Preservation Engaged attendees stop for conversation in front of Rodgers Dairy Freeze during a tour of Mt. Pleasant’s Main Street. A guide points out its classic sloped glass windows, typical of the diner era, and that it originally featured walk-up only windows. MT. PLEASANT – Sanpete County history was on display when the Utah State…
Brennen Russell, Moroni public works director, is standing next to the city’s new, 600,000-gallon water tank, most of which is underground. In the background is some of the new housing development that helped spur a $6-million expansion of the city water system. By Suzanne Dean and John Hales MORONI—Earlier this year Moroni City completed…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The risk of public land in Sanpete County going up for sale has been reduced but not eliminated. Sen. Mike Lee’s effort to mandate public-land sales took a hit after the Senate parliamentarian ruled the proposal violates budget-reconciliation rules and would require 60 votes to pass. Within hours of the ruling, Lee announced he…
Chart shows allocation of Mt. Pleasant City’s general fund for 2025-26. The biggest slice of the pie is for “parks, recreation and public property.” That item includes adding a full-time recreation director and putting a new roof on the recreation center. The city is looking toward at $5 million to $15 million streets-and-roads project later…
MANTI—It’s been two years since the Central Utah Agripark was approved by the Utah Inland Port Authority, but things are just now beginning to move forward with the project. During that time the project has been scaled down from the original, ambitious vision described in a draft plan created in 2023, since finding land that…
Community leaders from Mt. Pleasant and Spring City are formally advocating for the creation of a North Sanpete Recreation District, a regional entity they say would distribute recreational costs more fairly across towns and unincorporated areas while expanding access and infrastructure. During separate June city council meetings, Cade Beck, a Mt. Pleasant City Council member,…
Site plan for the Flex-Ready subdivision in Ephraim Crossing. Earlier this month, the Ephraim City Council approved a general plan amendment and rezoned the shaded area from industrial and multi-family classifications to a new zone, R-1-B, to permit the small-lot subdivision. EPHRAIM—In two votes, both 3-1, the Ephraim City Council has approved a general plan…
An onlooker enjoys the post-launch view of Redmond Lake during a previous Eyes to the Sky Salina Balloon Festival. After takeoff, balloons drift up the Gunnison Valley towards Redmond, where pilots then sometimes dip into and skim the lake water to the delight of attendees. Photo by Robert Stevens. SALINA — Twenty-five hot-air balloons will…