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 ...

Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. It’s a milestone worth celebrating because it marked an otherworldly achievement by mankind.By most accounts, the exploits of Apollo 11 helped bring the world together. People across the globe were watching the fuzzy images of ...

We’ve followed the Utah County Commission more closely than arguably a majority of residents in the county. It’s one of the beautiful parts of our business, that we seek to stay informed on the happenings of our governmental bodies and the elected public servants.What took place this past ...

Happy July — no, not just 4th of July, because the whole month is basically a free-for-all when it comes to fireworks in Utah, thanks to the festivities being extended by Pioneer Day. But even though we have leftover fireworks from the 4th and the fireworks booths stick around for the next ...