Elevate, Inspire, and Inform the Cedar Valley Community
Celebrate life in Cedar Valley through stories that highlight family life, recreation, social gatherings, and everyday living. From parks and playgrounds to local traditions, this section captures the essence of community.
Lightning has always been a cause of fires in Utah and the Cedar Valley. Each year lightning starts fires around Eagle Mountain and the Cedar Valley. But fires are not the only problem or issue that lighting in the valley can cause. Earth Networks, a company that provides environmental intelligence from the world’s largest hyperlocal…
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Utility corridors… Most residents think that the only things running through the utility corridors are power, fiber optic cables, and phone lines. That is not the case in Eagle Mountain. Eagle Mountain has a potential hazard running through its power corridor that most residents are unaware exists. I live on Lake Mountain Road on 5.5…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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On November 17,2020 the City Council approved 4 bids to fund phase 2 of the Cory Wride Memorial Park. The awarded bids had a total dollar value of $4,360,521.39 that included, $4,047,219.21 to Kenny Seng Construction for Construction Management, $139,155 to Condale Electric for park lighting, $61,550.18 to Big T Recreation for park amenities, and…
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On Monday, September 7, 2020, the Unified Fire Authority for Eagle Mountain received an alarm to the church building at 1330 E IRA Hodges Scenic Parkway in Eagle Mountain. Apparatus ME251 responded with lights and sirens to the alarm and arrived on the scene in less than 4 minutes. Captain Jared Norton recorded the following…
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During the COVID-19 pandemic Halloween was had to be different. Some states and cities did not allow people to participate in it, but they still did. Utah County even had a huge dance party on the outskirts of Saratoga Springs that was eventually shut down after a body surf incident went wrong. The Eagle Mountain…
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