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Provo will be hosting its first Spanish-language town hall, titled “Tu Voz Importa” or “Your Voice Matters.” The town hall will be held at the Provo Recreation Center at 7 p.m. Thursday with Mayor Michelle Kaufusi and Provo City Council members there to answer questions and with free food, activities and musical performances being provided. […]

The city of Spanish Fork has taken a second loan to secure the construction of a new water treatment plant near the old one in service since the 1950s. Officials say taxes will not go up.

The Utah Inland Port Authority approved an amendment to the Verk Industrial Park, an inland port project area in Spanish Fork, to expand the project’s boundaries by 418 acres, to a total of 2,681.6 acres. The board voted on the amendment at its meeting Wednesday afternoon. The industrial park boundaries now will include land north […]

There is nothing more fun than giving presents at Christmas time, which could explain why the Light the World Giving Machines are so popular. The machines at University Place in Orem typically receive some of the largest quantities of donations when compared to other machines around the world. What a lot of donors — or […]

Before residents dig in to turkey and stuffing for Thursday’s Thanksgiving feast, voters will cast ballots for city council races and various propositions on Tuesday. There are multiple ways for citizens to vote with mail-in ballots, ballot drop boxes and in-person voting, both on Election Day or in the days before. In addition, the “Bring […]

Ballots for local city council races were sent out on Monday, meaning residents across the Utah Valley can begin casting their votes in this year’s primary election. On Monday, the Utah County Elections Division tweeted, “Keep an eye on your mailbox this week, and if you haven’t received a ballot by next Monday, please contact […]

Utah Valley University’s College of Science has announced the appointment of eight new members to its advisory board. The incoming board members will guide the college and its leaders as they prepare students to work in Utah’s burgeoning scientific economy, according to a press release. Joining the advisory board are Tami Goetz, executive director of […]

The Utah Inland Port Authority on Monday approved the Spanish Fork project area for the Verk Industrial Park, an inland port that will cover 2,200 acres of land including and surrounding the Spanish Fork Airport. This approval comes one week after the Spanish Fork City Council approved the project during a meeting on July 11. […]

While Utah grapples with a tight housing market and rapid growth, a Utah lawmaker wants to block voters from challenging local legislative land-use decisions if they’re approved with a super majority vote. Sen. Mike McKell argued referendums have been “weaponized” against housing developers, and that’s making Utah’s housing shortage worse.

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