I read somewhere recently (a meme on the internet, I suspect), that “The First 70 Years of Childhood Are Always the Hardest!” It reminded me of one of my favorite obituaries. Some of you, perhaps, like me and my wife, have acquired the hobby of recreational death notice reading. Maybe that ...

EPHRAIM — A new tuition-free public charter school is coming to Sanpete County. The Utah State Charter School Board has authorized American Preparatory Academy to open a new campus in Ephraim. The school will be built on a 5.2-acre site within Ephraim Crossing, a 300-acre master-planned ...

EPHRAIM — Snow College’s Department of Theatre is soaring to new heights this month as its production of "The Night Witches" draws strong early reviews — and quickly filling seats. The show opened this week in the Eccles Center’s Haslam Black Box Theatre, where limited seating has ...

SPRING CITY — Music will once again fill the ballroom at Spring City’s Community Center as the city’s popular concert series resumes Friday at 7 p.m. The evening will feature internationally known tenor Brian Stucki along with several of his vocal students from Snow College. The ...

Occasionally, perhaps more often than not, what appears in this column is a rambling “stream of consciousness” category of writing. A few of you unfamiliar with this style might be tempted to look it up. If you really want to research it for real, fine, do it. For the rest of you who are ...

Intermountain Health Sanpete Valley Hospital is celebrating its first baby of the new year with the arrival of a healthy baby girl — and a milestone moment for both her family and her physician. Annie Jane Mason was born at 7:46 p.m. on Jan. 16, 2026, becoming the New Year’s baby for ...