Provo City will hold its third-annual Tu Voz Importa next week, an event aimed at strengthening the connection between local Spanish-speaking residents and local government. Happening at 6 p.m. Monday at the Provo Library Ballroom, the evening will offer a chance for conversations with city ...
A man charged with aggravated murder in the 2024 killing of Santaquin Sgt. Bill Hooser has been ordered to stand trial. Michael Aaron Jayne is accused of intentionally driving his semitruck into Hooser during a traffic stop on May 5, 2024. He faces two charges of attempted aggravated murder, a ...
New research shows Utah, though it’s only halfway through its wildfire season, is seeing unprecedented burns in woodland and forest areas — and that trend poses “concerning” economic and ecological threats. That’s according to Phil Dennison, a professor in the University of ...
Truth in Taxation season has arrived. Multiple governmental agencies in Utah County are proposing to raise property taxes, and will hold a Truth in Taxation public hearings this month to discuss the proposals. The largest potential tax increase comes from Eagle Mountain, where city ...
Utah may enforce its anti-gambling laws, even if they include bans of proposition betting, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday in response to a lawsuit from Kalshi challenging a new state law. The prediction market platform had described the law, which classified proposition bets within the ...
An Orem-based friend group united by their love of swimming has gone on a few wild adventures over the years. Many of the 10-member group, ranging in age from their 30s to their 70s, swam from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. On another trip, they completed a 10K ...
An individual was airlifted to the hospital Sunday night after a rollover crash in Provo Canyon. Around 7:30 p.m., a vehicle was involved in a crash, went off U.S. 189 and fell down an embankment near the train tracks and toward the Provo River, according to Wasatch Fire. Fire responders ...
By the end of July, crews had all but contained Utah’s biggest wildfires smoldering in southern Utah. But they were far from getting a chance to celebrate. August started a new chapter in an intense, tinder-dry summer, with the Widemouth 2 Fire east of Fillmore exploding in size since ...
The Refuge Utah, a local organization that supports victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault, will break ground on a new emergency shelter in Orem in October. The program said the campus will be a "significant step forward" in helping survivors of the public health crisis in the ...
An incident involving a possible armed suspect led to a temporary shelter-in-place request for a two-block area in Eagle Mountain Sunday morning. According to the Utah County Sheriff's Office, there was an altercation between two parties inside a residence. When authorities responded to the ...
