Utah County courts planning for future growth
Utah County's expanding population putting strain on area's judicial system

By Sara Israelsen-Hartley

Deseret News

Published: Friday, July 3, 2009 10:44 p.m. MDT
PROVO — If you love standing in lines, feeling squished and waiting for hours, this story isn't for you.

But for those who appreciate efficient, expanded court services, the Administrative Office of the Courts wants you to keep reading.

Court officials know that Utah County's population… Continue

New NSA center unveiled in budget documents

The security agency is set up to collect intelligence on foreign threats
By Matthew D. LaPlante

The Salt Lake Tribune


Salt Lake Tribune
Updated:07/02/2009 10:28:28 PM MDT


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The National Security Agency was so confident that its nearly $2 billion plan for a new data center in Utah would be approved by Congress that it began designing the facility last November.

NSA b… Continue

Saratoga councilman resigns to take corporate position

Lance Madigan - Daily Herald | Posted: Thursday, July 2, 2009 4:50 pm

SPRINGS -- City politicians and staff showed mixed emotion when they accepted the official resignation of Councilman Jefferson Moss last week. Several Saratoga Springs residents have applied for his position.

"I do expect to be back here soon," Moss said in closing at the… Continue

Follow Eagle Mountain City on Twitter

Eagle Mountain City is now on Twitter.

You can receive updates from Eagle Mountain City regarding road closures and other emergency notifications, news, and special events by accessing your Twitter account via your computer or on some cell phones.

You can set up a free


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Candidates file, make campaigns official

By Rebecca Palmer

Deseret News
Published: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 11:34 p.m. MDT

Sandy Mayor Tom Dolan's bid for a fifth term in office was among the campaigns made official Wednesday as the two-week filing period for municipal elections got under way.

Dolan started his career as a medical salesman but has spent the past 16 years as Sandy's top elected official. So far, he is the only candidate to file in the Sandy race.

Dolan won by jus… Continue

Utah Lake Master Plan formally adopted
By James Davis

Deseret News

Sen. Bob Bennett tries on a Utah Lake Commission fishing hat after the Utah Lake Master Plan adoption ceremony. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News


Published: Friday, June 26, 2009 6:25 p.m. MDT
PROVO — The future of Utah Lake seems bright, but it's only a start.

Utah Lake Commission chairman and Provo mayor Lewis Billings said that the… Continue

Road map in place for rehabilitating Utah Lake
By Donald W. Meyers

The Salt Lake Tribune
Updated:07/01/2009 05:13:21 PM MDT

Eagle Mountain Mayor Heather Jackson signs the Utah Lake Master Plan in June. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune )

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Provo » Formally adopting the… Continue

Rare fish in Utah shows signs of recovery
July 2nd, 2009 @ 12:57pm
By Mike Stark, AP Writer
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- Wildlife officials say an endangered Utah fish is showing signs of recovery.

The June sucker, which only lives in Utah Lake and its tributaries, made its first appearance this year at a restored creek near Springville.

Crews spent $1.3 million fixing up Hobble Creek last year so it could host the rare fish, which are named for their June spawning run.

Mike Mills, a local co… Continue

Psst. Big spy center is coming to Utah
By Lee Davidson and Amy Joi O'Donoghue

Deseret News

Published: Thursday, July 2, 2009 11:41 a.m. MDT
Psst. The super-secretive National Security Agency is about to build a huge, $1.9 billion data center at Camp Williams, Utah, to help spy on communications worldwide.

The planned work there is so sensitive and classified that Utah's congressional delegation is declining to talk about it, saying it doesn't want to accidentally step over any lines about wha… Continue

Spies like us: NSA to build huge facility in Utah
Civilian jobs » The facility could offer more than 1,000 high-tech jobs for the state.
By Matthew D. LaPlante

The Salt Lake Tribune


Salt Lake Tribune
Updated:07/02/2009 09:10:38 AM MDT


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Eagle Mountain mayor is first to run for re-election
Caleb Warnock - Daily Herald | Posted: Thursday, July 2, 2009 12:05 am

Eagle Mountain Mayor Heather Jackson registers as a mayoral candidate at the Eagle Mountain recorder's office Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Jackson is the first ever mayor of… Continue

Eagle Mountain - The Utah County town of Eagle Mountain has been named one of the fastest growing cities. Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune; 6.30.2009 (Trent Nelson)

Census: West Haven leads growth as boom fizzles elsewhere
Latest figures are from before much of the credit crunch and housing collapse.

By Matt Canham

The Salt… Continue

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Big boom in Utah 'burbs: 10 have doubled — or more — since 2000 Census

By Lee Davidson

Deseret News
Published: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 12:30 a.m. MDT

New census estimates released Wednesday reveal that 10 Utah cities have doubled their populations — or more — since the 2000 Census. Saratoga Springs in western Utah County has outpaced them all, growing 14-fold since then, from 1,162 residents in 2000 to 16,053 in 2008.

"We're a new city. A group of landowners who wanted to develo… Continue

Utah County, planners will use $3.5M to extend Eagle Mountain road

By Donald W. Meyers

The Salt Lake Tribune
Updated: 06/24/2009 06:27:27 PM MDT

Saratoga Springs Pony Express

The funding is now in place for the first leg of Eagle Mountain's Pony Express Parkway.

Utah County and Mountainland Association of Governments, the regional planni… Continue

Public-info officers band together

By Jennifer W. Sanchez

The Salt Lake Tribune
Updated: 06/24/2009 06:37:25 PM MDT


Most cities and counties have at least one employee who deals with communications.

Known variously as public information officers or public relations directors, they keep tabs on the Web site, plan events, keep residents up to date with city news, talk to news reporters and write newsletters.

Now they have an organization to help them keep up with changing technology and peop… Continue

The Ranches Golf Course, Eagle Mountain
Posted: Saturday, June 27, 2009 1:40 am


Introduction

The Ranches Golf Course in Eagle Mountain provides one of the most challenging and unique golf experiences in Utah County because of the high fescue grass that lines most of the course and because o… Continue

Locals get official news from Twitter

BY DAVID DEMILLE • ddemille@thespectrum.com • June 29, 2009



ST. GEORGE - The growing popularity of online networking sites across the globe has yielded a number of unexpected results, and the St. George area is no different.
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Young people, it seems, are following the news in growing numbers - 140 characters at a time.

"I get most of my news on the move," 23-year-old Jessica Van said Wednesday. With two jobs and classes to juggle,… Continue

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Carp pulled from Utah Lake in 2007 Daily Herald file photo

A quarter-million dollars of stimulus is going to the carp.

The money will be used to remove 1.2 million pounds of carp by using commercial seine nets… Continue

Relief for Eagle Mountain, Saratoga Springs commuters on the way
By James Davis

Deseret News

Published: Friday, June 26, 2009 7:43 p.m. MDT
Driving out to Saratoga Springs or Eagle Mountain is a bit laborious, but motorists from those two communities are getting a little relief.

Two separate projects in north Utah County will make the road to Saratoga Springs and beyond into Eagle Mountain much easier by next fall.

"We're pretty excited about it, as you could imagine," Eagle Mountain City Ma… Continue

I just returned from a week long business trip to our Nation's Capitol.

My business trip started out at a restaurant overlooking historic Fort McHenry where Francis Scot Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner.

… Continue