Nancy B. Fuller

BRIGHAM CITY -- Brett Kay Merkley from Corinne is challenging incumbent Heather S. Young of Brigham City for the District 3 school board seat.

BRIGHAM CITY -- Because October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Annette MacFarlane, from the New Hope Crisis Center in Brigham City, is attending city council meetings in the county to thank the councils for financial support of the crisis center and to increase awareness of domestic violence in the county.

BRIGHAM CITY -- City Attorney Kirk Morgan defended the city's newly adopted free-speech ordinance at Thursday's city council meeting and took issue with the Standard-Examiner's editorial on Sept. 26.

BRIGHAM CITY -- The city passed an ordinance restricting the manufacture, distribution and possession of any synthetic cannabinoids, more commonly known as spice, inside the city limits.

BRIGHAM CITY -- Looking to expand options, providers and a renewable source of electricity, the city council recently approved an agreement to purchase up to 5 megawatts of power from a wind farm in Idaho.

WILLARD -- Farmer Tom Hall, who leases school trust lands north and west of the Willard-Perry wastewater treatment plant, told the city council recently that runoff from construction of the plant has already harmed profits from the land and will continue to harm the land once the plant is operational.