Category Archives: Local News

Teen long-boarding across Utah for paralyzed friend will ride through Santaquin

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15-year-old Ben Smith is gearing up for the longest ride of his life, and he’s doing it all for a friend.  Ben is riding his longboard from the Arizona state line, through the entire state of Utah, into Idaho to raise awareness and money to help his friend, Gates Hunsaker. Gates broke his neck a…

Firefighter’s Memorial Day breakfast draws big crowd

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SANTAQUIN, Utah– This year’s annual Memorial Day breakfast put on by the local volunteer fire department drew a large crowd to the Santaquin fire station. Estimates for this year’s breakfast showed an attendance of roughly 1800-2000 people. The breakfast, in its 11th year now, serves as the department’s fundraiser to purchase flags for the coffins…

Santaquin veterans honored at annual Memorial Day ceremony

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Honoring our nation’s verterans, the Santaquin American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary held their annual Memorial Day ceremony this morning attended by approximately 100 people. Featuring auxiliary members from the Santaquin City area, the event was held in honor of those who have fallen to “protect our freedom”. Several speakers were chosen, including local residents…

Hauntings At The Family Tree Spark National Interest

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Hometown Santaquin restaurant to be featured on the Travel Channel on Friday by Spencer Healey An ancient Indian curse. Angry spirits trapped for years where a family restaurant now stands. Frequent paranormal activity witnessed by restaurant employees. A lady in blue. A ghost named Henry. Spirits of small children. All these things are pieces of…

Local Rider Wins Harley Davidson In Contest

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Gas station contest winners becoming a trend in this area? Over the weekend another big prize was won at a small-town gas station, four months after the famous David Dopp Lamborghini win. Rock Haun of West Mountain was the lucky winner of a Walkers gas station giveaway last Saturday. The contest was held across 23…

Annual Easter Egg Hunt A Success

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Easter Bunny and Miss Santaquin Royalty make appearance Gone in 60 seconds. More like gone in 40. The Santaquin Annual Easter Egg Hunt kicked off with a mad dash as approximately 300 kids scrambled for colorful goodies on the ball fields behind the Santaquin Elementary school on Saturday morning. At the sound of a fire…

Survey Shows Santaquin Residents Prefer Rural

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Study reflects country-style living and commercial dependency on other cities Santaquin City officials got a glimpse into what their citizens want in the community thanks to a city-conducted survey taken in November and December of last year. The results of the survey were presented to the city council last week in a council work session….

A Perfect Safety Record

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The Davis family haven’t missed a day of duty in 11 years Three times a day. Every school day. For 11 years. It’s a routinely simple job to be a school crossing guard, but the Davis family knows how important that job really is. That’s why, for the last 11 years, not one single school…