In preparation for the Alpine School District's split into three new school districts, voters were tasked during the municipal election with choosing new school board members to represent their neighborhoods. Seven school board members in each of the three new districts will spend the next ...
An annual statewide food clothing drive began this week and includes several Utah Valley locations where people can drop off warm clothing until Nov. 21. The Warm Bodies, Warm Souls Drive is sponsored by Bank of Utah, Arctic Circle and Red Hanger and will collect winter essentials for 15 ...
As Utah County healthcare providers, we see why the state's $75 million detention facility promises won't deliver the care patients need. In my orthopedic surgery practice, I regularly see patients whose medical recovery is derailed by housing instability. A patient discharged after hip ...
Utahans looking at the multiple rainbow colored redistricting maps currently before Judge Dianna Gibson in the litigation challenging the shapes of Utah’s four U. S. congressional districts could easily wonder if they were experiencing the sunspot afterimages one sees after looking at the ...
So, my husband, Dave, is a doctor, as in he has a PhD. I’m very proud of him, but he’s the wrong kind of doctor. He should have become an actual medical doctor. He says that he doesn’t like needles and blood. I say, “Fine. Be a physical therapist then,” because somehow, he just ...
As we search for solutions to homelessness we have to confront two tough questions. Is housing is a human right? Are the unhoused human enough to deserve it? Until we have answers, we need to talk about the importance of compassionate law enforcement to protect the dignity of Utah County. We ...
