By Susan Manning and Suzanne Dean MANTI—The Manti City Council took two actions at its city council meeting on Monday, Sept. 7 that could have long-term impacts on the physical character of the city. The council approved creation of a Community Reinvestment Agency, an operation that could use what is known as “tax increment funding”…
SPRING CITY—The Spring City Council has voted to move ahead with the first steps toward the town’s fourth culinary water well. At a city council meeting Sept. 3, the council approved an agreement with Sunrise Engineering for $55,000 to do an environmental study, prepare specifications and bid documents for a test well, and potentially evaluate…
EPHRAIM—Residents from Ephraim and beyond pitched in Saturday, Sept. 12 to support a fundraiser for Jana Newman, the purchasing manager at CO Building System, who is battling her second round of cancer. Newman was diagnosed with uterine cancer in 2021. She was told to go in for annual check-ups. If she was still cancer-free after…
EPHRAIM—The Ephraim City Council and city staff were prepared for a roomful of residents last week for their long-anticipated Truth-in-Taxation public hearing and passage of the 2026-27 budget.
EPHRAIM—The Ephraim City budget for 2026-27 budget (July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027) is $19.8 million, down $5.5 million, or more than 28 % from 2025-26, the year just completed.
MT. PLEASANT—The North Sanpete Veterans Memorial, the culmination of an exceptional volunteer effort, was dedicated last Saturday, July 4th in front of a crowd of about 500, who broke into cheers when the keynote speaker, Gov. Spencer Cox, declared that “America is still the greatest country in the history of the world.”
SANPETE COUNTY—This Fourth of July will include traditional celebrations in Mt. Pleasant, Gunnison, Manti and Moroni.
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.
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.
Happy Birthday, America. Or as one America250 banner I saw put it, “America is awesome.”
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…