With its annual slate of summer events that include the Fourth of July Grand Parade and Stadium of Fire, the American Freedom Festival goes to great lengths to celebrate patriotism in Provo. For its 2026 slate, falling on the United States' 250th anniversary, the organization is set to go ...
The Provo Half Marathon will lead to temporary road closures and detours Saturday morning. Northbound traffic at University Avenue will be diverted west at 4800 North and University Avenue, Provo police said. Southbound traffic will divert west at 800 North in Orem. The half marathon runs ...
Conditions are ripe for an intense summer of wildfires, state leaders say, with blistering temperatures in the forecast and dry brush across the state. The last thing Utah needs is for people to let their guard down and send sparks and embers into the mix. “We’re begging Utahns everywhere ...
Utah Valley University's commencement ceremony Wednesday night signaled the end of Astrid S. Tuminez's tenure as university president and the close of an academic year marked by tragedy on campus. In her parting words to graduating students before she steps down, Tuminez told them to ...
The awaited comeback of the Rooftop Concert Series is set. The popular summer music festival will return to downtown Provo on May 15 following a seven-year hiatus, event organizers announced Wednesday. Five concerts will take place from May to September at the Nu Skin Plaza on Center Street ...
The Provo City Council approved code amendments Tuesday that effectively ban large data centers within the city. The amended code, approved in a 5-1 vote, will remove power generation as a permitted use, capping data center sizes at 50 megawatts because UMPA requires data centers over 50 ...
A federal drug enforcement official fired up a pill press in Salt Lake City Wednesday, cupping his hand to catch little blue tablets as the machine cranked and spat them out at a rapid pace. The highly unusual scene illustrated how easy it is to make and turn big profits from illicit pills ...
The Great Salt Lake has already reached what’s expected to be the height of its yearly cycle after the state’s warmest winter on record, state officials said Tuesday. And they expect May and June to make matters worse by bringing hotter weather than normal. The prognosis was one of several ...
Tuesday afternoon was a typical day at The Good and the Beautiful's new 100,000-square-foot warehouse in Lehi, with a handful of workers scattered about assembling boxes and packaging orders. Soon, though, the facility will be bustling with dozens of temporary workers as the company prepares ...
Timberline Middle School in Alpine was briefly placed on lockdown protocol Tuesday after authorities say a threatening phone call was made to staff members. The phone call, made just before noon, prompted the school to lock access doors while officers and school staff investigated the ...
