SALT LAKE CITY — A nonprofit group laid out a recipe Thursday to reduce Utah's prison and jail populations, cut crime, save lives and unburden taxpayers.

ROY — Roy officials have decided on a new city manager to administer the city, and after a revolving door of officials in the post, the incoming administrator is hoping to stick around for a while.

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Hill Air Force Base’s final combat-ready F-35 squadron is now starting to acquire its most important equipment.

EDEN — As it eyes expansion, officials at the Nordic Valley ski resort want to make sure the facility in its current configuration meets the needs of its clientele.

Gov. Gary Herbert has proposed $5 million more per year for the constitutionally guaranteed defense of poor criminal suspects, but Utah still would trail neighboring states by most related measures.

OGDEN — Pending one final city council approval, Ogden City's protracted search for a new airport manager is over.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Outgoing U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah bemoaned the disappearance of political civility, kinship and cross-party collaboration during a farewell speech Wednesday where he called the Senate a legislative body in “crisis.”

Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, who is the longest-serving Republican senator in history, is delivering his farewell speech on the Senate floor Wednesday morning. 

WASHINGTON TERRACE — Mayor Mark Allen suspects leaders in neighboring South Ogden and Riverdale may have strong feelings about Washington Terrace leaders’ decision to back out of talks to unify their fire departments.

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OGDEN — Four new faces will be representing Weber County when the Utah House convenes for the 2019 session next month.

OGDEN — Larry Gallegos found out the hard way that his uncle died in prison.

SOUTH OGDEN — The South Ogden Senior Center will close at the end of the month and residents are encouraged to begin using the center in Washington Terrace, the city announced Wednesday.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert on Thursday proposed adding new sales taxes on services while cutting the overall tax rate, part of a reform effort he said will be a “heavy lift” but is essential for the state’s economic future.

KANSAS CITY — A longtime Weber County prosecutor received national recognition for his work during the Project Safe Neighborhoods National Conference on Thursday in Kansas City.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A pair of advocacy groups in Utah sued Thursday to block a compromise agreement legalizing medical marijuana, accusing the Mormon church of unconstitutional domination and interference in a process that led to the gutting of a measure approved by voters.

NORTH OGDEN — North Ogden officials’ call for applicants to take over as the city’s mayor, spurred by Brent Taylor’s death last month, has drawn five hopefuls.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah patients can use medical marijuana legally after a compromise agreement was signed into law, but they won’t likely be able to buy it legally inside the state until at least 2020, officials said Tuesday.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature voted unanimously to allocate $235 million to the construction of a new state prison in Salt Lake City.

NORTH OGDEN — They came, they sought answers, some clamored and at least one said the proposed expansion of the Nordic Valley ski resort was a great idea.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lawmakers in conservative Utah passed sweeping changes Monday to a new voter-approved medical-marijuana ballot measure under a planned compromise that secured the support of the influential LDS Church but sparked a backlash from advocates.

SALT LAKE CITY — A state committee has recommended a five-point plan to help Utah’s county jails prevent deaths among an incarcerated population increasingly afflicted by substance addictions and mental health problems.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump complained Monday about how much the U.S. spends on weapons in an "uncontrollable" arms race with Russia and China, though he vastly overstated how much is spent on actual weapons, even under a budget his administration has increased.

OGDEN — Weber County authorities have approved a property tax hike effective for 2019 to boost funding to the entity that handles 911 emergency calls across the county.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah leaders are resigned to the fact that they are likely to never be repaid the nearly $1 million the state spent in 2013 to keep its popular national parks open during a government shutdown.