After a storm of complaints by parents of Wasatch High School students about the new math curriculum, Principal Tod Johnson sent an email to address the complaints, “We’ve listened to your math recommendations and are making the following adjustments: 1. Math homework should not be longer than 30 minutes each […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Every year at the Utah State Fair, at a place called Promontory Hall in the creative arts section, Debbie Brown and Matt McNaughtan do some serious recycling. They take 700 pounds of pure creamery butter and turn it back into a cow. OK, not a literal […]
The Wasatch Cross Country team is proud to host arguably the hardest race every year in Wasatch County’s Soldier Hollow Olympic Complex. The Soldier Hollow course consists of grueling up hills, intense down hills and is one of the only cross country races held on a trail system. Because of […]
The proposed Heber Valley Parkway had the attention of citizens living in the Southwest part of Heber City. A new proposed, option C creates an alternative highway 40 that brings the expressway closer to existing neighborhoods. The purpose of the parkway is to address growth and provide a reliable transportation […]
Two small earthquakes hit along the border of Salt Lake and Utah counties Friday morning. A quake with a magnitude of 3.2 struck at 5:03 a.m., and another with a magnitude of 3.7 hit at 5:10 a.m. The quakes had initial magnitudes of 3.3 and 3.8 but were later downgraded, […]
Utah’s Republican senators canceled out each other’s vote on a massive bipartisan public lands bill that sailed through the U.S. Senate. Senator Mike Lee voted against the package of more than 100 public lands, natural resources and water bills, while Sen. Mitt Romney voted for it. It passed 92-8. The […]
A man is dead following an avalanche. The Summit County Sheriff’s Office says 49-year old Jason Lyman of Mona was buried in the avalanche Saturday afternoon just east of Coalville. Lyman was buried for about 30 minutes before rescuers reached him and began CPR. He died after being flown to […]
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE FOREST SERVICE UTAH AVALANCHE CENTER. THE FOREST SERVICE UTAH AVALANCHE CENTER IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CONTINUED A BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA…THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS AND THE MANTI- SKYLINE PLATEAU * AVALANCHE DANGER…THE DANGER REMAINS HIGH * REASON/IMPACTS…HEAVY […]
A bill that would reduce the number of Utahns covered under a voter-approved Medicaid expansion is on its way to a vote in the House. The House Business and Labor Committee passed SB96 on a 9-6 vote yesterday. Republican House leaders may schedule the bill for a vote as early […]
