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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 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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View MoreSouth Davis Metro Fire's Board of Trustees will consider a Station 81 expansion RFP, an EMS Licensure RFP and two interlocal agreements at its Monday meeting in Bountiful, the first time those items have appeared on the board's agenda.
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View MoreA federal judge denied Utah's motion to dismiss a First Amendment lawsuit challenging the state's book removal law, allowing authors and student plaintiffs to proceed — a ruling with direct implications for Davis School District, which has been involved in 35 of 36 statewide book bans.
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View MoreThe Davis County Commission approved a new 0.2% county-wide sales and use tax on Sept. 15, projected to generate about $16 million a year for roads, transportation and public safety starting Jan. 1, 2027, with commissioners framing it as an alternative to further property tax increases.
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View MoreFarmington Mayor Brett Anderson publicly backed a proposed I-15 on/off ramp despite opposition from Bountiful, North Salt Lake and a Davis County commissioner, while the council also accepted the South Davis Greenway report positioning the city for up to $42 million in trail grants.
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