Cedar Valley Sentinel

Eagle Mountain Authors and Publishers

April 28, 2017May 10, 2023

Eagle Mountain is full of talented people. Eagle Mountain is home to several small, home based publishing companies, as well as home to a hand full of authors. Below is a list of some of those authors, as well as some of the publishing companies. Eagle Mountain based Publishing Companies One of those publish companies… Read more

Individualism vs. Social Conformity

April 26, 2017May 9, 2023

With the failing of the Ranches HOA in Eagle Mountain, there has been a lot of confusion and speculation over what the future of the City will look like. On April 25th the Planning Commission looked at codifying, or changing the city laws, to enforce a subset of the Ranches HOAs rules on all Eagle… Read more

Categories: City Government / iNSIDER

Proposed Code Changes

April 24, 2017October 17, 2021

Tomorrow, our Planning Commission will be discussing potential code changes spanning several subjects. If you would like to review those proposed changes, you can review the planning commission packet here: http://www.eaglemountaincity.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=5819. Item B on the agenda reads: “Ranches HOA Design Guidelines, Chapter 17 Code Amendments, Public Hearing, Discussion Item, and Action Item.” One might be… Read more

Categories: Mayor's Voice

Eagle Mountain Looks Into Codifying Ranches HOA Rules

April 24, 2017October 5, 2021

Eagle Mountain staff is in the process of proposing changes to City Code to include rules that were being enforced by the Ranches Home Owners Association (HOA) so that they will “allow the City to better enforce policies in all areas of the city.” These HOA rules are called Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (CC&Rs). These… Read more

Categories: City Government / Development

Children’s Books

April 21, 2017May 9, 2023

In another post, I talked about the Children’s Books that were being written by Megan Cudworth creative writing class. That post was titled Eagle Mountain Students write children’s books for elementary students. We have arranged to make those books available on Cedar Valley Sentinel (formerly i84005). Below are 5 of the children’s books that were… Read more

Categories: Arts / iNSIDER / Schools

City Wide Cleanup

April 19, 2017May 9, 2023

Nothing says Spring like Spring Cleaning. There are a lot of cities that have city clean up days, and as part of that you will see city approved dumpster locations. You will also see a lot of dumpsters pop up around construction sites. But not all dumpsters are created equal. As part of the Eagle… Read more

Categories: City Government / Police and Fire

Eagle Mountains New High School Principal – Courtney Johnson

April 18, 2017May 9, 2023

In March 2017 the Apline School District broke ground for the construction of a new high school in Eagle Mountain, Utah. In the process of getting things geared up for the construction, the school district selected Courtney Johnson as the new Principal for the currently un-named high school. There have been many questions surrounding the… Read more

Categories: High School / iNSIDER / Schools

A Second Chance – Eagle Mountain Prime Recovery Habitat

April 11, 2017May 9, 2023

Debbie Souza-Pappas, founder and director at Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation in Price Utah has been doing wildlife rehabilitation for 23 years now. In 2001 she started the organization Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation. They work with all animals allowed by the State of Utah, including birds and mammals. Over the past 23 years, they have taken… Read more

Categories: iNSIDER / Kestrel

Taxes By The Numbers

April 7, 2017May 9, 2023

Eagle Mountain has several different revenue streams that feed into its General Fund. One of the biggest sources of revenue for the General Fund would be that of taxes. Taxes account for a larger portion of the general funds revenue than any other source, including fees collected from business licenses, building permits, and the like…. Read more

Categories: City Government / iNSIDER

Vote by Mail – By the Numbers

April 5, 2017May 9, 2023

Eagle Mountain City Council Recently voted on a resolution to use Vote by Mail (VBM) as the mechanism for the 2017 municipal election. The resolution passed with a 3:2 vote (Bradley, Reaves, Westmoreland voted in favor, while Curtis, and Gricis voted against). As more information became available, a couple of the city council members tried… Read more

Categories: City Government / iNSIDER / State Government