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.
EPHRAIM—Racism is not something that is fading away in America, according to an African-American resident of Ephraim. And based on her experiences, Sanpete County is not immune from displays of racism. “Racism is the other pandemic,” says Dana Bagnall, who has been a mental health counselor, special education teacher, financial planner and manager of scholarships…
Sanpete County restaurants are struggling, trying to be innovative and keeping up hope following an order 10 days ago from the Utah State Health Department banning all sit-down dining.
There are approximately 35 restaurants in the county if you include convenience stores that also serve food. Conservatively, they have a work force of about 175, some full-time, most part-time.
A dozen volunteers are gathering signatures in hopes Sanpete County will qualify as one of 15 counties required to put a tax reform act on the November 2020 ballot.