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Carson James Thomas, passed away on Friday, October 30, 2026, at Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem, Utah surrounded by many loved ones. Infant son of Noah and Kelsey (Reeve) Thomas of Clawson, Utah. Private family burial services took place at the Clawson Town Cemetery.
OREM, Utah (ABC4) — A Utah man currently serving up to life in prison for child sexual abuse has been sentenced to more time in prison in a separate child sexual abuse case. Andrew Thomas Oldroyd, 38, was previously sentenced to 25-years-to-life in prison after sexually abusing a then-12-year-old in West Haven.
An Orem man previously convicted for sexually assaulting a minor in Ogden was sentenced to additional prison time for rape charges stemming from Utah County. Andrew Oldroyd, 38, was sentenced last December to 25 years to life at the Utah State Prison for sodomy on a child.
David George Thompson passed away peacefully November 3, 2026, leaving behind a rich legacy of faith, devotion to family, and service to others. Born on February 19, 1942, in Beaver, Utah, to Warren E. Thompson and Mable Marie Branin, David’s early years were spent in Beaver before his family moved to Orem, Utah.
The Orem Events Advisory Commission is scheduled to meet on Thursday, November 12, 2026, to discuss upcoming city events and commission preparations.
Orem school, library and city calendars list 9 public events for Thursday, Nov. 5, including Drama: Fall Play and District Choir Fall Festival.
Orem Public Library lists Tween Book Club on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. on its public calendar.
A mare rescued from Lake Powell has been adopted by a Blanding, Utah resident. The horse, Emma Dean, is now settling into a new home with a pasture companion.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Corrections is disputing the claims that inmates at the state prisons were not getting adequate care during a month-long lockdown. The lockdown was initiated at both state prison locations — Salt Lake City and Gunnison — after a correctional officer was violently attacked and seriously injured at the Central Utah Correctional Facility on Sept. 24.
The state’s southernmost ski area, and the one with the highest base, saw snow — but also warm temperatures. Brian Head Resort is pumping the brakes on the hype over this super El Niño winter — and on its targeted opening day. In August, Utah’s southernmost resort optimistically set this Friday as the tentative first day of its — and the state’s — 2026-27 ski and snowboard season.
A planned year-round market at Pioneer Park is off, but Salt Lake City’s summer market will return, and its winter market opens at the former Leonardo Museum for a second season on Saturday, Nov. 14.
Heavy rainfall has boosted reservoir levels across Utah, including in Wasatch County. Deer Creek State Park reports water levels rose to over 50% full in October. That's an increase of more than 6,600 acre-feet between Oct. 6 and Nov. 5, enough to fill more than 3,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Professional skijoring will return to the Wasatch Back this winter with high-speed competition at a new location. The 2027 Frontier Tour will stop in Utah twice along with new events in Denver, Colorado, and Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Skijoring pairs a horse and rider with a skier or snowboarder racing behind them through a snow-packed course of gates, jumps, rings and obstacles.