Cedar Valley Sentinel

Bill Louis – Eagle Mountain Resident Spotlight

June 9, 2020

Again, we would like to highlight a very talented Eagle Mountain Resident. Bill Louis is an Eagle Mountain resident that has taken art to a very public and large scale. Bill and his wife Loni moved to Eagle Mountain two and a half years ago. Their four children, ages 11, 9,6, and 5 go to… Read more

Categories: Lifestyle / Resident Spotlight

Would you stand up to an oppressive regime or would you conform? Here’s the science

June 5, 2020

Jasper Savage/Hulu/Channel 4 Nick Chater, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, described the horror of the authoritarian regime of Gilead. In this theocracy, self-preservation was the best people could hope for, being powerless to kick against the system. But her sequel, The Testaments, raises the possibility that individuals, with… Read more

Categories: Society

Council Member Burnham Supports “Black Lives Matter” During City Council Meeting

June 3, 2020

During the June 2, 2020, Eagle Mountain City Council meeting, Councilmember Burnham expressed her public support for the Black Lives Matter movement. After some technical difficulties and comments from the Mayor and other City Council members, Burnham made the following statement. The transcript of the video is below. I don’t usually do this, but every… Read more

Categories: City Government

Kroft Foods Quells Rumors of Dressing Factory on Hidden Valley Parkway

June 1, 2020May 29, 2020

The local citizen activist group, Eagle Mountain Residents Against Developer Misrepresentation (EMRADM), has made waves recently having filed more than 100 complaints with Kroft Foods, Inc., citing misrepresentation by developer EagleBuild67, LLC., over their most recent development, the Hidden Valley Ranches (HVR). HVR is a planned residential development south of Hidden Hollow Elementary, off of… Read more

Categories: Satire

Eagle Mountain Businesses And COVID-19 – 20% Surveyed Closed Doors

May 28, 2020

Recently Eagle Mountain City did a survey of the Local Businesses in Eagle Mountain. The survey was responded to by a little over 200 business owners. cedarvalleysentinel.com has done a GRAMA request for the raw data of that survey. The city has provided it and the details are listed below. The request from the City… Read more

Categories: Business / Development

Eagle Mountain City Launches VIRTUAL Main Street For Eagle Mountain Businesses

May 22, 2020May 23, 2020

Recently Eagle Mountain City created a virtual Main Street on its website. This main street is open to Eagle Mountain businesses and has the ability to allow vendors to sell products as well as a booking service. You can go to the virtual Main Street by following this URL: https://eaglemountaincity.com/mainstreet/. I added Cedar Valley Sentinel… Read more

Categories: iNSIDER

Eagle Mountain 2020 Graduates Receive Over 8 Million Dollars in Scholarships

May 22, 2020February 14, 2023

The year 2020 has been a rough ride for the graduates of 2020. This year they are split between two high schools. The older Westlake High School (home of the Thunder) and the new Cedar Valley High School (home of The Aviators). Usually, the graduates would fill a huge auditorium on the BYU campus. But… Read more

Categories: High School

Pleasant Grove Man Detained For Stealing Garage Door From Eagle Mountain Construction Site

May 20, 2020

Justin Thomas Strasburg was arrested in Saratoga Springs in the evening for May 19, 2020. Thomas was arrested after using a U-Haul truck to steal garage doors from construction sites to install in other people’s garages. During his interview, he said he was responsible for stealing eight different garage doors. They were stolen from Vineyard,… Read more

Categories: Police and Fire

Eagle Mountain Residents Propose Wildlife Migration Plan

May 12, 2020February 13, 2023

Eagle Mountain has a lot of rural open space within its boundaries. With all of the growth that is occurring within the city, a group of residents created the “The Eagle Mountain Wildlife Group.” The membership of the group’s Facebook page has been growing since it was first established and is currently at 435+ users…. Read more

Categories: iNSIDER

Grace Seal – EM Resident Spotlight

May 6, 2020

Eagle Mountain has some very talented young people that are part of the Class of 2020. With the new Cedar Valley High School coming online this year, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic it has made for a very interesting year for the graduating classes (Cedar Valley, and Westlake). One of the exceptional young people… Read more

Categories: Lifestyle / Resident Spotlight