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Kalani Sitake, Jim Evans named Utah County Persons of the Year

When BYU football coach Kalani Sitake considered accepting another job offer last December, he remembered walking into his office and seeing Patty Edwards waiting for him. Edwards, the wife of former BYU football coach LaVell Edwards, had a chair pulled up close to where she was sitting and ...

State of the County: Commissioners give a recap of 2025 in a trio of addresses

Six months after the assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, the incident remained at the forefront of the minds of Utah County commissioners at the annual State of the County address. Commissioner Brandon Gordon said he was at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds when he heard the ...

DUI checkpoint to be conducted Friday night in Provo Canyon

A multiagency DUI checkpoint will be conducted Friday night at the mouth of Provo Canyon as part of a statewide effort to enforce driving laws this month. Between 8:30 p.m. Friday and 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning, east and westbound lanes of Provo Canyon Road at Canyon View Park will be stopped ...

Lawmakers restore funding for domestic violence strangulation exams

Utah lawmakers restarted funding this year to help cover the cost of forensic exams for victims of domestic violence choking assaults, a program that advocates say is key in gathering evidence for criminal cases and identifying serious injuries that need urgent treatment. The Utah Domestic ...