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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
EPHRAIM—As in most years, Sanpete County high school students captured more than their fair share of honors at the Central Utah Sterling Scholar awards program on Monday, March 23, held in the Eccles Center at Snow College. The Central Utah Region takes in 12 high schools including North Sanpete, Manti and Gunnison Valley. Students competed…
SALT LAKE CITY—The No Kings rally at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City last Saturday attracted a mix of college-age young adults, parents with children, retired people and the elderly. At one point, rally organizers said the crowd numbered 20,000. But the Utah Highway Patrol estimated the crowd at 8,000, and the Salt Lake…
NEPHI—The R6 Regional Council has purchased 930 acres about 4 miles northwest of Nephi and is beginning to prepare a master plan for the long-anticipated Central Utah Agri-park. The goal of the project, says Shaun Kjar, the director, is to “help legacy agriculture,” or put more simply to “save the family farm.” An agri-park is an industrial park that specializes…
MORONI—The Moroni City Council has voted to contract with the North Valley Public Safety Department for police services and to discontinue its contract with the Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office. Based on the demeanor of council members at a meeting Thursday, March 19, the change was a big decision, but in the end the vote was…
EPHRAIM—The Ephraim City Council is considering requiring amenities, such as playgrounds, benches and firepits, in all new multifamily developments. The council reviewed a proposal for requiring such amenities at a meeting March 4. At the same meeting, the council considered concepts for a short-term rental ordinance governing units, such as AirBnBs, that are rented for…
MT. PLEASANT—Terrel Seely, who bought a tiny grocery store on Main Street in Mt. Pleasant in the early 1970s and expanded the business to six grocery stores from Payson to Fillmore, died Friday, March 13 at 81. Seely became known for operating higher quality stores than might be expected based on the sizes of the…
The 2026 election season kicks off in Sanpete County Tuesday, March 17, with Republican, Democrat and Constitution Party caucus meetings.Republicans have scheduled meetings for each of the 27 precincts in the county, beginning at 7 p.m. Democrats will hold a single countywide meeting by Zoom, also beginning at 7. The Constitution Party will hold a…
SPRING CITY—After nearly an hour of impassioned comments by city council members, the Spring City Council voted last week to return to 1.06-acre lots citywide. At a meeting Thursday, March 5, the council voted 3-2 for what has been titled Ordinance 2026-03. Technically, the ordinance simply amends the city’s zoning code, but the effect is…
EPHRAIM—How do you move a cabin—specifically, a pioneer cabin that’s at least 150 years old? That was the challenge the Fort Ephraim Camp of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers (DUP), Ephraim City, the Ephraim Public Works Department, the Ephraim Power Department, C.O. Building Systems and LDS service missionaries tackled over six months between about…