News Headlines
Wednesday, August 20
Canyon Country Zephyr
- Jim Stiles: How the mega-rich are co-opting environmentalisma & turning IT into a big business
Tuesday, August 19
Salt Lake Tribune
- Utah still has highest birthrate in U.S., says the Census Bureau
- For Dem, guv race an uphill challenge
- Transit hearing today in Farmington
- Chamber director resigning her post
- Diversity on arts boards urged
- Rebecca Walsh: Is Salvia that big of a problem?
- Transportation secretary calls for more local control of freeways
- Third-graders reading better
- Bush-bashing bus goes on display in capital city
- Editorial: Compromised law: Mayors' pact best way to conclude district split
Standard-Examiner
- Locked & Loaded / Boys challenge toy gun ordinance, get results from mayor, city council
- Editorial: File appeals to ensure fairness
KUER
- Violent Crime Down, Property Crime Up in Utah
Logan Herald Journal
- Editorial: Taxes worth it to ease Main traffic
St. George Spectrum
- Op-ed: Shame on the voters who stayed away from polls in primary
Daily Herald
- Editorial: Council should be in the loop
KCPW
- County to Launch Anti-Idling Campaign
- SLC Mayor Ralph Becker Discusses The Leonardo with KCPW
- Sex Offender Bill Aims to Limit Communication Without Parental Consent
- City Leaders Cool On Revised Leonardo Plan
Deseret News
- Senators say Utah fiscally prepared
- UDOT to gauge tolls electronically
- Utah's birthrate highest in U.S.
- College in Salt Lake City joins initiative on alcohol
- GOP ready to tackle state referendum law
- Utah can still boast low crime
- Senate leaders don't like state's 4-day workweek
- 3rd-graders improve in reading
- Romney endorses Chaffetz for Congress
- Meeting to discuss lake's water quality
- 16 companies getting funds from rural-aid program
Monday, August 18
Deseret News
- Taxes unchanged? Keep eye on fees
- Conservative Utah group has returned
- Medicare to try Web access program
- Times are tough, but Utahns are still giving
- John Florez: Let the people — not politics — choose Board of Education
Standard-Examiner
- Officials use marketing, incentives to lure businesses
- Editorial: Self-deportation may take time
- Op-ed: We need what 'Big Oil' provides us
- Op-ed: A list of proposals to alleviate the current oil crisis
- Op-ed: Mineral harvesting at quality-assured
Logan Herald Journal
- School review: USU 1 of West's best
KCPW
- Utah Democrats Heading to Convention Soon
Salt Lake Tribune
- Parents must wait for school NCLB data
- Rolly: Unconstitutional? The state says don't sweat it
- China, U. students to cover election
- Still-rural area tries to avoid Park City 'pitfalls'
Sunday, August 17
Salt Lake Tribune
- Utah Theater gets a bad review as an option for a new venue
- Activists work to expand 'blue sea'
- Mexican nationals get a little help from home in St. George
- Becker may dump The Leonardo for something else
- Utah congressmen collect less than average in small donations
- 'Morley's Law' stirs the debate on fairness
- Rolly: Some legislators are rattling sabres over governor's four-day workweek
- Op-ed: Unbinding Utah GOP delegates would disrespect rule of law
Standard-Examiner
- Editorial: Same old song and dance
Daily Herald
- Democratic party registration sluggish
- Proposed changes to state health insurance programs face fight
- Editorial: Keep good news coming, UTA
Logan Herald Journal
- Assessor inflating home values?
- Clarkston tax hike may not have been mistake after all
St. George Spectrum
Deseret News
- Firm touts low-water shale recovery
- Sederburg to take reins on Monday
- Lee Benson: Utah's gas pricing not that unusual
- Ogden is climbing in recreation rankings
- Pignanelli & Webb: Electoral College or popular vote best?
- Op-ed: Legislature micromanages school issues
Saturday, August 16
Deseret News
- Utah Demo wants end to attacks on Romney
- Mayors propose Jordan District compromise
- College-student voters to be recruited
- More may qualify for CHIP, Medicaid
- Out-of-state firms' interest in Utah still going strong
- Editorial: ACT results encouraging
Standard-Examiner
- Editorial: More elbow room on I-15
St. George Spectrum
- Mayor: Cedar City has rosy future
Daily Herald
- State hospital to see few changes from four-day work week
- New iProvo owner can't make deal with second ISP
- BYU studies four-day work week
- New Utah County schools set to open
Salt Lake Tribune
- So you think you know Hinckley director Kirk Jowers ...
