Elevate, Inspire, and Inform the Cedar Valley Community
Hear directly from the voices of Cedar Valley. This section features opinion pieces, poetry, satire, and personal stories that offer unique perspectives on life in our growing community.
Eagle Mountain has continued to grow during 2018. But it has seen a decrease in growth in some areas, but an increase in others. For example, there were 71 less residential building permits issued in 2018 than in 2017. There was also a decrease in accessory apartments and other buildings permits. But the number of…
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During the year of 2018 the Eagle Mountain Fire Department was dispatched 1052 times. That is an increase of 97 calls over the previous year of 2017. They were called to 380 “Fire” calls, and 572 “Medical” calls. Call statistics including previous years (2016-2018). Fire dispatch calls include Fire – Cancelled, Fire, Alarms, Good Intent…
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The year 2018 has been a good one for Eagle Mountain. Cedar Valley Sentinel (formerly i84005) has written articles about the history of Eagle Mountain as well as Eagle Mountain Current events. We have also done some spotlights of Eagle Mountain residents, the driving force behind what makes Eagle Mountain a great city to call…
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Jimmy Allen, an Eagle Mountain resident, during a quiet ceremony was sworn in as Post Commander and Michael Johnson as Post Adjutant by Alex Aerts Past Commander of Department of Utah American Legion. This swearing-in process created an American Legion Post in Eagle Mountain. Jimmy and Michael are now the first members of the American…
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HOA Solutions is an HOA management company that works with several of the HOA developments in Eagle Mountain. Some of the developments they work with are Evans Ranch and Oak Hollow at Evans Ranch. This is an article take from a website Eagle Mountain Summit that no longer is available. It has been reproduced here…
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In 2016 the rabbit population in Eagle Mountain exploded. Eagle Mountain Blvd was called by some as “slaughter road” because of the number of rabbits that were hit and killed nightly. During January 2016 the Eagle Mountain Citizens Facebook page had several people ask about the number of rabbits that were killed on the side…
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Eagle Mountain does not have haunted house tours, old cemeteries, or a thousand years of history, but Eagle Mountain does have its share of the macabre, tragic, and haunted. Relics from Eagle Mountain may not make their way to New York’s Obscura Antiques & Oddities, or make Edgar Oliver want to add them to his…
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Most people don’t know that there was an active rail line in Cedar Valley. There were two lines, one that ran from Lehi through the Cedar Valley to Fairfield and then south to the ore mines by Eureka. Then there was also a line that ran from Fairfield to the mines around Mercur. The book…
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I have read the works of the Founding Fathers for years. I have also done a bunch of research on several topics related to the Founding Fathers and their writings. I am not an expert by any means, and as such I have a challenge for you, as the reader of this article. The challenge…
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Cedar Valley High School’s Aviators are not the first group of aviators in Eagle Mountain. Cedar Valley has been the home for Cedar Valley Airport, private runways and the Jake Garn Airport (now the location of the new Facebook Data Center). Cedar Valley is the valley located between the Oquirrh Mountain to the East, which…
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