As one step in an initiative to promote wider use of the Sanpete County Fairgrounds, the Sanpete County Commission approved just under $4,800 last week to help a private promoter stage a concert in the fairgrounds arena in June.
The firing of Robert Hill as police chief in Moroni triggered a volley of comments both lauding and lambasting him on social media Wednesday.
Robert Hill, police chief in Moroni since August, 2020, was fired last week, but as of Wednesday, no official reason had been given for the action.
Mack Wilkey, a legendary coach and teacher at North Sanpete High School, died last Wednesday, Feb. 9, at 93.
The Manti City Council has agreed to look into permitting an 80-foot cell tower to be built on city property.
The Manti City Council has voted to put a six-month moratorium on conditional use permits so it can add language to its zoning ordinances describing standards for the permits.
A block-by-block search of Ephraim for an elderly lady who suffered from dementia ended in tragedy last week when her body was found in a parked vehicle about a block from her home.
The Manti City Council has agreed to look into installing a “columbarium,” a structure holding cremated remains, in the city cemetery.
Two local legislators, Sen. Derrin Owens, R-Fountain Green, and Rep. Steve Lund, R-Manti, are backing, and in some cases, sponsoring a number of measures in the current session that would benefit Sanpete County specifically.
A Judicial Nominating Commission has selected two attorneys with Sanpete County ties, two others from Richfield and one from Kane County as finalists to replace 6th District Judge Wallace Lee, who is scheduled to retire April 1.