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Provo man dies after falling from a mountain in Glacier National Park

WEST GLACIER, Mont. — A 42-year-old Utah man died after he fell while descending a mountainside in Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana, authorities said Friday. Brian Astle, of Provo, fell while going down an off-trail climbing route on the west face of Mount Gould. The accident ...

Provo honored for starting statewide IT Mutual Aid Agreement

Provo City’s Information Systems Division was recently honored for spearheading a statewide cooperation. The city department won the 2025 Utah Information Technology Award for "Best Partnership" after leading the launch of the Utah Local Government IT Mutual Aid Agreement. Established to ...

Salt Lake DA uses Utah’s newly created ‘child torture’ law

The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office charged two people this week in the first child torture case since lawmakers passed a bill inspired in part by social media influencer and convicted child abuser Ruby Franke. Tyrel Scott Belone and Amber Lee Leary were both charged on Tuesday ...

Spellbound Books brings big stories to a small space in Eagle Mountain

A new bookstore has landed in Eagle Mountain, but it's not your typical book merchant. Spellbound Books is a mobile bookstore housed in an enclosed trailer. The bookmobile’s checkered exterior design is hard to miss as one drives by the corner of Highway 73 and Ranches Parkway, where it ...