- Qwest, Comcast spar over taxes
- Compromise gets cool reception
- Western attorneys general honor Utah's chief deputy
- Wasatch cost of living catapults past national average
- Cephalon to grow its Utah presence
- Op-ed: Western climate initiative may get us out of fossil fuel mess
Friday, August 15
Salt Lake Tribune
- Candidate says he shares Jesus' political views
- Mexican consulate to aid nationals in St. George
- Clean-water rules spark spat
- So you think you know Hinckley director Kirk Jowers ...
- Inflation rips a hole in Utahns' budgets
- Editorial: Sevier subterfuge: County out to foil efforts of its citizens
- Editorial: Oxbow Jail: Council jumps the gun, reopens jail
- Op-ed: MSHA report on Crandall Canyon mine misplaces blame
Standard-Examiner
- Votes split on school tax increase
Tooele Transcript Bulletin
- School board votes to collect more taxes
- Stansbury trustees propose tax hike
Daily Herald
- Sentencing delayed for former EM mayoral candidate
- Utah Valley tourism staying afloat despite challenges
- Man will face trial for alleged threats against officials
- Editorial: Time for cities to trim costs?
KCPW
- Declining Sales Tax Revenues Hit UTA Where it Hurts
- Declaration of Independence Spends a Few Days in Utah
- "Unity" Name of the Game At Democratic National Convention
- High Gas Prices Draw Governor's Attention
Davis County Clipper
- Property tax appeals pouring in
- Davis County unemployment climbing
St. George Spectrum
- Grant awarded to help city hire firefighters
Deseret News
- 'Major renovation' announced for downtown First Security Bank building
- Olympic gold medalist's Darfur message heard only from U.S. soil
- Global warming blamed for increased wildfire risk
- Demos launch attack on Romney
- Salt Lake City theater-site talks are under way
- Jordan transition teams duel over financial data
- Inflation in Utah twice U.S. rate
- State-tax credit spurs Cephalon to expand its Salt Lake City operations
- Governor is reviewing plan for economic development
- Bob Bernick Jr.: Utah Democrats hoping for a few small victories
Thursday, August 14
Deseret News
- Uninsured children not getting vital health care
- Utah has youngest population in U.S.
- HAFB to start developing underused west side
- 4 Salt Lake County cities OK property-tax hikes
- Work on Station Park gets under way
- Sugar House project gets conditional OK
- Becker backs speedy review for green projects
- American Fork approves property-tax hike
- Alpine undecided about salary hike
- Huntsman says state to monitor gas prices
- BLM is working to plan best use of land
Standard-Examiner
- Falcon Hill -- it's official
- Editorial: Davis losing an exceptional player
KCPW
- Where Will County Find Money for Oxbow?
- Wrap-Up of County Council Meeting with Randy Horiuchi
St. George Spectrum
- Senator tours Coal Creek project
- Benson appointed to advisory council
- Editorial: Illegal wagering?
Logan Herald Journal
- $15M bond for county roads OK'd
Daily Herald
City Weekly
- Hits & Misses: Petroglyphs, Tooele Anthrax & Baby-Makin' Latinos
- Holly Mullen: At Last: Utah gay and lesbian couples can at least find wedded bliss in California
KUER
- Utah Foundation Transportation Study
Salt Lake Tribune
- Rare copy of Declaration of Independence coming to Utah
- Herriman opposes freeway tolls
- Utah to be 20% minority by 2010
- UTA eyes route cuts if sales taxes remain flat
- Sugar House development gets green light after 2 1/2-year fight
- Split may leave Jordan's west side $16M short
- Property tax jumps jolt business owners
- Lawsuit claims info was withheld
- Aerospace park closer to reality
Wednesday, August 13
Salt Lake Tribune
- Property tax to rise, but not much
- Petitioners kill West Jordan property tax hike
- Utah ACT scores up, but are students ready for college?
- SLC wants smaller carbon footprint
- Oxbow to get $640,000 face-lift from S.L. County
- Paul Rolly: Fallout from guv's new workweek widespread
- City Council OKs 200% increase to property taxes
- Group: Officials trying to stop ballot initiative
- Mukasey: Reports so far show nothing criminal
- Less money, smaller changes, but zoo measure goes on ballot
Standard-Examiner
- After 10 years of work on 14-mile stretch, Legacy opening early
St. George Spectrum
- Residents flock to protest tax
- East-side communities plan tax rate increases
Daily Herald
- Billings: Provo to face rough fiscal year
- Am. Fork tax increase is less than expected
- Editorial: Utah's energy crossroads
KCPW
- County Revises Hogle Zoo Bond
- State's HR Director: Old Provision in Constitution Doesn't Apply to New Four-Ten Workweek
- Salt Lake City Lays Out Ambitious Carbon Reduction Goal
Davis County Clipper
- Tax notices make for unhappy campers
- Taxes cause heartburn at legislative meeting
- Party lines - Property tax changes, more harm than good?
