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Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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  • American Fork · County response

    Egg Farm funding: what’s still unanswered

    American Fork’s funding cap and reported totals still need reconciliation. The county’s response explains the process but doesn’t resolve the numbers.

    Updated · Originally published

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Striped fairways, bunkers and ponds at Soldier Hollow Golf Course above Heber Valley
Soldier Hollow Golf Course, Midway, Utah; file photo, September 30, 2023. Full frame resized and converted to WebP; display cropped. Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Flickr

Golf

Courses, layouts and official tee-time links.

The Heritage Museum of Layton, a museum of local history in Layton
Heritage Museum of Layton; file photo, display cropped. Photo: Ntsimp · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Museums & history

Art, science and the stories of Utah’s past.

Snowy slopes of Alta ski area at the head of Little Cottonwood Canyon
Alta ski area, Little Cottonwood Canyon; file photo, display cropped. Photo: Baileypalblue · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Ski & snow

Resorts, mountain guides and snowy escapes.

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This date in Utah history

Today, October 21

2000 Weather history: A hailstorm in Orderville

NOAA’s historical record for October 21, 2000 documents hail in Utah. A severe thunderstorm dropped three-quarter-inch hail in Orderville. NOAA’s Kane County event narrative records that specific hail size and town, without supplying a broader damage account.

October 21, 2000 · Source: NOAA / NCEI — Storm Events Database

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