Orem Library News Today

Orem City Council candidates recently submitted their final financial disclosures, showing a complete picture of spending and contributions for their campaigns. With the exception of Spencer Rands, one of the candidates, the final reports showed significant last-minute contributions to contenders from local political action committees, or PACs. Candidates reported either donations or in-kind contributions from […]

This Saturday morning, an annular solar eclipse will make its way across the Western Hemisphere, with Utah in its path. According to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the partial eclipse will last from 9:07 a.m. to noon with the annularity — the period when the moon’s silhouette obscures the sun — timing for about […]

A national free speech group says it is not fully satisfied with the steps Orem has taken to address allegations of censorship and retaliation against library employees.

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression sent Orem officials a letter earlier this month expressing its intent to sue.

A national free-speech organization is threatening the City of Orem with a lawsuit, accusing the city of censorship and violating the First Amendment.

“People need connections – stories are the ties that bind,” said Debi Richan, President of the Timpanogos Storytelling Institute. Last weekend, September 8-10, the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival was held at Ashton Gardens, and the performances will be available online starting in October.  For 33 years, Richan and the rest of the board, including founder Karen Ashton, have brought the best storytellers from around […]

The ULA is defending its letter charging censorship after the Orem Library did not place a Pride Month display in the children's section, as it had last year.

With Patriot Front arrests at a Pride event in Idaho and Orem City allegedly censoring a Pride display at the city library, Equality Utah's Troy Williams has a few things to say. The Utah Library Association on Pride censorship. Plus, Ad...