The Provo.com News Desk is the editorial team behind our community news coverage. We curate, paraphrase, and contextualize the news that affects people living in, studying in, and visiting Provo and Orem — written in our own words, with credit and links back to the original sources.
Our beat covers business openings and closings, civic announcements, cultural events, recreation news, and the everyday changes that shape Utah Valley. We don't do crime, high school sports scores, or partisan politics — we focus on the stories that move the needle for residents, students, and people researching the area.
New Business OpeningsCivic AnnouncementsCommunity EventsLocal Music & ArtsRecreation & ParksFood & Drink NewsBYU & UVU CommunityUniversity Place & Downtown
Every story published by the News Desk is paraphrased in our own words from publicly reported facts. We credit and link to the primary source at the bottom of each post. Facts themselves are not copyrightable; we take care to rewrite, summarize, and contextualize rather than republish. Where exact wording matters — such as quoted statements from public officials — we use short attributed quotes under 15 words.
We don't aggregate breaking crime news, individual high school sports results, or partisan political content. Our editorial filter is the three-audiences test: would a BYU or UVU student, a current local resident, and a person researching Provo all find this useful or interesting? If the answer is yes, it's a candidate. If not, we pass.
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