×
×
homepage logo

Local News

Kalani Sitake, Jim Evans named Utah County Persons of the Year

When BYU football coach Kalani Sitake considered accepting another job offer last December, he remembered walking into his office and seeing Patty Edwards waiting for him. Edwards, the wife of former BYU football coach LaVell Edwards, had a chair pulled up close to where she was sitting and ...

Lawmakers restore funding for domestic violence strangulation exams

Utah lawmakers restarted funding this year to help cover the cost of forensic exams for victims of domestic violence choking assaults, a program that advocates say is key in gathering evidence for criminal cases and identifying serious injuries that need urgent treatment. The Utah Domestic ...

Spanish Fork brush fire under investigation as human-caused

A brush fire that broke out in Spanish Fork on Tuesday is being investigated as suspicious and human-caused by the Spanish Fork Fire and EMS Department. Crews responded to the fire at 12:21 p.m. in the Legacy Farms area, south of Hidden Springs Park and northeast of Rees Elementary, according ...

Federal government taps Utah to test new electric flight technologies

Utah is among eight states the federal government has selected to test the future of electric aircraft and other aviation technologies, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced on Monday. The state is poised to be part of a three-year pilot program on Electric Vertical Takeoff and ...

Provo City Council denies rezoning request for data center at East Bay

The Provo City Council said no to a data center in the East Bay neighborhood Tuesday night, denying a developer's request to rezone a property to build one at 1507 S. and 180 East. The consensus from the Council was that the city needed to complete its economic master plan prior to making a ...