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What could have changed one Roy City Council member’s mind on tax increase?

ROY – The standing-room only crowd at the Roy Municipal Center had dissipated quite a bit before the final vote on a proposed property tax rate increase even took place Tuesday. After a nearly four-hour truth-in-taxation hearing, the council voted 4-1 in favor of an approximate 34.25% ...

Utah’s intense, dangerous fire season could be its most expensive

Utah has burned through an estimated $33 million to fight raging wildfires this year, putting the state on track to outspend last year’s record total. Inflation is partly to blame. But the rising cost also reflects the sheer size of this year’s fires, their encroachment on communities and ...

Part of former Taylor Canyon Elementary property preserved for park space

OGDEN — A portion of the land once occupied by Taylor Canyon Elementary School will be park space in the future. Last week, Ogden City announced in a press release that 1.91 acres of the former Taylor Canyon Elementary School property will be held as permanent public open space. "The Ogden ...

FrontRunner 2X plan enters engineering phase

An important step toward double-tracking additional swathes of FrontRunner's line between Ogden and Provo is underway. Last week, UDOT sent out a press release announcing that the Federal Transit Administration had cleared the project to enter the engineering phase of its Capital Investment ...

Ogden gas price average rises for fifth straight week

OGDEN – The average price for a gallon of gasoline in Ogden climbed 4.5 cents since last week, according to GasBuddy’s weekly survey of 160 stations in the city. The average is now $4.21 per gallon and has risen for five straight weeks, jumping 58 cents during that period. "Average ...