Though many still remember the day vividly, the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred more than two decades ago, before all children and many young adults were alive. The Major Brent Taylor Foundation is determined to keep the memory of the tragic day alive with the 9/11 Project: Utah County ...
Officials believe the gunman who assassinated Charlie Kirk from a rooftop at Utah Valley University Wednesday discarded his weapon in a wooded area near campus and fled into an Orem neighborhood. What ensued was a full-scale manhunt inside the neighborhood, where residents were asked to ...
Former Orem Mayor Dick Brunst recently published a guest opinion claiming credit for Orem’s new City Hall. As someone who is friends with the former mayor and served on the City Council during his administration, as well as under Mayor Dave Young, I feel compelled to respond with the facts. ...
An age-old conundrum regarding raising children is the issue of nature versus nurture. That is, do genes determine a child's success in life, or is it the environment in which that child is raised? Or, even more fundamentally, is intelligence genetic, or can education increase IQ? James ...
I live a mile downhill from Buckley Draw. Amid wildfires and mudslides, the past couple of weeks have been frightening. On the evening the wildfire erupted, I joined the crowd of onlookers at Bicentennial Park. For hours, helicopters dropped graceful red plumes and thousands of gallons of ...
The Utah Supreme Court has granted Utah lawmakers’ emergency request for an expedited review as they petition to block a district court judge’s ruling that tossed out the Utah Legislature’s 2021 congressional map. In an order issued Saturday, Utah’s highest court gave the ...
