Utah has burned through an estimated $33 million to fight raging wildfires this year, putting the state on track to outspend last year’s record total. Inflation is partly to blame. But the rising cost also reflects the sheer size of this year’s fires, their encroachment on communities and ...

The man killed in a Lehi traffic collision Friday was identified as 27-year-old Chandler David Hendry, Lehi City spokeswoman Jeanteil Livingston confirmed. Parties involved said Henry was driving westbound on Timpanogos Highway Friday morning when he ran a red light at 1200 West, striking two ...

Utah Valley University will not hold classes on Sept. 10, the one-year anniversary of Charlie Kirk's killing on campus, the school told students in an email last week. Kirk, a political activist, was speaking at a Turning Point USA event in an outdoor courtyard on campus in front of thousands ...

The Springville Museum of Art will launch a new exhibit this month that examines the significance of portrait art. Titled Contemporary Portraiture, the exhibit will feature works from more than 20 artists that depict another human being in paint, film or clay. These works are intended to ...

While visiting my mom, my son asked, "Why do I have to make my bed at Grandma's house?" I smoothed the quilt over the mattress and answered without thinking, "Because Grandma likes it neat and she deserves a nice space." My response surprised me. What did being tidy have to do with ...

In the pantheon of parental duties, shopping for school supplies stands alone. At the tripart crossroads of "least enjoyable," "most expensive" and "least negotiable," it is an intrinsic part of life in late summer, and it has been since I was a kid in the Cretaceous era. I remember it much ...