A statewide mask mandate ended Saturday, April 17, but that doesn’t mean masks are gone, including in counties such as Sanpete that are rated as having “low transmission” of COVID-19. Snow College, public schools, federal offices and state offices, along with Sanpete Valley Hospital and Gunnison Valley Hospital, and their affiliated clinics, still require masks….
WASHINGTON—A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate to extend the lifespan of the Mormon Pioneer Heritage Area (MPNHA) in Central Utah and Great Basin National Heritage Area (GBNHA) for another 15 years. The Great Basin National Heritage Area and Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area Extension Act was introduced in late March. The bill is…
EPHRAIM—For some time, Erick Toral and his partner Estephanie Paredes thought about getting into their own business. They socked away $10,000. Then they saw an ad on Facebook called “Sanpete Indoor Yard Sale” for a Mexican grocery store another family had started in the former Anderson Drug Store on the northwest corner of Main and…
MANTI—Projects to clear dead, fallen and excessively dense timber from the Manti-LaSal National Forest are continuing at full steam, according to a U.S. Forest Service ranger based in Sanpete County. Johnny Collin, district ranger for the Sanpete District of the Manti-LaSal National Forest, told the Sanpete County Commission at a meeting March 16 that his…
MORONI—After an incident about a year ago, when Moroni was forced to send water into homes that did not meet federal and state purity standards, the city had to do something, Mayor Paul Bailey said last week. Then, the mayor said, since the city had no choice but to make changes to its water system,…
MORONI—The Moroni City Council put funding in place for its $3.5 million water project last week by approving a $2.48 million bond, instituting a $3,244 impact fee on new water connections and raising water rates an average of $11.50 per household. The votes on all three measures at a meeting Thursday March 25 were unanimous….
MILBURN—A farming operation that has been in the same family for five generations has applied to the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) to grow medical marijuana on 3 acres near the center of Milburn. The owners of Milburn Oaks Land, who asked that their names not be used, told the Sanpete County Commission…
MANTI—There’s still ample opportunity for input into a management plan that will shape use of the Manti-La Sal National Forest for at least 25 years, a U.S. Forest Service planner told the Sanpete County Commission last week. Kyle Beagley, who was a Sanpete District ranger based in Ephraim before moving to Manti-LaSal National Forest headquarters…
The number of people receiving COVID shots at drive-through vaccination clinics at the Manti and Mt. Pleasant fire stations reached a new high last week. The Central Utah Public Health Department (CUPHD) has been running the clinics one day per week at each fire station since about the first of February. When the drive-through clinic…
MANTI—The Sanpete County Commission has denied a zoning change that potentially could have enabled the owner of land about a half mile south of Center Street in Axtell to create nine 1-acre home lots. At a meeting Tuesday, March 2, the commission approved a motion by Commissioner Reed Hatch to deny the change “until such…
MANTI—The placement of a new digital sign on the lawn between the Manti City Building and the Manti Carnegie Library, a move that violated a zoning ordinance adopted a year ago, triggered an emotional discussion at a city council meeting last Wednesday, Feb. 3. Councilman Jason Vernon said while he loves the sign itself, “I…
GUNNISON—Dr. Dwight Inouye, 71, a family physician in the Gunnison Valley for 40 years who also served 23 years on the South Sanpete School Board, served briefly as a Sanpete County commissioner and held numerous leadership roles in Boy Scouts, died Tuesday of complications related to COVID-19.
EPHRAIM—Holiday food traditions in the Parry and Judith Olson family may have started almost 100 years ago when Parry’s mother, Blodwen, was 8 years old. Blodwen’s mother asked her if she wanted to learn to bake a cake. Blodwen replied, “Yes, of course I would.” Her mother guided her through a basic recipe, including how…
MORONI—The Moroni City Council has let an area resident know it will not permit him to place his self-created monument on his and his late wife’s gravesite in the Moroni City Cemetery. At the Aug. 20 council meeting, Mayor Paul Bailey told council members they did not have to make a decision right away on…
SPRING CITY—Dustin Allred says he had a fantastic childhood surrounded by a family who loved and supported him.