Springville Junior High students receive mayor’s awards

Springville Junior High School ninth-graders Kate Southern and Austin Ewell received the Springville Mayor’s Recognition Award at November’s Springville City Council meeting. Both students are ex
Christmas trees once known as humble conifers

The evergreen conifer such as the spruce, pine or fir tree has been associated with the celebration of Christmas. These trees, as the name implies, keep their green, needle-like leaves throughout
Dickerson Automotive a fixture on Spanish Fork Main since 2000

By Clark H. Caras
There really isn’t a kid in Spanish Fork and the surrounding area that doesn’t know what it means to “Rod Main.” It’s basically a right of passage once you get your driver’s lic
Chamber sails with Moana on Small Business Saturday

The Payson & Santaquin Area Chamber of Commerce took to the high seas to celebrate Small Business Saturday on Nov. 26 with a special screening of the film “Moana” at Stadium Cinemas in Payson
Letter to the Editor: The powers of social media
Statica found 68 percent of the world uses social media, providing opportunities for marketers to reach potential customers as well as for people to share talents and stay connected with friends
SJHS student becomes published poet

By Stephanie RiggSJHS Creative Writing Teacher
In Springville Junior High School’s Creative Writing Class, students are required to participate in at least one writing contest during the semester
Give a good book for Christmas

It’s time to buy books for Christmas. Books are the perfect gift, but it does take a little sleuthing to perfectly pair a book with a reader. In “The Little Paris Bookshop” by Nina George, booksh
Cowboy Ted’s tips for healthy kids during the holidays

Cowboy Ted here with the Healthy Tip for Kids. Today’s topic is keeping yourself healthy for the holidays.Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve are great holidays. Don’t forget to get 60 min
Photographing Moroni and the moon

On the evening of Nov. 14, we had what is popularly called a “Supermoon” or what astronomers call a perigee full moon. This is a situation where the moon’s elliptical orbit puts it in its closest
I found the beef: It’s in the sandwiches at Italian Place

You know how sometimes when you go to a sandwich place, you order a sandwich expecting a lot of meat but when it comes out there are only two thin slices of meat on it? You wanted a sandwich with