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Alpine School District gets $700k grant for P.E.

Last updated Monday, December 31, 2012 - 10:43am

AMERICAN FORK — Alpine School District is getting more than $700,000 in federal money over the next three years to improve its P.E. programs.

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Roy to hire advocate for victims of domestic violence

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 28, 2012 - 11:40pm

ROY — The city will use federal grant money to hire an advocate to work with victims of domestic violence.

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Federal grant benefits Ogden children

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, December 22, 2012 - 1:04am

OGDEN — The third time is the charm for Ogden United for Promise Neighborhoods. After three attempts, the group found out it will receive a $498,301 federal grant to develop a community plan to help children become successful.

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Ogden district still in running for grant of up to $29M

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 7:05am

OGDEN — The Ogden School District is one of 61 school districts nationwide to be named a finalist to receive a federal Race to the Top grant that could be as much as $29 million.

“I was so excited, I couldn’t even think,” said district grant writer Kathleen Bideaux.

The district applied for the grant at the end of October and received the news Monday afternoon that the field of 372 had been narrowed to 61.

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Fredy Zamora (left) and T.J. Sims sand down an ex-military truck that is to be repainted for the Farmington Fire Department at Maaco in Layton on Friday. A Federal Excess Property Program grant provided the 26-year-old vehicle to Farmington.

Grant provides funding for new fire truck for Farmington

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, September 7, 2012 - 11:46pm

LAYTON — The 1986 Chevrolet pickup truck just needed to change from camouflage-colored exterior to red before it could become part of the Farmington Fire Department’s official fleet.

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Ogden's app lab plugs into $1M in federal funds

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 10:58pm

OGDEN — Ogden’s burgeoning mobile app industry just got a financial boost from the federal government.

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration announced Thursday it will give the city $1 million to help fund the creation of a lab to train workers as well as provide space for business startups in the field of software applications for mobile devices.

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Federal grant awarded to cleanup possible contaminated properties in Ogden, Salt Lake County

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 8:34pm

OGDEN -- Federal, state and local officials will announce today that a $1 million grant has been awarded to establish a revolving loan fund for the cleanup of possibly contaminated properties in Ogden and Salt Lake County.

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Utah to receive $3.4M for community health centers

Contributed Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 10:14am

WASHINGTON -- Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced $3,428,599 in grants awarded to community health centers in Provo and Salt Lake City due to the new health care law - the Affordable Care Act. Grantees estimate these awards will help them serve approximately 946 new patients.

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USU gets grant toward hybrid vehicles

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 9, 2012 - 11:14am

LOGAN — Utah State University has received a grant to help offset the cost of 15 hybrid vehicles purchased by the university.

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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

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 11:04am

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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