Mt. Pleasant, Gunnison, Manti and Moroni ready for Independence Day festivities
SANPETE COUNTY—This Fourth of July will include traditional celebrations in Mt. Pleasant, Gunnison, Manti and Moroni.
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Dedication of veteran’s memorial tops America250 in Sanpete
MT. PLEASANT—The most dramatic America 250 and July Fourth event in Sanpete County this year is expected to be the dedication of the North Sanpete Veterans Memorial Saturday at 3 p.m. at 750 S. State.
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Ephraim launches comprehensive sidewalk safety initiative
EPHRAIM—The Ephraim City Council has approved the Sidewalk Management, Maintenance and Inspection Program, designed to create a systematic approach to identifying hazards and repairing defective sidewalks. The program also calls for a master plan to add sidewalks in high-priority areas where they are missing.
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Publisher’s Perspective: America’s survival for 250 years is no accident
Happy Birthday, America. Or as one America250 banner I saw put it, “America is awesome.”
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Packed lineup set for Sanpete’s holiday weekend
From the Scandinavian Heritage Festival running Friday through Saturday to the “Take-the-Oath” Xtreme Bulls Rodeo on Monday, there will be plenty to do in Sanpete County this coming Memorial Day weekend. Aside from those two “headliner” events, Friends of Historic Spring City will stage its annual Heritage Day on Saturday. And various towns will put…
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Group seeks $30K in resident donations to complete Fallen Soldier Memorial
EPHRAIM—A subcommittee of the Ephraim Cemetery Board is working to install a “fallen soldier’s memorial” east of the present gazebo in the Ephraim Park Cemetery. In fact, the Recreation, Arts and Parks Tax Committee, the panel that allocates proceeds from the city RAP tax, has already awarded $40,000 for the project. (A few years ago,…
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Spring City Council moves to head off lot size referendum
SPRING CITY—The lot-size battle in Spring City isn’t over. In late 2025, after nearly two years of overflow meetings, multiple lawsuits and a raucous municipal election campaign, the Spring City Council approved an ordinance, known as Ordinance 2025-05, establishing an historic zone where 1.06-acre zoning would be preserved. Outside of the defined zone, the maximum…
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Snow College honors 1,647 graduates across three ceremonies
EPHRAIM—This year’s class is graduating into uncertain times, especially with the advent of artificial intelligence, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing, Sydnee S. Dickson, former Utah superintendent of public instruction, told Snow College graduates last week. “Uncertain times are not the enemy of opportunity, they’re the birthplace of it,” Dickson told graduates Friday, May…
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Preservation Utah honors Friends of Historic Spring City
SALT LAKE CITY—Preservation Utah gave its 2026 Heritage Organization Award to Friends of Historic Spring City during an awards program Tuesday in Salt Lake City. The award was one of 10 handed out in the Community Stewardship category during the program at Memorial House, a restored event center in Memory Grove. The Heritage Organization Award…
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Moroni breathes new life into Mudd Boggs arena
MORONI—About 25 volunteers were able to clean up the one-time Mudd Boggs arena in Moroni in half the expected time during what was billed as Service Project Day April 18. According to Councilmember Cherrie Green, the volunteers picked up garbage, cut down weeds and removed aged barbed wire to launch an effort to convert the…
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Drug, alcohol, and DNA testing center launches in Ephraim
EPHRAIM—Northstar Compliance Services, a company offering drug, alcohol and DNA testing, has opened in Ephraim. The Sanpete Chamber of Commerce cut a ribbon on Monday, April 6 behind the Leavitt Insurance Building, 96 S. Main Street. The new company has an office on the first floor at the west end of the building. The phone…
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Community Night Out draws hundreds to IHC event focused on safety, wellness
MT. PLEASANT—About 800 people attended Community Night Out on April 27 at the 180 Fitness Fieldhouse, where more than 40 local vendors focused on safety, wellness and community connection. The family-friendly event featured music from Mid-Utah Radio disc jockey J.D. Fox and a range of activities and informational booths. Emergency medical services personnel offered CPR…
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Gooseberry Narrows: The 89-year-old project that won’t die
FAIRVIEW CANYON—About 25 people with an interest or stake in a potential Gooseberry Narrows State Park gathered at the site last Thursday, April 9, to look at, and talk about, what Utah Sen. Derrin Owens called the “Lazarus Project.” What did he mean by that? Essentially that a project that has been pending for 89…
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Ephraim water, sewer running in the red – Rate increases are the answer, utility consultants say
EPHRAIM—Both the water and sewer systems in Ephraim are running in red, and substantial rate increases will be required to fix the problem, according to two consultants who analyzed finances of the two utilities. Rita Trick and Chad Busch, both small utility consultants with the nonprofit Rural Community Assistance Corporation of Sacramento, presented their somewhat…
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Two Spring City council members resign, are replaced
SPRING CITY—The two Spring City Council members who voted “no” in a 3-2 vote in February repealing a compromise zoning ordinance (2025-05) permitting division of some 1-acre lots in the city and returning the city to 1.06-acre lots citywide have resigned. Replacements were chosen and sworn in at a Spring City Council meeting Thursday, April…
