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South Davis Metro Fire's board meets Monday in Bountiful with votes on an EMS contract award, three staff vehicle purchases and bylaw updates, plus the formal introduction of new Deputy Chief Nick Dodge.
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View MoreState Rep. Paul Cutler hosts a public town hall Wednesday evening at the Davis County Library in Farmington, giving District 18 residents a chance to ask questions about his legislative record four weeks before he faces a general election challenger.
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View MoreDavis County Attorney Troy Rawlings has proposed a $180.4 million, five-story justice center in Farmington that would close courthouses in Bountiful, Farmington and Layton, with the state covering $152 million and the county paying $28.3 million.
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View MoreThe Davis School District Board of Education considered a resolution to issue up to $93 million in general obligation and refunding bonds at its Tuesday, Oct. 6, meeting in Farmington, alongside a land swap at Antelope Elementary and a proposed sale of the Canyon Heights building to Davis Technical College.
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View MorePresident D. Todd Christofferson declared gambling "morally wrong" at the LDS Church's October 2026 General Conference, singling out prediction markets and sports betting as Utah wages a federal court fight to enforce its anti-gambling laws against Kalshi.
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View MoreThe Utah Transit Authority is accepting public comments through Oct. 26 on a proposed $504 million budget covering January through June 2027, which includes funding for the FrontRunner 2X double-tracking project along the Wasatch Front.
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View MoreThe West Bountiful City Council and Planning Commission will hold a joint work session Tuesday to review updated development concepts from Ivory Homes and Cirrus Group for roughly 88 acres in the city's south end, followed by votes on a grazing lease and a $20,000 golf course mower.
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View MoreUtah ended its 2026 water year with reservoirs at 45% of capacity after the lowest snowpack on record since the 1930s, squeezing the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District that supplies Bountiful and surrounding communities.
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View MoreSouth Davis Metro Fire has published a formal request for proposals seeking a contractor to provide 24/7 ambulance and emergency medical services across Bountiful, North Salt Lake, Woods Cross, West Bountiful and Centerville, with proposals due Oct. 8 and a contract award expected Oct. 19.
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View MoreState Rep. Trevor Lee, R-Layton, resigned from the Utah House on Monday after the attorney general's office charged him with four felonies tied to an alleged scheme to obtain a $1 million home loan using forged documents and inflated salary claims.
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View MoreFarmington's Planning Commission will hold a public hearing Oct. 8 on a proposed zoning amendment that would cap impervious surface coverage at 35% for individual foothill lots, a limit the city's code does not currently include.
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View MoreThe National Weather Service confirmed a second tornado touched down in Utah on Friday, Sept. 18, near the Utah-Colorado border, while the Fruit Heights tornado that rattled Davis County the same day remains unrated and awaiting an official NWS preliminary report.
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View MoreThe Bountiful City Council meets Tuesday to vote on a detached accessory dwelling unit ordinance, hear a police briefing on license plate reader safeguards, and consider $252,721 in vehicle purchases.
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