Dan Weist

SALT LAKE CITY -- Spice isn't so nice, says a legislative advisory committee, so a Weber County lawmaker will take up the call later this month to ban the herbal concoction statewide.

KAYSVILLE -- The public debate in this Davis County town over tight quarters or a looser wallet has ended with a ballot-box decision to keep cops in their current home.

SYRACUSE -- Round the first corner on Antelope Island and, immediately, the startling sight of a free-standing bison greets visitors.

OGDEN -- Javier Chavez stood in the hallway of a Weber State University building, passing out voter guides, and wondered how many students would take the time to cast a ballot.

ANTELOPE ISLAND -- Historians have written that the American cowboy rounding up a herd on a serene grassy vista perhaps is one of the truest elements of a western romance known the world over.

FARMINGTON -- As VerNon Griffeth walked through the old Davis County Jail, he admitted the current color scheme is, shall we say, a little off.