On Tuesday, Provo City School District approved its proposed certified tax rate for the 2027 school year to be submitted to the county, which includes an estimated 2.3% increase in revenue. The property tax increase is not yet final and will go through a Truth-in-Taxation hearing on Aug. ...
More than 80 women leaders in Utah signed an open letter last week raising concerns about a recent hire made by Utah County Clerk Aaron Davidson. Davidson appointed Kai Schwemmer, a 23-year-old Brigham Young University student and political director of College Republicans of America, to be his ...
After spending two hearings grilling Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s nominees to fill two new seats on the expanded Utah Supreme Court, a panel of lawmakers has given its stamp of approval. The Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee voted on Monday to endorse both Jay Jorgensen and Stephen Dent, ...
Last week, the Central Utah Water Conservancy District announced the completion of a project that will improve drinking water quality in the northern Utah County community. The Groundwater Polishing Plant was built in the CUWCD's Vineyard Complex and will polish water gathered from wells ...
The Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands issued Stage 1 Fire Restrictions for unincorporated Utah County last week. Restrictions were imposed due to the current and forecasted weather conditions combined with the dry vegetation, according to the Utah County Fire ...
Phil Lyman is running for Utah's new look 3rd Congressional District. In the lead-up to the June 23 Republican primary and his race against District 2 incumbent Celeste Maloy, Lyman met with the Daily Herald to discuss his campaign. The Daily Herald also interviewed Maloy. Lyman has spent ...
Creating a historical drama about the life of Jesus Christ is a quest for authenticity that took 5&2 Studios producers back to the Holy Land in search of filming locations for The Chosen. While in Israel, they found plenty of churches and tourist locations — but struggled to find ...
Two former court clerks in Utah were arrested after being accused of being “self-appointed anti-ICE vigilantes” for helping an undocumented immigrant escape out a back door of the Logan City Municipal Justice Court to avoid being arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...
The Orem City Council proposed a property tax increase this week that would go toward funding two new police officer positions. The estimated 7.02% increase in city tax revenue will generate an additional $450,000 for a new Public Safety Special Revenue Fund that will legally require the extra ...
A fish consumption advisory for carp was lifted from Utah Lake, a change officials say reflects the health of the lake and its ecosystem. The advisory was placed in 2005 due to a banned industrial chemical called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, that was found in the carp. A recent study ...
