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Eagle Mountain City Council Approves Bid For Pony Express Widening Project

March 18, 2021

During the March 16th, 2021 City Council Policy Session the City Council voted on awarding a bid to Kenny Seng Construction for the amount of $4.1 Million dollars to complete Phase 5 of the Pony Express widening project. “This project will complete the phasing of the Pony Express widening between Sandpiper and Eagle Mountain Boulevard… Read more

Categories: Development / Traffic

Eagle Mountain Communications & Community Relations Director Accepts Position With Draper City

March 17, 2021March 17, 2021

It was announced last night during the City Council Meeting that Linda Peterson, Communications & Community Relations Director for the City of Eagle Mountain will be leaving and taking a position with Draper City. Linda has been with Eagle Mountain City for almost 15 years. In her position, she was responsible for Communications with the… Read more

Categories: City Government

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 – A Summary

March 13, 2021March 15, 2021

There is some confusion about The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. So I asked Eric Dow an Eagle Mountain resident and business owner to wade through the act and give us some insight. Eric Dow is a CPA and lives in Eagle Mountain with his wife and two children. A graduate of BYU’s accounting… Read more

Categories: Business / Family / iNSIDER

Kala Bruhns – Eagle Mountain Resident Spotlight

March 5, 2021

We try to spotlight amazing Eagle Mountain Residents. Recently a resident contacted us with this story. “I’m writing because I was trying to have a story done on one of our own. She’s a local woman with a small business, trying to make it in this world during the pandemic. She started to make bows… Read more

Categories: Family / Resident Spotlight

UTAH – Best state to be a student in the USA 2021

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021

Every resident of Eagle Mountain has the ability to take advantage of some of the great things that Utah has to offer its residents. A recent study done by Studee has ranked Utah as THE Best state to be a student in. In a recent report that they published, they ranked Utah as Number 1,… Read more

Categories: Family / Schools / Society

EDITORIAL: Eagle Mountain Losing Open Space to High Density Housing

February 15, 2021

I sit here and watch as the work and efforts of so many citizens are slowly eroded by actions by City Staff, City Administration, City Planning Commission, and the City Council. And to be honest, I do hope that this does make some of them pause from allowing higher density and they take notice. The… Read more

Categories: City Government / Development / iNSIDER / Society

VIDEO: January 27th Eagle Mountain Chevron Incident

February 6, 2021February 14, 2023

On January 27th, at about 10:30 PM the mother of a juvenile posted on one of the popular Facebook pages for Eagle Mountain called “Eagle Mountain City Citizens“. The post started a flurry of activity. The post stated that her son was the victim of racial profiling and was treated like “George Floyd”. Not all… Read more

Categories: iNSIDER / Police and Fire

Eagle Mountain Gears Up For Data Center Number Two With $77 Million Property Tax Incentive

February 5, 2021February 6, 2021

A public notice has been made by the Eagle Mountain City Redevelopment Agency that it will be holding a Public Hearing on February 16th, 2021 in regards to a project called the SWEETWATER INDUSTRIAL PARK COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT PROJECT AREA #2. The Facebook data center is located in the Sweetwater Industrial park and is adjacent of… Read more

Categories: City Government / Development

Eagle Mountain City Council Approves Wildlife Corridor Code

February 3, 2021

During the Feb 2nd, 2021 Eagle Mountain City Council meeting the City Council approved a Wildlife Corridor zone to protect migration trails through the city. The City made the following statement today (2/3/2021) The Eagle Mountain City Council has approved a Wildlife Corridor Overlay Zone, becoming the first city in Utah to implement this type… Read more

Categories: Wildlife

How in the world does a magic class benefit my child?

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021

When our daughter was 5, we enrolled her in soccer. It wasn’t because she would watch it on TV every day, or because she’d spend hours kicking a ball. It wasn’t even because all her friends were into it and she was just begging us to get her involved. She actually never did ANY of… Read more

Categories: Arts / Family