By Coleen Ogden, Chair, Gunnison Valley Cares Coalition GUNNISON—The Gunnison Valley Cares Coalition held their monthly meeting on Tuesday Sept. 22. Our goals this year are to help with isolation in our community and help students who have a disconnect with school. Nathan Bradley introduced his program, “Leading Trails,” a six-month horsemanship and leadership program…
Compiled by Maddison Nielson Thursday, Oct. 1SEBRA Barrel Race—Sanpitch Events is hosting their SEBRA Barrel Racing Jackpot at the ConToy Arena in Mt. Pleasant. They will be holding their races on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of every month, ending in April. These races are open to everyone. You can enter online or at the…
EPHRAIM—Snow College bestowed special honors on four alumni or alumni couples, or special supporters, during Homecoming festivities Friday and Saturday, Sept. 18 and 19. Kay and Di
MORONI—Five years ago, the biggest challenge facing Moroni was rebuilding its culinary water system, including a new well, water tank and pipes between the well and tank. The proje
MANTI—A request for an $18-plus per hour pay raise for the director of the Sanpete County 911 dispatch center culminated in 2-1 split vote at the last county commission meeting, wi
EPHRAIM – A former Sanpete County Recovery Court (“drug court”) client has built a career around helping people who are struggling with drugs and alcohol and using her own experien
Sanpete County Jail Captain Gretchen Nunley picks out a bracelet for a little girl during the 4th Annual Recovery Day at Mt. Pleasant City Park on Friday. Photo by Cassie Ray. The
SPRING CITY—A month of gravel work and fall livestock shipping will close Spring City Canyon Road to all traffic four days a week, starting Monday. The Sanpete Ranger District will
The “Books and Bites” Book Club, for ages 16 and up, want to invite all book lovers to join their club. They meet on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Fairview L
FAIRVIEW—CentraCom is working with the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to install nearly 70 miles of fiber along highways such as SR-28, US-50, US-6 and US 89 as part of t
Compiled by Maddison Nielson Wednesday, Sept. 23-Thursday, Sept. 24 Manti Elementary School — Manti Elementary School will hold parent-teacher conferences Sept. 23-24 to help paren
Community supporters join in walk along Dairy Lane MORONI— A Moroni mother of nine and her newborn son both died after she was struck by a vehicle while walking on the shoulder of a rural Sanpete County road last Tuesday, Sept. 8. Her family has publicly forgiven the driver. A GoFundMe organized by a relative…
By Susan Manning and Suzanne Dean MANTI—The Manti City Council took two actions at its city council meeting on Monday, Sept. 7 that could have long-term impacts on the physical character of the city. The council approved creation of a Community Reinvestment Agency, an operation that could use what is known as “tax increment funding”…
FAIRVIEW—A Sanpete County man who owned a Fairview pizzeria was found dead in the Hideaway Valley area on Monday, ending a search that began when he was last seen more than two weeks earlier. Greg Riley Smith, 53, of Indianola, was last seen Aug. 31 about 2:30 p.m., according to the Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office….
SPRING CITY—The Spring City Council has voted to move ahead with the first steps toward the town’s fourth culinary water well. At a city council meeting Sept. 3, the council approved an agreement with Sunrise Engineering for $55,000 to do an environmental study, prepare specifications and bid documents for a test well, and potentially evaluate…