Nephi NewsLocal news for Nephi, UT continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Beehives and Buffalo Chips 426- April 27, 2008 Beehive to the more than 70 volunteers who spent Saturday morning planting big-tooth maples, Ponderosa pines and Douglas firs by the Diamond Fork Group Campground in Spanish Fork Canyon. via The Daily Heraldhttp://www.topix.net/city/nephi-ut/2008/04/beehives-and-buffalo-chips-4-26?fromrss=1 Earth Day volunteers help plant trees- April 20, 2008 "It's Earth Day, why would we not do it" Caleb Warnock - DAILY HERALD In celebration of Earth Day, Diamond Fork Canyon is sporting a few hundred new trees. via The Daily Heraldhttp://www.topix.net/city/nephi-ut/2008/04/earth-day-volunteers-help-plant-trees?fromrss=1 Baby Names Asking for Trouble- April 18, 2008 If you've ever met someone called Seymour Butts, you'll know exactly how the subjects of a new book felt when their parents gave them their "Bad Baby Names." Aptly titled, "Bad Baby Names" lists hundreds of the ... via BYU NewsNethttp://www.topix.net/city/nephi-ut/2008/04/baby-names-asking-for-trouble?fromrss=1 Cops probe fatal shooting in Mount Pleasant- April 15, 2008 Sanpete County sheriff's deputies are investigating the late Thursday night shooting death of a 39-year-old man. via Salt Lake Tribunehttp://www.topix.net/city/nephi-ut/2008/04/cops-probe-fatal-shooting-in-mount-pleasant?fro... Early settlements in Central Utah- April 13, 2008 Frontier violence traumatized both colonists and Indians D. Robert Carter During a March 1849 skirmish near the mouth of Battle Creek Canyon , a posse composed of about 30 Salt Lake Valley colonists killed four ... via Daily Heraldhttp://www.topix.net/city/nephi-ut/2008/04/early-settlements-in-central-utah?fromrss=1 If Joseph Were Translating the Plates Today, with Secular Gadgets- April 11, 2008 What if Joseph Smith had been born a couple decades ago and had just received the golden plates of the Book of Mormon What if, instead of a Urim and Thummim or seerstone, he had to rely on modern gadgets, ... via Mormanityhttp://www.topix.net/city/nephi-ut/2008/04/if-joseph-were-translating-the-plates-today-wit... Nephi plant gets $10M incentive- April 9, 2008 "The city is also helping to establish water and sewer services to FiberTEK plant site and Juab County is improving a county road that serves the plant site" FiberTEK Insulation gets federal tax-free bonds to build plant Grace Leong A Tampa, Fla.-based fiberglass insulation maker is getting $10 million in federal tax-exempt bonds to build a 311,000-square-foot plant ... via Daily Heraldhttp://www.topix.net/city/nephi-ut/2008/04/nephi-plant-gets-10m-incentive?fromrss=1 General Conference- Sunday Morning- April 7, 2008 "This is the plan and faith of our Father" President Dieter F. Uchtdorf Pres. Uchtdorf spoke to church members about honoring the "faith of our fathers," regardless of the different circumstances church members may come from. via BYU News Nethttp://www.topix.net/city/nephi-ut/2008/04/general-conference-sunday-morning?fromrss=1 Utah travel: Not the same old I-15 road trip- April 4, 2008 Off the interstate: The Territorial Statehouse State Park at 50 W. Capitol Ave. celebrates Utah history in the building that served as the state s first capitol. via Salt Lake Tribunehttp://www.topix.net/city/nephi-ut/2008/04/utah-travel-not-the-same-old-i-15-road-trip?fro... 4 men accused of robbing woman, daughter at gunpoint- April 2, 2008 "He then pinned her against the ground and said 'give me your purse'." A convicted felon and three other men carried out a brutal armed robbery on a woman and her 8-year-old daughter this morning, police said. via El Sentinelhttp://www.topix.net/city/nephi-ut/2008/04/4-men-accused-of-robbing-woman-daughter-at-gunp... |