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At 4:30 AM on February 12th, the Eagle Mountain Fire Department was called to a Road Freight/Transport Vehicle file located at 4084 Lake Mountain Road in Eagle Mountain. Fire crews arrived on scene at 4:39 AM to a semi tractor that was engulfed in flames. When they arrived the engine area, running gear, and wheel…
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Most people are familiar with the United States Post Office creed, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” But this creed can also apply to the 17 Eagle Mountain Employees that act as the Crossing Guards that keep our children safe…
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With recently passed HB 323 and HB 219 county general plans now requires every county to address natural resources on federal public lands. To accomplish this Utah County needs to have a Resource Management Plan (RMP). The county is looking for resident input to help them author the RMP. To help facilitate this, the County…
Read moreOn the 20th of January 2015, the City council renamed the Mid-Valley Park to the Cory B. Wride Memorial Park. The park was renamed in honor of Cory B. Wride, a member of the Utah County Sheriffs office that was killed in the line of duty in Eagle Mountain. “I think it is important for…
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The Utah State Capitol recently had its Centennial Celebration. The event was held at the State Capital from October 3-7, 2016. The event included musical numbers from a number of schools around Utah. The event had a special open house that included a lot of activities for kids and their families. The final portion of…
Read moreOn January 22nd at 10:00 AM at Rockwell High School Elder/Pastor Steve Pierson, and Elder/Executive Pastor Chris Pengra (also Mayor of Eagle Mountain) and a group of fellow believers officially launched the Redemption Hill Church (RHC). The first meeting had about 55 adults and 15 children in attendance. Redemption Hill Church is the result of…
Read moreThe City Center of Eagle Mountain is seeing more commercial growth than it has since the city was founded in 1996. City center has recently seen the opening of a Gas Station at the Flag Roundabout located at the intersection of Eagle Mountain Blvd and Pony Express. The new Holiday Gas station opened on Nov…
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On 1/28/2017 Pro Life Utah joined with the 2017 March 4 Life Utah to show support for Life and the importance of protecting the unborn. The march participants gathered at Washington Square in Salt Lake City and then proceeded to march North on state street up to the State Capital building. Pro-Life Utah is excited…
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Mayor Pengra (Eagle Mountain), Representative Jefferson Moss, Senator Jacob Anderegg, and Shawn Seager (Director, Metropolitan Planning Organization – Mountainland Association of Governments) had an cottage type meeting on January 20th in the Ridley’s Thunder Lounge. The meeting was attended by a dozen or so residents, including Tom Westmoreland (EM City Council), Stephanie Gricius (EM City…
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Mayor Pro Tempore? The Eagle Mountain City Council last night voted Tom Westmoreland to the position of Mayor Pro Tempore for 2017. Here is a little background on what the Mayor Pro Tempore is. Pro Tempore is a Latin phrase that means “for the time being”. Eagle Mountain has a six-council member government. Basically the…
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