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My wife has a melodrama that she performs using her index finger as the lone prop. The heroine is represented by a high squeaky voice and the index finger placed on my wife's head like a bow. The villain banker has the index finger for a mustache. The hero has the deep voice and a bow tie.

FARMINGTON — Upgrading the strength of the steel used in the construction of Davis County’s $16 million administrative office building should make those who work there feel more comfortable if another hurricane-force windstorm tears through Farmington.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Mayor Ralph Becker says Salt Lake City is ready to demolish and rebuild its airport to make it more earthquake-proof and accommodate its role as an emerging regional hub.

FARMINGTON -- The $1.5 million Davis County Children's Justice Center in Farmington officially becomes operational Tuesday, almost another week behind schedule.

FARMINGTON -- While two neighboring cities continue to disagree on where a large interchange should be built for the West Davis Corridor, the Utah Department of Transportation is weighing the cost of each option.

LAYTON -- Lisa Becraft knew firefighters take care of each other.

But that knowledge didn't prepare the woman, who is caring for her husband Mike Becraft, for the service of willing firefighters, who recently built a wheelchair ramp at her home.

LAYTON -- Noise levels on state roads will be a little lower in the future.

The Utah Department of Transportation recently revised its noise-abatement regulations, adding new projects that will require noise studies and increasing the minimum noise-reduction levels that must be met for proposed noise walls.