History was made on Pioneer Day Friday night with the first-ever fireworks show over Utah Lake — but the debut did not go completely as planned. Organizers intended to launch fireworks from a west barge at North Marina Park in Saratoga Springs and an east barge at American Fork Marina to ...
I’ve been thinking this week about what it means to have a pioneering spirit. That’s certainly not surprising, due to all of the festivities surrounding Pioneer Day. The term “pioneering spirit” is defined by the Collins Dictionary simply as “a willingness to endure hardship in order ...
Americans love ribbon cuttings. We celebrate the groundbreaking. We admire the rendering. We announce the project cost. Politicians gather for photographs. Local headlines proclaim progress. Then we move on. What rarely receives the same attention is what happens 10, 20, or 30 years later ...
Utah is joining other states like Texas and Florida this summer, telling boaters, paddleboarders and anyone else heading to a lake or river to wear their life jackets in case something goes wrong. But a state official said Thursday their message doesn’t seem to be getting through. “When ...
The Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office has rejected a proposal for a new municipality to be established on the Wasatch County side of Provo Canyon. A letter from the Lieutenant Governor's Office last week rescinded a feasibility request issued June 25 for a preliminary municipality called Bear ...
Thousands celebrated the Pioneer Day holiday at a jam-packed week of rodeo at the Spanish Fork fairgrounds. The 84th annual Fiesta Days Rodeo consisted of five sold-out events held Monday through Friday at the 8,400-seat arena, dazzling crowds with some of the top cowboys and cowgirls in the ...