- Party lines - Property tax changes, more harm than good?
Park Record
- Minuteman Project will face immigrants in Park City
Tooele Transcript Bulletin
- EnergySolutions garners award for safe work environment
- Ann Herron: Four-day workweek doesn't work well for all customers
Logan Herald Journal
- Valley tourism gets grant boost
Deseret News
- Utah bests national ACT scores
- FrontRunner South line work to begin
- Funds OK'd to prepare Oxbow for reopening
- East Jordan Board ranks priorities for new district
- Group says industry lobbyists try to 'water down' climate initiative
- Council eases restrictions on zoo bond
- Provo's push for the Good Landlord Plan put on hold
- Utah unemployment rate rose to 3.5% in July
- Broadweave turning beleaguered iProvo around
- Salt Lake City resolution vows to shrink emissions
- Huntsman doomed merger, lawsuit says
- Danish group to study Utah energy policies
Tuesday, August 12
Deseret News
- Will Utah GOP release Mitt's delegates?
- Comments sought on K-12 student testing
- Outlook of Utah executives is the gloomiest in 2 years
- Davis official named director of Salt Lake City planning division
- Davis County seeking new director of economic development
Standard-Examiner
St. George Spectrum
- School district proposes tax increase
KCPW
- Workshop Teaches Citizens to Get on Their Soapbox
- New SLC Planning Director from Davis County
Daily Herald
- Economy: Poll: Utah executives' optimism shifts down
- In iProvo's wake, council hopes to fix property sale process
Salt Lake Tribune
- Utah County to get started on FrontRunner
- Familiar face to lead SLC planning
- Editorial: No management plan: BLM makes gift of land to off-roaders, drillers
- Editorial: Voter fraud: Right entails responsibility
Monday, August 11
Salt Lake Tribune
- Rolly: Is 10-hour workday a huge oops?
- Q&A session suddenly enters comic, personal gray area for Corroon
- Activist is taking on climate change
- Editorial: John and Jane Does should govern resort town
- Editorial: Kids trading photos should not face felony charge
Standard-Examiner
- Editorial: Penalties should be paid
KCPW
- Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Wraps Up Today at Salt Palace
- The American Mall Producers Urge State to Improve Film Incentive
Deseret News
- Vouchers likely to play big role in District 8
- Zoo officials seek change to bond proposal
- LDS Church suited for green push
- John Florez: Parents/taxpayers should hold schools accountable
- Op-ed: A new mix 'n' match Utah
Sunday, August 10
Deseret News
- How will oil-shale development affect Utah's parks and recreation areas?
- Tax hearings bring out residents
- Salt Lake County nominates new emergency chief
- South Jordan manager takes job in Florida
- Salt Lake taxes aren't up ... exactly
- Man tours U.S. in eco-vehicle, extols outdoor activity
- Groups oppose plans to close abandoned mines
- Will oil shale turn into a boon or environmental mess?
- Jay Evensen: Townships win praise because they work well
- Pignanelli & Webb: What's best way to fill State School Board
- Op-ed: Gay marriage is essential to equal civil rights for all
St. George Spectrum
- Editorial: Flaky tax formula
Daily Herald
- Editorial: Gauging seriousness
Salt Lake Tribune
- Obama opens a Utah office, a first for Dems
- Streetcars may someday return to Sugar House
- Utah cities hold hearings on property tax hikes
- Rolly: Where Christensen barged ahead, Swallow was wary on donations
- Op-ed: Hogle Zoo's idea of compromise is no compromise at all
- Op-ed: Balanced approach needed to solve energy crisis
- Op-ed: Don't let thirsty Las Vegas suck the life out of Utah
- Op-ed: Tax benefits make now a great time to buy a home
Saturday, August 9
Salt Lake Tribune
- Utah congressional delegations generally toes party line
- Utahns fume over Friday lockout
- Officials hear update on plans for pipeline projects
- Businessman named to Regents board
- Riverton council schedules hearing on tax increase
- BLM proposes 2 million acres for oil exploration, off-roading
- Trade show gets so big that the Salt Palace can't hold it
- Housing for poor gets big boost
- Editorial: Reopen Oxbow?: County council needs to weigh options
Standard-Examiner
- Op-ed: The Food Stamp Program works
KCPW
- Students Discuss Voter Motivation at the U
- Three
Environmental Groups Sue BLM over Nine Mile Canyon
- Blue Ribbon Panel
to Tour State with Recommendations on Standardized Tests
Park Record
- Taxi driver wants to be mayor
Logan Herald Journal
- Clarkston reacts to tax increase typo
Deseret News
- Short week spurs some long faces
- Management & Training Corp. president is appointed regent
- 3 groups are suing to protect petroglyphs
- 52 Utah entities awarded $2.3M to promote tourism