Salina Citizen Richard Ryan approached the Salina City Mayor and Council members at their regularly scheduled council meeting held Wednesday, March 12 to publicly compliment the construction crews who are finishing up Salina City’s wastewater project.  His background is in construction safety and compliance, and from his professional standpoint, Salina City is getting quality work. “I’ve been watching the construction crews as they’ve been working throughout our city and want to let you know that ...

In celebration of the major reduction in daily opioid prescriptions in Utah, leaders from the Utah Department of Health and Human Services and Intermountain Health recently gathered at Intermountain Utah Valley Hospital in Provo to unveil a large visual display highlighting this important achievement and the many efforts to reduce opioid overuse and addiction in the community. Since 2017, collaborative efforts among health systems, healthcare providers, the state of Utah, community coalitions and patients have ...

The 2025 General Legislative Session has officially come to an end. This all-out sprint of the final week was a great cap to seven weeks of hard work. My colleagues and I worked diligently for in Rural Utah and the rest of the state to pass bills that strengthen our economy, invest in education, enhance public safety, and secure Utah’s future. Personally, I ran 10 bills this Session to help further these efforts in our ...