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Plymouth residents urged to boil drinking water

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:01:07 MDT

Plymouth residents urged to boil drinking water

By Michael McFall The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 25, 2013 11:01PM MDT

Residents of Plymouth are living under a temporary boil order while health officials test the city water system for E. coli. The Bear River Health District issued the order about 4:30 p.m. Friday after the latest sample from the Box Elder County town’s water tested positive for contaminants that could lead to the bacteria, city water master Brian Starr said Saturday. “It was possibly — possibly — due to a waterline break that we had a couple days ago,” said Mayor Hal Mason. The waterline break ...

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Rolly: Matheson confounds GOP and Dems

Sun, 26 May 2013 00:02:15 MDT

Rolly: Matheson confounds GOP and Dems

By PAUL ROLLY The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 26, 2013 12:02AM MDT

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, Congressman Jim Matheson is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. The only Democrat in Utah’s congressional delegation is befuddling in the sense that he not only is a constant target of Republicans who demonize him daily in attempts to knock him off his perch, he enrages Democrats as well. Yet, he keeps winning. The Republican National Congressional Committee, with an eye on the 2014 election, began zeroing in on Matheson almost the day he was sworn i...

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Three students face charges in West Valley school food fight

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:24:38 MDT

Three students face charges in West Valley school food fight

By Bob Mims The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 24, 2013 11:24PM MDT

Three students are facing charges ranging from assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest to disorderly conduct after allegedly igniting a food fight involving hundreds of kids at West Valley City’s West Lake Junior High School. West Valley City police Lt. Rick McLenon confirmed Friday that the three students were arrested during the Thursday afternoon cafeteria free-for-all. One officer sustained a minor ankle injury while helping take one of the resisting students into custody. McLeon s...

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West Valley City police respond to junior high food fight

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:47:22 MDT

West Valley City police respond to junior high food fight

By Janelle Stecklein The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 24, 2013 05:47PM MDT

Flying French fries and other items filled the air Thursday afternoon after a couple hundred Granite School District junior high students decided to launch a spontaneous all-out food fight. Ultimately, the West Valley City police were called to help restore order. Granite School District spokesman Ben Horsley said the incident started about 12:30 p.m. at West Lake Junior High School when two youths got into a physical altercation. For unknown reasons, it escalated into a larger food fight, he s...

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Tensions mount as Salt Lake school board talks tax hike

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:01:22 MDT

Tensions mount as Salt Lake school board talks tax hike

By Ray Parker The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 21, 2013 11:01PM MDT

Budget discussions got so contentious Tuesday night, one Salt Lake City School District board member left the meeting. Tiffany Sandberg asked to be excused after board member Michael Clara continued to ask questions about the budget, yet none of the other members seemed to understand his point. Clara said he wants greater transparency involving district business, especially as he considers a vote on whether to increase taxes. The disagreement during Tuesday’s board meeting was the latest in a ...

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Millard School District, taxpayers group, to provide more evidence in open-meetings case

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:41:06 MDT

Millard School District, taxpayers group, to provide more evidence in open-meetings case

By Donald W. Meyers The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 20, 2013 08:41PM MDT

Fillmore • Two high school gymnasiums have been spared from demolition, at least until a judge decides whether Millard County school officials broke open-meetings law. Fourth District Judge James Brady continued an emergency restraining order Monday barring the Millard County School District from demolishing the gyms at Delta and Millard high schools. He also gave the district and Millard County Taxpayers for Responsible Government time to provide evidence before he rules on issuing a temporary...

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Study: More high school students saving for college as costs rise

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:44:09 MDT

Study: More high school students saving for college as costs rise

By Jennifer Napier-Pearce The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 17, 2013 06:44PM MDT

Magna • For Cyprus High School senior Alexius Artez, going to college has always been a goal, but she didn’t actually start thinking about how she was going to pay for it until her junior year. “I was really set on the U. [University of Utah] and then things started to become reality,” Artez said. “I was like, there’s no way I can pay for that.” So she’ll attend Salt Lake Community College this fall instead, where tuition will be $2,924 compared with $6,511 at the University of Utah. Rising tu...

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Comment sought on green waste recycling plan

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:57:52 MDT

Comment sought on green waste recycling plan

By Mike Gorrell The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 20, 2013 12:57PM MDT

Curbside green-waste recycling is scheduled to begin next year on a subscription basis in Salt Lake Valley communities served by the Wasatch Front Waste and Recycling District. But before the plan is finalized, the district’s board wants to hear what customers have to say about that idea and three other proposals, including one that lets people rent bulk waste disposal trailers again, albeit for a higher fee. A public hearing on those matters will be held at 6 p.m. Monday at district offices in ...

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USU’s Higham earns All-Academic honors

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:02:31 MDT

USU’s Higham earns All-Academic honors

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 18, 2013 12:02AM MDT

Utah State golfer Tanner Higham was selected to the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District VIII men’s at-large first-team. Higham, a junior from Shelley, Idaho, has a cumulative 3.98 grade point average. He majors in nutrition, dietetics and food sciences. District VIII is made up of schools from Arizona, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah and Washington, and the men’s at-large team includes the sports of fencing, golf, hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tenn...

Your town in brief: Meet Holladay officials

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:05:51 MDT

Your town in brief: Meet Holladay officials

Updated May 15, 2013 04:05PM MDT

Holladay Meet your elected officials • Town meetings are scheduled for Wednesday at City Hall, 4580 S. 2300 East, to update residents on issues and answer questions. The District 3 meeting, hosted by council member Pat Pignanelli, will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in council chambers; the meeting hosted by District 5 council member Jim Palmer will be 7 to 8 p.m. in the Little Cottonwood Room. Midvale Recognize outstanding achievement • Nominations are being taken for native or adopted sons and...

Salt Lake Postal Service customers savvy about mail technology

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:08:06 MDT

Salt Lake Postal Service customers savvy about mail technology

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 14, 2013 07:08PM MDT

A lot of Utahns are perfectly happy to bypass the post office when they want to buy stamps or take other steps to use the mail. Almost 64 percent of all postal retail sales in the Salt Lake District of the Postal Service now take place other than a post office retail counter, according to the U.S. Postal Service. The Salt Lake District includes all of Utah and southern Idaho. The percentage puts the district at No. 1 in the U.S., ahead of Santa Ana, Calif.; Los Angeles; the Triboro district of N...

Cost of learning

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:44:02 MDT

Cost of learning

Updated May 13, 2013 05:44PM MDT

“Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that.” — The Red Queen, in Through the Looking Glass The Salt Lake City School District finds itself in much the same predicament as Alice, who, in the Lewis Carroll classic, runs “very fast for a long time” but remains in the same spot. The district received a 2 percent funding increase this year from the Legislature, whose me...