BYU basketball has taken a hard hit — an NCAA-chucking-a-basketball-straight-at-your-face type of hit. And it’ll be a rough recovery.On Wednesday, the <a ...

Given all of the wonders that Utah has to offer, it’s understandable that some would want to explore the modern ruins of the old Tintic Standard Reduction Mill near Goshen. However, people must resist that temptation because it’s a health hazard and state officials have said they will cite ...

This past week the U.S. saw the first documented death related to vaping.The CDC have also now provided new information that 149 people across the U.S. have contracted “a severe respiratory illness after vaping.”This week, the Utah Department of Health also announced it is investigating 21 ...

It’s that time of year again, even if grade schoolers and college students alike protest: back-to-school season. Yes, this summer did seem to fly by quickly, especially with our rainier-than-normal spring and delayed hot weather wave. Our condolences to students who feel they didn’t get ...

Cities and taxing entities across the valley have, for the past several weeks, hosted Truth in Taxation public hearings for residents and taxpayers to voice their concerns over proposed tax increases for various purposes.Alpine School District voted to raise property taxes to increase teacher ...

Last week, the Alpine School District Board of Education voted on a property tax rate that would increase property tax revenue by 7.98%, excluding new growth. The change is expected to generate about $5.6 million for efforts including increasing teacher pay and capital projects not related to ...

There are just five short days until the primary election in Utah — Tuesday.It may not be a “big” election year with a packed ballot, but the races have significant local impacts nonetheless.Which is why the Daily Herald Editorial Board felt it prudent to provide our annual reminder of ...

Utah County has been fortunate so far this summer; we’ve yet to see a repeat of the 2018 Pole Creek and Bald Mountain fires. The burn scars of those areas are regrowing and massive flooding has held off minus the incident last weekend near Thistle.However, the small Round Peak Fire in ...

There are two certainties in life, according to Benjamin Franklin: death and taxes.To be frank, not many people want to talk about either, which is probably why whenever there is so much as a whisper of tax increases or adjustments, a risk of full-blown rioting is at hand, and often times, ...

While writing last Sunday’s <a href="https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/why-does-utah-county-have-the-highest-animal-euthanasia-rates/article_009ea267-af68-51d7-9c78-3f3c4b8f01b4.html" target="_blank">in-depth article on high animal euthanasia rate</a>s in Utah ...