Academy of Inventors' top 100 list for most U.S. patents by universities. Graduates or undergraduates were listed as co-founders on 10 of the 18 BYU patents issued in 2024, or 56%. That type of ...
