A longtime rollercoaster resident at Lagoon Amusement Park is retiring next month, and the park wants to make sure fans have a chance to ride it one last time.

The Nutcracker’s maximum speed is 68 miles per hour — about the top speed on Cannibal — and riders will fly up to nearly 150 feet above the ground.

It's the end of an era for one of Lagoon Amusement Park's oldest rides. The park announced Wednesday that this is the last season of the "Jet Star 2" roller coaster.

FARMINGTON, Utah — The outer “skin” of a new attraction at Lagoon is starting to go into place. It appears to mimic the terrain of a mountain, complete with metallic areas that may represent ore veins ...

This image shows the cover of a coffee table book about the history of Lagoon. The book is available at the amusement park or on-line at Amazon.com. Rep. Stephen G. Handy of Layton was one of many GOP ...

FARMINGTON, Utah (KUTV) — The second of two fires in the same building — just hours apart at Lagoon over the weekend — destroyed the amusement park's venerable bumper car ride and a candy shop, but ...

(KUTV) — Lagoon Amusement Park did not open Tuesday and in something of a surprise, will not open again for the year. The Utah landmark announced Tuesday morning that it would not open again in 2019.

Thirty minutes into the Disney Channel movie “The Luck of the Irish,” teenager Kyle Johnson, who’s never had an off day, is playing the worst basketball game of his life. The stakes are high — it’s ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Lagoon amusement park has bought three of the four concrete lion statutes that once adorned the entrances to the Utah State Capitol. The park spent nearly $16,000 in bidding ...

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