The skilled trades have become hot of late. That has many young people dropping plans to attend college. Meanwhile, some desk-bound professionals are said to gaze longingly at nearby construction sites. They daydream about trading spreadsheets for tool belts. They imagine becoming plumbers, ...

With one week to go until the end of the session, Utah lawmakers are still sorting through a flurry of complex bills that would make a wide variety of changes to Utah’s elections and voter privacy laws. It remains to be seen which proposals will ultimately survive both the House and Senate ...

Mike Smith wrote in his book, "The Abundant University," a simple mission statement that higher education should subscribe to: "To help as many students as possible discover their talents, develop those talents, so they can use those talents to the benefit of society." To better accomplish ...

Every year during the month of February, the city of Pleasant Grove becomes a little kinder. Choose Kindness Month has been a yearly tradition during February since its inception in 2018. The month is part of ‘Choose Kindness Pleasant Grove,’ which was born out of a partnership with the ...

Open houses for new temples are often large events, and the Lindon Utah Temple is expected to be no exception. Lindon Police Chief Mike Brower said they’ve been told to expect 300,000 to 500,000 visitors over the open house’s monthlong period from March 12 to April 11, if not more. As ...

On Aug. 17 last year, a fire ignited on the Buckley Draw, sending smoke billowing in the air and commencing a sequence of biblical-like events that threatened the southeast Provo neighborhood below in the weeks that followed. The wildfire, labeled a Type 3 incident for approximately a week, ...