After days of radio silence in response to pleas from teachers, firefighters and police to veto a highly controversial bill, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s answer didn’t come until late Friday night on Valentine’s Day. The governor signed HB267, a bill to ban public unions from collective ...
Mother Nature delivered a healthy helping of snow across portions of the state Thursday, including in Utah County. Wet, heavy snow blanketed major roads and thoroughfares, bringing traffic to a slow crawl as drivers navigated the conditions. The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City ...
Construction on the 1600 North improvement project in Orem could start as early as this summer, a Utah Department of Transportation official confirmed Wednesday. The road will be widened to five lanes between 1200 West and State Street in Orem and part of Lindon and will include upgraded ...
By this fall, some students in Eagle Mountain will begin attending a brand-new middle school — and in the coming weeks, that new school will officially have a name. On Tuesday, the Alpine School District Board of Education was presented with three names to be considered for the campus. Once ...
Tackling Utah’s stubborn housing affordability crisis continues to be a stated top priority for state leaders — but at the same time lawmakers still resist taking broad, aggressive action to more widely allow smaller housing types. Met with pushback from local governments fearing loss of ...
The Provo City Council voted during its meeting Tuesday to push pause on a question of whether to increase water rates across the board. A looming proposal would have raised water utility rates while implementing a new tiered consumption rate. The proposal called for a 12% increase to water ...
