If you’re one of those rare individuals who did not make a New Year’s resolution to get in shape this year, then you can stop reading now. For everyone else, the South Valley is brimming with fitness opportunities for every age, weight an...

Mayor Kent Money was in his usual place in the center of South Jordan’s city council on Dec. 6. “This is my last time to sit up here,” Money said as he looked at the council. “I want to express my personal appreciation and lo...

Coralee Wessman-Moser won the second district seat on the Herriman City Council defeating Raquel Hamilton DeLuca with 65 percent of the vote in the recent elections on Nov. 8. She was born in Idaho, attended Brigham Young University where she met an...

Sheldon Stewart, the new Riverton city council member for District 1, has lived in Riverton most of his life. He’s anxious to serve his neighbors, particularly those in the southwest part of the city. “I think the city is doing a lot, bu...

New Riverton City Councilman Brent Johnson doesn’t have an ax to grind. He ran for the position because he wanted to serve the community he lives in and loves but has no agenda to push. “I just felt compelled to run,” he said. &ldq...

Chuck Newton began his duties as a councilman for South Jordan (representing the city’s second district) Jan. 3, but he had already started working long before that. “I worked with the city’s economic development department on a st...

It started as an Eagle Scout project. Six years later, South Jordan resident Garret Stewart, 18, is still helping children’s wishes come true through his annual fundraiser, Ropin’ for Wishes, which raises money for the Make A Wish Foundat...

Bluffdale City has elected a new councilwoman -- Heather Pearson. Born and reared in Anchorage, Alaska, Pehrson enjoyed all of the vast experiences that state has to offer. “My father was a pilot owned a small plane. He also was a civil engin...

The fate of one of Bangerter Homes’ most popular houses is no longer up in the air. The “Up” house, so named because the house’s design is based on the home in the popular Disney movie of the same name, has been sold to a coup...

Bluffdale City officials have decided to try and standardize speed limits throughout the city. “Speed is a problem in this city and we are aware of it,” Mayor Derk Timothy said. Timothy spoke of areas in the city where the same type of ...