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Provo, Springville negotiating a tax-share agreement for Clyde development

After Springville approved a tax-sharing agreement for a 31-acre Clyde Companies development on the Provo-Springville border, amendments approved by the Provo City Council on Tuesday are prompting Springville officials to review the deal.  The mixed-use development near U.S. 89 and 1400 ...

Utah’s intense, dangerous fire season could be its most expensive

Utah has burned through an estimated $33 million to fight raging wildfires this year, putting the state on track to outspend last year’s record total. Inflation is partly to blame. But the rising cost also reflects the sheer size of this year’s fires, their encroachment on communities and ...

Victim of fatal Lehi accident identified as Latter-day Saint podcaster

The man killed in a Lehi traffic collision Friday was identified as 27-year-old Chandler David Hendry, Lehi City spokeswoman Jeanteil Livingston confirmed. Parties involved said Henry was driving westbound on Timpanogos Highway Friday morning when he ran a red light at 1200 West, striking two ...

UVU to cancel classes on one-year anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s killing

Utah Valley University will not hold classes on Sept. 10, the one-year anniversary of Charlie Kirk's killing on campus, the school told students in an email last week. Kirk, a political activist, was speaking at a Turning Point USA event in an outdoor courtyard on campus in front of thousands ...

Man killed in Orem auto-pedestrian accident

A 24-year-old man was killed in an auto-pedestrian accident in Orem on Monday afternoon. According to Orem police, the man was struck by a vehicle at the 700 East University Parkway intersection at 12:40 p.m. First responders initiated life-saving measures but the man was pronounced dead at ...

Man killed in plane crash at Utah Lake

A man was killed Friday after an aircraft he was piloting went down in Utah Lake near Utah Lake State Park in Provo. The man was identified in a family fundraiser as Chase Day. Also on board was a female passenger, who sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local ...

Eagle Mountain City Council approves 183% rate increase to property taxes

The Eagle Mountain City Council unanimously approved a 183% property tax rate increase at a Truth in Taxation hearing Thursday night, increasing the annual rate for a median household by around $255 a year for a property revenue increase of approximately $5.5 million.  The tax rate increase ...

Here’s who is on the list to fill Utah’s two Supreme Court vacancies

The Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission has selected 12 nominees — three women and nine men — that Utah Gov. Spencer Cox may choose from when deciding how to fill two vacancies on the newly expanded Utah Supreme Court. The two open seats on the state’s highest court result from the ...