A swift response from fire personnel stopped the progression of a 50-acre fire that broke out in Mapleton early Saturday morning. By Monday, Mapleton Fire Chief John Jackson said fire management is expected to announce full containment and that crews are no longer on the mountain. “It’s ...
Students at Mount Liberty College knew they were in for a change when the classical liberal arts school moved from Murray to Provo this summer. When students celebrated the official opening of their new school in a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week inside the Knight Block building, they also ...
A preliminary Utah Department of Transportation and Utah Transit Authority project aims to remove at-grade railroad crossings through a Springville neighborhood and connect two Union Pacific Railroad lines to improve safety and mobility. The plan, which was proposed in a UDOT public hearing ...
An old fossil discovery is providing new information to scientists nearly 40 years later. A fossil bone found in a sand pit near Vernal, Utah, in the 1980s has turned out to be an older-than-expected representative of a species of camel that was common in the region during the Ice Ages. A team ...
The Buckley Draw Fire was downgraded from a type 3 fire to a type 4 fire Monday, signifying fewer resources needed to combat it. The decision came as the wildfire, which started Aug. 17 in the Buckley Draw near Provo, reached 42% containment, all along the west and southwest perimeter, ...
Provo firefighters and police officers squared off in a friendly competition last week to encourage community members to donate blood. People offered their blood at the American Red Cross blood drive Thursday at Provo City Library and chose which emergency department they wanted to support ...
