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Summit Co. storms flood homes, force road closure
SUMMIT COUNTY, Utah (KUTV) — Homes flooded and roads closed after storms hit Coalville Sunday afternoon. "This is the worst it’s ever been," said Kayson Judd, a Coalville resident. The flash flooding closedChalk Creek Road from 425 E to Border Station Road, although it reopened at 5:30 p.m.
Prep football: Bobcats rally in second half to open with a W
SMITHFIELD — It was the start that new Sky View head coach Eric Alder had hoped for as the Bobcats beat the Salem Hill Skyhawks, 28-21, Friday night in the season opener. “It’s great, it’s great that we got that first win under our belt,” Alder said after the game. “The offense, when it’s clicking, that’s what we can be all the time.”
Prep football: Riverhawks soar over Lakers in opener
MILLVILLE — It was a picture-perfect start to the season for Ridgeline as the Riverhawks posted a dominant, wire-to-wire victory over Bonneville, 41-7, Friday night. “I thought our kids played good for the first game out,” Ridgeline head coach Travis Cox said. “We started pretty fast so that was nice to see and I thought our defense played great all game.”
Stansbury outlasts Snow Canyon in season opener
ST. GEORGE — The visiting Stansbury Stallions completed a late-game comeback to defeat Snow Canyon 13-9 in the first game of the season on Friday. The low-scoring affair was a defensive showcase from the beginning. Neither team scored in the opening frame, and both struggled to make up any...
Alpine School District Board of Education approves 7% property tax hike
Some residents in Utah County will pay more in property taxes after the Alpine School District unanimously approved a proposed increase. The certified rate for FY 2025 will go from .005715 to .006115. The increase represents around an additional $107 in annual property taxes or roughly $9 a month for...
Mayors of Utah Valley: An extraordinary moment – the Olympics and Utah Valley
The last few weeks have been a time of great excitement here, centered on the Olympics past, present and future. Let me try to help you experience (or relive) some of that excitement. On the evening of the 24th of July, we gathered at Provo City’s Olympic venue, the Peaks...
Former BYU Cougar Jaren Hall Posts Perfect Quarterback Rating Against Browns
CLEVELAND – Former BYU quarterback Jaren Hall showed out in the Minnesota Vikings’ second preseason game against the Cleveland Browns on Saturday. Hall connected on four of his five passes for 87 yards and two touchdowns. As the second man up behind Nick Mullens, Hall made the most...
Breaking down the FPI odds of each BYU game this season
ESPN's final preseason FPI update is out. The metric developed by ESPN measures team strength and tries to forecast each college football game among the FBS programs. The metric accounts for team strength, opponent strength, home-field advantage, distance traveled, rest before games, and a number of other factors. Historically speaking,...
Spanish Fork upsets Olympus in late come-from-behind win
HOLLADAY — The Spanish Fork football team celebrated as though it had just won the 5A state championship. The Dons, who opened the 2024 season Friday with a come-from-behind 24-20 win over Olympus, jumped and cheered after the game clock ran out. They took photos on the sideline. They trafficked in the no-one-believes-in-us idea among each other.
RMU: Former BYU athlete taking lessons from sports into her medical profession
Jennifer Hamson’s name was announced and applauded in front of a large crowd in a big arena recently. Of course, this isn’t exactly an unusual scenario for her. She is, after all, a talented two-sport athlete who excelled in basketball and volleyball at Pleasant Grove High School anda Brigham Young University and in the professional ranks.
Utah legislators eye special session, maybe this week. Will it deal with abortion, redistricting?
No official decisions have been made, but there’s a chance the Utah Legislature could hold a special session as soon as this week as GOP legislative leaders face calls to tackle two key Utah Supreme Court rulings that rankled Republicans. The day the Utah Supreme Court upheld an injunction...
Semiconductor manufacturer gets $1.6 billion from federal government for Utah and Texas plants
Dallas-based Texas Instruments is receiving $1.6 billion from the federal government to fund new semiconductor manufacturing facilities in Texas and Utah. Texas Instruments, a semiconductor multinational that produces chips for industrial, automotive, and personal electronics uses — among others — had announced a new 300-millimeter semiconductor wafer (a material used in electronics to conduct electricity) […]
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