ST. GEORGE—Manti High School choir teacher Doug Knapp was raised in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and some of his fondest memories of growing up there are trips taken with his high school choir to perform in places such as Boise, Idaho; Portland, Ore.; and Seattle.
GUNNISON—Gunnison Valley High School will present the musical “Newsies” Thursday and Friday, Nov. 5 and 6, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 7, at 2 p.m. Marcie Walker will direct the production. Tickets cost $10 for ages 13-60, $6 for children and seniors, and $40 for a family pass. “Newsies” is a musical set in…
GUNNISON—Gunnison Valley Middle School will present the play “Aladdin” Thursday and Friday, Nov. 12 and 13, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 14, at 2 p.m. Laura Barlow will direct the production. Tickets cost $7 for adults and $5 for seniors and children. The familiar tale follows Aladdin, a young street urchin who is taken…
GUNNISON—Kyle Merchant, a science teacher at Gunnison Valley Middle School, has been recognized as an Outstanding Middle School Science Teacher by the Utah Science Teaching Association. Merchant did not know who nominated him for the honor. At the end of the last school year, he received a letter explaining that he had been nominated anonymously….
MT. PLEASANT—North Sanpete High School's theater department captured first place overall in its division at the 49th annual Utah Shakespeare Festival High School Shakespeare Competition, winning top honors in ensemble acting, duo/trio performance and individual acting. The Hawks earned the first-place sweepstakes award in the Cambridge Division during the Oct. 1-3 competition in Cedar City,…
GUNNISON—Student achievement, a statewide teaching honor and efforts to provide additional educational opportunities were among the highlights presented to the South Sanpete School Board during its Oct. 14 meeting. Board members heard reports from school administrators about academic progress, early literacy, facility improvements and programs designed to help students succeed. Among the highlights was recognition…
EPHRAIM—After 28 years of service to Ephraim Middle School, longtime head secretary Anne Olson received statewide recognition Oct. 7 when the Utah Association of Secondary School Principals named her its Mid-Level Secretary of the Year. The association presented Olson with the award during its annual Secretaries Conference at Thanksgiving Point, recognizing her dedication to students,…
By Maddison Nielson and Suzanne Dean MORONI—Orchestra students from North Sanpete High School and North Sanpete Middle School produced music for a “barn dance” last Thursday, Oct. 8 at the Moroni Opera House. Sarah Gunnell, the orchestra instructor, said the orchestra program has grown significantly since early 2025, when she and 40 students appealed to…
Hundreds of third graders across Sanpete County will receive their own dictionaries this month, thanks to the newly chartered Rotary Club of Sanpete County and a summer-long fundraising raffle. The first deliveries began Oct. 13 at Manti, Gunnison and Ephraim elementary schools. Distributions continue Oct. 14 in Mt. Pleasant, Spring City and Fountain Green, followed…
This week, Gunnison Valley Middle School recognized Ellah Hansen, a seventh grader, as its student of the week. Ellah is known by friends and family for her kindness and for drawing and playing volleyball. One of her proudest volleyball moments came when she stepped up and made about 10 serves over the net, helping her…
By Robert Stevens RICHFIELD—Snow College has broken ground on an expansion of the Dewain C. Washburn Building designed to create new student gathering areas and strengthen the connection between the Richfield campus and Main Street. College administrators, students, staff, board members and community leaders gathered Sept. 24 at the south entrance of the Washburn Building…
By Robert Stevens MANTI—Manti High School students are celebrating homecoming this week with dress-up themes, games, assemblies and other activities leading into Friday’s football game and Saturday’s homecoming dance. Students opened the week Monday with “Monday Meme Day.” Activities included white washing the “M” on the mountain during first period, window painting in the afternoon…
By Coleen Ogden GUNNISON—Representatives from "The Policy Project" held a meeting for local leaders at Gunnison Valley Middle School on Tuesday, Sept. 29. The Policy Project is a Utah based leadership group that lobbies in the Utah Legislature for projects affecting youth and families. Rep. Troy Shelley, who represents Sanpete County in the Utah House…
By Robert Stevens MANTI—Manti High School captured the overall championship Saturday at the annual Templar Trials Speech and Debate Tournament, while North Sanpete earned the top two places in dramatic interpretation and Gunnison Valley joined the county’s three schools in the nine-team field. Manti hosted North Sanpete, Gunnison Valley, Juab, Union, Emery, Beaver, Escalante and…