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Public invited to estate planning talk

Last updated Friday, March 4, 2011 - 5:55pm

SOUTH OGDEN - Estate Planning With a Feminine Touch is planned for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. March 22 at Mount Benedict Monastery, 6000 S.1075 East, South Ogden.

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Construction work, shown on Wednesday, on the new Walmart store in Ogden is going as planned. The store should be ready to open for business by mid-May.

New Walmart in Ogden right on schedule

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Monday, February 28, 2011 - 10:36pm

OGDEN -- Finishing touches are being applied to a 150,000-square-foot Walmart supercenter at the intersection of 20th Street and Wall Avenue in preparation for the store's mid-May opening.

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District and teachers still at odds over contract

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 11:08pm

OGDEN -- Administrators and classified employees of the Ogden School District have accepted a one-time cash stipend equaling two years of step increases, as well as a paid day of professional development, but the teacher's union has rejected the offer in contract negotiations.

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Holiday lights to stay up year round on city buildings in Farmington

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:00am

FARMINGTON -- Call it being lazy or being frugal, but holiday lighting on city buildings is going to stay up all year round.

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Bankruptcies still on the rise in Utah

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Monday, February 21, 2011 - 12:21am

Almost 18,000 bankruptcies were filed in Utah in 2010, well above the number for 2009, and two Ogden lawyers who filed a big chunk of those bankruptcies say 2011 is starting out fast.

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Layton Mayor Steve Curtis sits in front of his home on Friday. Curtis says Bank of America offered him a reduced payment plan for his mortgage when he was out of work, then tried to foreclose on the house.

Layton mayor fights foreclosure

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, February 18, 2011 - 10:42pm

LAYTON -- Two weeks before Christmas, Layton Mayor Steve Curtis found an unwelcome letter hanging on his front door -- a foreclosure notice.

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Kathy Jackson looks at the remains of the house she and her husband built in 1976 in North Salt Lake. The home is slated for demolition after it was damaged by a slow-moving landslide in the last several years.

Landslide on the move in North Salt Lake

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 12:25am

NORTH SALT LAKE -- With the Springhill landslide on the move again, one home is about to be demolished.

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Auditor gives Syracuse clean bill of health on city finances for 2009-10

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 12:09am

SYRACUSE -- City finances are on stable ground compared with years past, an auditor says after a check of city books for the 2009-10 fiscal year.

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Morgan city cuts police position, reduces resource officer funding

Deanne Winterton Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Sunday, February 13, 2011 - 11:52pm

MORGAN -- Tough economic times have forced Morgan city officials to cut funding for one police officer and reduce funding for a school resource officer.

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Committee reviews projects for possible RAMP funding

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, February 11, 2011 - 12:55am

OGDEN -- The Weber County RAMP Tax Recreation and Parks Committee met Thursday afternoon to discuss possible funding for 36 projects from across the county.

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North Ogden will post audit results online

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 12:50am

NORTH OGDEN -- Although North Ogden was given glowing reviews in its recent audit of the 2010 fiscal year, it did lose points for not posting the audit online.

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South Ogden turning around budget woes with $82,000 reduction

Gentry Reinhart Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 11:59pm

SOUTH OGDEN -- Recent budget amendments have helped trim $82,000 from the city budget, Chief Financial Officer Steve Liebersbach said during a recent finance report.

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Davis health gets funds for HIV testing

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 12:03am

FARMINGTON -- The Davis County Health Department will use $25,000, received Tuesday from the state Department of Health, to help control the spread of HIV/AIDS in the county.

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Free checking endangered at banks

Jerry Siebenmark McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Monday, January 3, 2011 - 10:05pm

WICHITA, Kan. -- The pressures are too much.

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Davis animal control is own entity

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 11:58pm

FARMINGTON -- As a result of rising operating costs associated with public safety training and a need to refocus on the mission of animal control, Davis County Animal Care & Control has been moved from the umbrella of the Davis County Sheriff's Office and re-established as a separate department.

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