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Free Saturday, Sunday transportation to Dew Tour Championships

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 3:41pm

OGDEN -- The Winter Dew Tour Team will offer complimentary bus service from the Ogden area to and from Snowbasin Resort during the Winter Dew Tour Toyota Championships on Saturday and Sunday.

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Committee to explore another Winter Olympics bid

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 11:46pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah has the skills, the people and the know-how to host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games again, two Top of Utah lawmakers said Wednesday, the same day Gov. Gary Herbert and Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker announced the formation of an exploratory committee to consider a bid for the 2022 or 2026 Winter Games.

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A performance audit of the Utah Transit Authority shows the agency might not have the money to build wanted future projects or even operate projects that are currently under construction.

UTA may not have the money to fund its plans

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 12:38pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A performance audit of the Utah Transit Authority shows the agency might not have the money to build wanted future projects or even operate projects that are currently under construction.

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Centerville council approves appointments

Tanna Woods Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 11:02pm

CENTERVILLE — New appointments are in place following approval by the city council.

The council approved newly sworn-in Councilman Larry Wright to serve as mayor pro tem for 2012.

The council also opted to have Councilman Justin Allen continue to serve as the COG Transportation representative for the city and for Mayor Ronald Russell to serve on the board for the art center.

Appointments were made at a city council meeting.

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Speaker: Utah on better quake footing than Ore.

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 5:08pm

OGDEN -- Utah is famous as earthquake country, with the Wasatch Mountains serving as an obvious natural marker for the fault line that built them hundreds of millions of years ago.

The earthquake potential of western Oregon was a much better-kept secret until the past decade or two, said Scott F. Burns, a geology professor at Portland State University.

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Adviser: Plan local funding, but federal money likely for Ogden streetcar

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 11:24pm

OGDEN -- The likelihood of securing federal funding remains one of the biggest issues in bringing a streetcar system to Ogden.

At a special work session held after Tuesday night's Ogden City Council meeting, an independent consultant hired by the city said while the federal funding landscape is unpredictable, the Ogden project would stack up well against other projects around the nation competing for the same funding.

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Ogden council to hear streetcar input tonight

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, January 9, 2012 - 11:42pm

OGDEN -- The great Ogden streetcar debate is set to heat up again. The Ogden City Council will hold a special fact-finding work session tonight to discuss the viability of a streetcar project in the city.

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Legislative three-card Monte: Roads win, everyone else loses

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, January 9, 2012 - 11:56pm

We ran a scary story last week about how much highways are going to cost Utah over the next 30 years. The tab is $69 billion, a chunk of that just in the Top of Utah.

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Construction on 7th Street east of Washington Boulevard, seen here Thursday, is almost complete. The road has been widened, and curbs, gutters, sidewalks, lights and more have been added. (ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

7th Street in Ogden open to vehicle traffic

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, December 29, 2011 - 10:14pm

OGDEN -- A $2.7 million project to improve a two-block section of 7th Street is nearly complete. The only work left on the project, which extends about 1,500 feet between Adams and Liberty avenues, is the planting of landscaping and the completion of road striping.

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Kaysville, Farmington disagree on corridor interchange but UDOT to consider regional impact

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, December 29, 2011 - 6:49am

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.

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Jay Carnahan stands in front of his State Farm Insurance sign and signs for Interstate 15 in front of his business on 12th Street in Marriott-Slaterville, not far from the Ogden border. Carnahan wants the Utah Department of Transportation to move the signs and streamline the permit-approval process for owners of small businesses. (ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

Local insurance agent: UDOT obstructs small businesses

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, December 26, 2011 - 11:36pm

MARRIOTT-SLATERVILLE -- The Utah Department of Transportation's red tape is hurting small businesses, one local businessman says.

Jay Carnahan recently opened a State Farm Insurance office at 1294 W. 12th St., near the Ogden border.

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Seven escape injury in two-car collision

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 23, 2011 - 12:16am

MARRIOTT-SLATERVILLE — Seat belts and air bags came in handy for seven people Thursday evening.

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UTA board adopts new budget for fiscal 2012

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 11:20pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Transit Authority is ready for the new year.

UTA's final 2012 budget was adopted Wednesday by the agency's board at its regular monthly meeting. The agency predicts a jump of more than $13 million in its total revenue, going from $270.6 million in 2011 to $283.8 million in 2012.

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