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 ...
A proposal to build a large amphitheater on 100.7 acres of quarry and city-owned land at the mouth of Provo Canyon could fundamentally change the area's landscape and use. Vesper Amphitheater, pitched as a 20,000-seat outdoor concert venue, was announced by members of the Osmond family on ...
The Utah Department of Transportation will close Interstate 15 off-ramps this weekend in Lehi and Orem. The southbound 2100 North exit in Lehi (Exit 282) and a segment of Thanksgiving Way will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for utility work, UDOT said. Both I-15 off-ramps to ...
As algae blooms returned to Utah Lake this month, with advisory warnings placed around the lake warning individuals not to enter the water, efforts continue by one local group to clean the water. For the fifth consecutive summer, a Utah Valley University team is operating a patented floating ...
Remembered as an adventurous family devoted to serving their community and spending time outdoors, Provo Fire Capt. Spencer Long, his wife, Katrina Long, and their sons Reid Vernon, Thayne and Gage Long were memorialized Wednesday. Hundreds of family members, neighbors, firefighters, hockey ...
The COVID-19 pandemic may be over, but its impact on how — and where — Utahns do their jobs is not. Across the state, but mostly in northern Utah, many are still logging onto meetings and writing reports in their slippers. The number of Utah’s remote workers in 2024 remained more than ...
A Saratoga Springs man suspected of murdering his wife and fleeing the state earlier this year remains at large. Alvaro Jose Urbina Rojas was charged on March 9 with murder after his wife, Jeusselem Elieth Genes Vitola, was found dead in an RV in Draper in February. A probable cause ...
High school and middle school students can do just about everything at Brigham Young University summer camps, from fine-tuning their jump shot to preparing for the ACT. Up until recently, though, missing from the list was a camp catering to a particular type of teenager: history buffs. The ...
