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With the filing deadline less than 3’/: weeks away, not a single person has announced candidacy for either of the Provo City offices to be filled in the municipal election Nov. 6. What’s more, there seems to be very little talk as to who might be planning to run for city commissioner or cit auditor.… Continue reading Filing Time in Provo

Utah, and particularly Utah County, can be quite proud of its growth and statistics in the employment-unemploymentlabor market category. The low unemployment rates in both the county and the state may not lead the nation, but they certainly remain up among the leaders. Month after month, for the past couple years, these statistics continue to… Continue reading Favorable Job Picture

Would you believe that about 10,500 persons have been killed on Utah highways since 1934′? In an analysis of fatal accidents, the Utah Highway Safety Dlvlslon discloses that annual fatality counts have average 235 since that year. There has been an annual increase of between 4 and 5 fatalltles per year in the period. In… Continue reading Message for Motorists

There’s good economic news in Utah County. The unemployment rate for April was at 3.4 percent for an alltime record. The number of unemployed workers stood at 2700 for the month, down from the 3320 in March, according to the Utah Department of Employment Security (Provo Job Service Center). Seasonally-adjusted, the jobless rate at 3.9… Continue reading Good Economic News

Time flies, memory fades. it is a full 10 years since man first walked on the moon, yet it does not seem like yesterday, So much has happened down here on Earth in this eventful decade, space exploration itself has gone beyond the moon in other and unmanned directions, that this supreme achievement of human… Continue reading A Mun on the Moon

Utah had 374 traffic fatalities in 1918, up from the 360 in 1977 and second highest toll in the states history. The all-time record year for fatal accidents was 1972, with a total of 383. In the early years of the 55 mph speed limit, fatalities dropped quite dramatically. But the to l is climbing… Continue reading High Cost of Accidents

Smoldering differences within the all-Republican Utah County Commission broke into the open during the past week. The “rift” became quite public, with new Commissioner Jerry Bradshaw issuing “news releases” castigating veteran Commissioners Kar Lyman, chairman, and Kenneth Pinegar for what he called violation of open meeting. laws, passing measures in is absence, and other procedures… Continue reading Differences on County Board

Rep. Gunn McKay’s announcement that a House subcommittee will conduct a “full-scale” investigation into radiation and nuclear fallout health dangers to Utah and Nevada is reassuring. The congressman said Rep. Robert Eckhardt, D-Tex., chairman of the House commerce oversight and investigation subcommittee, would schedule hearings in Washington, Utah, and Nevada on (1) the effects of… Continue reading Utah-Nevada Fallout Study

Utah County has one of the hottest tourist attractions in the state in the Osmond Studios in northeast Orem – and this without the benefit of a great deal of promotion thus far. A state travel source was quoted unofficially as saying the Osmond movie and TV producing faclllty ranks next to Temple Square among… Continue reading Utah Valley and Tourism

‘I’he Interstate Commerce Commission is exgected to rule next week on t e Rio Grande Railroad’s request to discontinue the Salt Lake-to-Grand Junction leg of its Zephtyr passenger train. And if the I C goes a ong with the company’s request, the last run over the link which traverses Utah County, could come as early… Continue reading Zephyr Ruling Anticipated