Riverton News

Eric Smith, left, and Scott McLeod work on a yard project with other Young Single Adult volunteers in Salt Lake City on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

Sometimes parents wonder what to do with all the energy of their kids during the summer times.

Sophia Foresta set an ambitious goal for herself last year: The 13-year-old South Jordan resident aimed to be the best BMX rider in her age group in the country.

Just three years ago, the deep-pocketed political action committee FreedomWorks was claiming king-of-the-hill status with intraparty victories over Republican incumbents it deemed untrue to conservative principles.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, May 14-15, from 5 to 9 p.m., children 7 and older are invited to try out for roles in Merrill Osmond's Youth Pioneer Pageant, a musical celebration that runs July 22-24. Auditions will be at Concordia Preparatory School, 12723 S. Park Ave., Riverton.

Residents of conservative, free-market Utah should understand this better than most Americans: The dwindling supply of water and increasing demand will make H2O much more expensive in the future.

Eight students from as many Salt Lake Valley high schools received awards for being leaders in their communities.

Wholesale water rates and retail impact fees for hundreds of thousands of customers could go up under a proposal now being considered by Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District.

A female math teacher and girls' basketball team coach in a Riverton, Utah high school has been arrested and charged with raping a 17-year-old female student.

RIVERTON, Utah - Courtney Louise Jarrell, a former math teacher and sophomore girls' basketball coach at Riverton High School in Utah, has been accused of raping a student.

A bucolic, placid neighborhood in Riverton is changing, and there may not be much the residents can do except hope for a compromise to hang on to a shred of the life they know.