County Council members agreed to dedicate $235,000 toward building the Logan Canyon Gateway Trail, which, upon completion in 2010, will tie into the much longer Bonneville Shoreline Trail.

Cache County planner Wendell Morse called the territory, along U.S. Highway 91 and the Logan River, a "linchpin" with the potential to become a major tourist attraction.

The Gateway Trail will add fewer than eight-tenths of a mile to the popular Logan River Trail. Total cost is estimated to exceed $2.2 million.

With Cache County as the lead partner, Logan and the U.S. Forest Service are cooperating to secure a federal grant.

- Arrin Newton Brunson

3-plus dogs? Get a kennel license

The Cache County Council is working to limit growth in at least one area of the northern Utah county's surging population - dogs. Council members tweaked the animal-control ordinance this week.

"If [pet owners] own more than three dogs, they're required to get a kennel license," Cache County Clerk Jill Zollinger said. "To apply for this, they have to come before the Planning and Zoning Board."