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Crews work on the 5 segment Ares Rocket motor at ATK in Promontory on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examin...

Federal grant helps laid-off ATK workers get jobs

Last updated Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 10:04am

SALT LAKE CITY -- The U.S. Department of Labor is announcing a grant of nearly $620,000 to help laid-off employees of a Utah aerospace company find jobs again.

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Heather Wokurka, of Sunset, will receive the first-ever degree in WSU’s electronics engineering department. At ATK, in Promontory, she works on static rocket tests. (Courtesy photo)

First WSU electronics engineering grad revved up

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 9, 2011 - 6:24am

OGDEN -- When Heather Wokurka considered updating her Weber State University electronics engineering technology degree with night classes in WSU's new electronics engineering department, the decision wasn't exactly rocket science.

Rocket science is Wokurka's day job.

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ATK has big role in Mars mission

Staff The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, November 27, 2011 - 8:45am

CLEARFIELD, — NASA’s biggest Mars rover is shooting toward the red planet aboard an unmanned Atlas V rocket that an aerospace company’s Utah plant helped build.

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Hatch discusses vitality of work on space exploration, security

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, November 18, 2011 - 11:14pm

PROMONTORY — U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, delivered a pep talk Friday to about 500 Alliant Techsystems employees, saying their work in advancing space exploration and national security is vital.

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Dale Harrison 'Stony' Burt

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, November 14, 2011 - 7:59pm

Dale Harrison "Stony" Burt, 82, of Bear River, died Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011, at his home. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, at the Bear River LDS Chapel, 5870 N. 4700 West, in Bear River. Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the church and from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Thursday before the services. Interment will follow in the Brigham City Cemetery. The family suggests donations to the LDS Church Missionary Fund. Post condolences to the family at www.rogersandtaylor.com. To read the full obituary, see the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Study: Davis, Weber coping with the 'new norm' of economy

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 5:28am

LAYTON -- With years of revenue losses in the U.S. economy, small and large counties across the country appear to be settling into a "new normal" of revenue, staffing and service delivery, according to a recent national survey.

"Coping with the New Normal: An Economic Status Survey of Counties" is the seventh survey in a series of biannual surveys conducted by the National Association of Counties to capture information about counties struggling with the current fiscal situation.

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(NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner) Families tour an ATK rocket lab in Clearfield.

ATK engineers show their family what they do

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, October 8, 2011 - 7:29pm

CLEARFIELD -- Families of ATK rocket engineers get to watch test motors fired at Promontory, but half a mile away is as close as they get.

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ATK Employee Family Open House at ATK's Avionics Lab in Clearfield on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011.

Nicholas Draney, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Saturday, October 8, 2011 - 1:44pm

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(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) Jamie Dicks makes ice cream using liquid nitrogen at the Sub Zero Ice Cream & Yogurt store in Layton on Thursday.

Entrepreneur ventures into cold with ice cream, frozen yogurt in Layton

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, October 7, 2011 - 11:00pm

LAYTON — Is stepping away from a secure job in a shaky economy to start an ice cream store before winter in Utah a good idea?

That is just one of the many nerve-racking questions Jamie Dicks and her husband, Ryan, are pondering as they prepare for the 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday grand opening of a Sub Zero Ice Cream & Yogurt store at 1978 N. 1200 West.

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Roy E. Glover

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, September 26, 2011 - 6:44pm

Roy E. Glover died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, after a long and hard battle with dementia. Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, 4050 S. 3900 W., West Haven (stmarysutah.org). In lieu of flowers, contribute to your favorite charity in Roy’s name. Condolences may be sent to the family at aaronsmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner’s e-edition.

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Daniel Van Tassell, of Hooper, was seriously injured in a car accident in February. Fundraisers are planned to help him pay medical bills.

Community pulls together for Hooper man hurt in accident

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 9:32am

HOOPER -- A community with a reputation of coming together for one of its own is "Leaping for a Miracle" yet again from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in Hooper Park, at 6100 W. 5500 South.

Under the "Leaping for a Miracle" theme, the day will feature activities at Hooper Park to raise funds for a family whose breadwinner suffered unexpected physical and financial consequences in a car wreck.

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(The Associated Press) This artist’s concept provided by NASA shows the launch of the rocket design called the Space Launch System. The design for NASA’s newest behemoth of a rocket harkens back to the giant workhorse liquid rockets that propelled men to the moon. This time, the destinations will be farther and the rocket even more powerful.

NASA unveils next rocket a hybrid shuttle to fly in 2017

Mark K. Matthews Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 10:01pm

WASHINGTON — NASA made official on Wednesday its next vision for space travel by unveiling plans for a massive rocket it hopes can blast astronauts to an asteroid by 2025 while laying the foundation for a future trip to Mars.

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ATK, NASA announce partnership on commercial launch system

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 2:40pm

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER -- ATK Space Systems and NASA announced a new partnership Tuesday to work together on development of ATK's Liberty commercial launch system.

ATK and NASA said they have signed an unfunded Space Act Agreement that allows NASA and the Liberty Program Office to share technical information during the preliminary design review phase of the program.

Kent Rominger, ATK vice president and program manager for Liberty, said the agreement "enables us to exchange information with NASA and receive valuable insight as we develop our fixed-price commercial crew vehicle and prepare it for test flight as early as 2014."

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A crowd watches Thursday as ATK and NASA test a solid rocket motor at the ATK facility in Box Elder County. This test was the third, and possibly last, of a new generation of solid-fuel motors for space shuttles.

USU students on the cutting edge of rocket science

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, September 8, 2011 - 10:30pm

PROMONTORY — Eight students from Utah State University were standing around ATK’s latest solid rocket booster motor Thursday morning, waiting for its test and comparing it to the smaller rocket they launched earlier this year.

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