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Expect extra heavy traffic at 'Warriors Over the Wasatch' Saturday and Sunday

Last updated Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 7:36pm

LAYTON -- Layton and Clearfield police, along with several other agencies, are geared up to handle the extra traffic expected Saturday and Sunday because of the "Warriors Over the Wasatch" air show at Hill Air Force Base.

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Eagle Scout project to place crossing flags at key intersections for traffic control

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 7:39pm

FARMINGTON -- Two scouts who lost a friend in an auto-pedestrian accident earlier this year have gained permission to initiate a pilot program putting crossing flags at key intersections throughout the city.

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Slow traffic expected as U.S. 89 repaved

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, May 12, 2012 - 10:49pm

BRIGHAM CITY — A major repaving of U.S. 89 will begin next weekend, and major traffic congestion is likely to follow.

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Crash on I-15 backs up traffic

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, April 27, 2012 - 10:20pm

LAYTON — A two-vehicle crash congested the Friday afternoon commute on Interstate 15.

The male driver of an older-model Mercury Grand Marquis lost control of his vehicle while driving southbound, said Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Jason Sagers.

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Fallen power pole disrupts traffic

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 9:55am

TREMONTON -- A fallen power pole and line disrupted traffic south of Tremonton on Tuesday afternoon.

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Bountiful will install traffic control light

Brady Bingham Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 10:50pm

BOUNTIFUL — City officials have approved a recommendation to put up a stoplight at the corner of Orchard Drive and North Canyon Road.

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Clearfield crosswalks removed to ease traffic flow

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 11:35pm

CLEARFIELD -- Two crosswalks on State Street no longer exist, police said.

Clearfield Police Chief Greg Krusi said the crosswalks at 100 N. State St. and 442 S. State St. were taken out earlier this week. Pedestrians should cross State Street at the intersections.

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UDOT: 2012 will be a record-breaking year for roadwork

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, April 6, 2012 - 6:50pm

OGDEN — Get ready for a busy commute — 2012 will be the busiest road construction season in history.

The Utah Department of Transportation has released its 20 most significant road projects for the upcoming construction season as part of its “Know Where Know Why” campaign.

The list includes significant work on some of UDOT’s largest projects, which are all scheduled for completion this year, said UDOT spokesman Nate McDonald.

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Crews work to clear a multivehicle accident at 12th Street and Harrison Boulevard late Monday afternoon. One vehicle had tipped onto its side, and crews had to cut the roof off a car to remove its occupants. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

4 taken to hospital after seven-vehicle accident in Ogden

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 2, 2012 - 11:26pm

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OGDEN — Four people have been taken to hospitals after an accident involving seven vehicles at 12th Street and Harrison Boulevard.

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An eyewitness said a Hummer coming out of Ogden Canyon on 12th Street ran a red light, hit a minivan, went airborne and struck a pickup truck and a car. The truck was then rear-ended by another car.

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Workers cleaning up six-vehicle accident at Ogden intersection (video)

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Last updated Monday, April 2, 2012 - 11:26pm

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OGDEN -- Rescue workers were at the scene of a multivehicle accident late Monday afternoon at 12th Street and Harrison Boulevard.

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Seven-car accident slows traffic on I-15

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 30, 2012 - 11:02pm

RIVERDALE — A seven-vehicle accident brought late Friday afternoon traffic to a crawl on Interstate 15.

The accident occurred in the southbound lanes near Mile Marker 340, and no one was hurt, said Susan Thomas, a Utah Department of Public Safety spokeswoman.

While troopers cleared the accident, traffic slowed and backed up at least as far as the 24th Street exit in Ogden.

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(NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner) Emergency crews respond after a semi truck carrying hay caught fire while heading southbound on I-15 in Kaysville on Friday.

Hay truck fire backs up traffic on I-15 near Farmington

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 30, 2012 - 5:03pm

FARMINGTON — Jonathan Owens saw the flames in his rearview mirror and knew he needed to pull over fast.

Owens, 33, was driving a semitrailer from Bear River to Delta, carrying 26 one-ton bales of hay.

“There were lots of flames,” Owens said. “They were in the deck (of the truck) and on the tires.”

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Jay Simpson waves to passing motorists during his morning walk in Hooper on Thursday. He has become well known to commuters in the area. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

Hooper man offers many a wave and a smile

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 6:20am

HOOPER — There was a time when everyone who lived here waved at passers-by because everyone, it seemed, was a friend or a relative.

That close small-town association isn’t true anymore. The city has grown by 1,000 percent in one man’s lifetime. But that man doesn’t want to forget his roots.

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Interstate 15 work set to begin Sunday between Clearfield, Roy

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 23, 2012 - 10:30pm

Work is set to begin Sunday on a new northbound lane on Interstate 15 between 650 North in Clearfield and 5600 South in Roy.

Crews will work from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. each day, Sunday through Friday, and possibly on some Saturdays.

Work on the shoulder, which is already under way, will continue until the project is completed, likely by summer.

The Utah Department of Transportation advises drivers to take U.S. 89 to westbound Interstate 84 and return to I-15 in Riverdale or take 1900 West at Clearfield and return to I-15 at Hinckley Drive.

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