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‘No Child’ results show subgroups in need
DAVIS COUNTY — The principal at one of the Davis County schools who received a failing grade in this year’s Adequate Yearly Progress ( AYP ) report was honored as a National Distinguished Prin...
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Ray proposes controversial immigration resolution
SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield has stepped into a firestorm. Ray has proposed a resolution that would deny U.S. citizenship to children born to illegals. During a press confe...
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Briefly speaking: Sept. 2, 2010
Local arrested for attempted murder of kids SOUTH WEBER — A woman was taken into custody and will likely be charged with attempted murder after she allegedly tried to poison her two daughters ...
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Davis County crime report: No homicides, lots of theft
DAVIS COUNTY — Davis County has all the things people could hope for when looking for a place to live. Beautiful landscaping, terrific schools and great neighborhoods. But Davis County also ha...
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The old homestead is gone
The old Slim Olson house at 2476 S. 500 West, in Bountiful, has been torn down to make room for an Internet car dealership owned by Kentson Car Co. LLC . The house hasn’t been owned by the Olson ...
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Preventing ID theft part of Bountiful Emergency Fair
BOUNTIFUL — The ever-growing threat and reach of identity theft will be among topics covered at the Bountiful City Emergency Preparedness Fair Saturday, Sept. 11. The free annual fair will be fr...
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Warning: Don’t touch bats, dead or alive
LAYTON — With four kids recently exposed to a bat in Layton, Davis County health officials are asking parents throughout the county to warn their children of the danger of touching bats. “The ...
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Two Clearfield attorneys receive NACC certification
CLEARFIELD — Two assistant Utah attorneys general working with the Child Protection Division in Clearfield have been certified by the National Association of Counsel for Children. S. Katharina C...
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Realignment could bring changes for high school sports
With the initial meeting by the Utah High School Activities Association on the subject of realignment in the books, details emerging are showing the moves will be very significant. The changes of ...
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NATASHA Tingey (left), and Tracy Roddom of the Davis County Animal Shelter, hold One-eyed Jack, a wounded stray they recently rescued. ‘One-eyed Jack’ rescued and waiting
FRUIT HEIGHTS — They call him One-eyed Jack, and he follows them around the office and accompanies them on calls and even goes home at the end of the day with one of his new-found friends. “...
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Clearfield Children’s Choir seeks singers
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CLEARFIELD — Young singers are needed for the new season of the Clearfield Community Children’s Choir, which starts practices Wednesday, Sept. 8. Practices will be held each Wednesday from 6:30 p...
KSL’s Kevin Eubank: ‘No such thing as bad weather’
by Jenniffer Wardell
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BOUNTIFUL — The rain that screws up a weekend family gathering may be just the thing some dry lakebed desperately needs. The dual nature of weather is embraced by Kevin Eubank, the meteorologist ...
Speech contest deadline imminent
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The deadline is imminent for speech contest entries for Freedom’s Light, Bountiful’s Constitution Days Celebration. Those wishing to submit speeches for the competition must submit them by Sept. 1...
Farmington city manager ready to call it a career
by Scott Schulte
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FARMINGTON — “I leave this position without any equivocation that I have given the people of Farmington and this job my all.” After 33 years, Farmington City Manager Max Forbush is retiring in Dec...
Cones and cars in store for Kaysville on Sept. 8
by Louise R. Shaw
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KAYSVILLE — What started when Gordon Christensen invited his neighbors over to celebrate the invention of the ice cream cone, is now a two-city event celebrating not only cones but cars. Cold Co...
Layton Youth Court offers alternative for young offenders
by Tom Busselberg
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LAYTON — Youth courts, such as Layton’s which is in its 14th year, provide an option for young offenders as well as a way to provide service for a handful of high schoolers. Layton is the county’...
Volunteers to converge for Sept. 8 Day of Caring
by Tom Busselberg
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KAYSVILLE — More than 100 volunteers from four Davis County businesses will put their elbow grease to work, Sept. 8, to aid a variety of human service agencies. It’s all part of the United Way of ...
Local juvenile court judge dies after fall
by Melinda Williams
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FARMINGTON — Presiding 2nd District Court Juvenile Judge Kathleen M. Nelson died Tuesday as the result of a fall at her home on Saturday. Nelson, 59, was in a “unique situation” in the state, pres...
Dizziness is symptom, not disease in itself
by Melinda Williams
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WEST BOUNTIFUL — People who refer to their vertigo as a disease are mistaken. It’s a symptom, a balance disorder caused by some other condition, sometimes high blood pressure, tumors or strokes. ...
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By MIKE BAKER 2010-09-02T23:45:40Z
BUXTON, N.C. (AP) -- The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 115 mph winds Thursday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and potentially most destructive stop on the storm's projected journey up the Eastern Seaboard....
Thu Sep 02 18:45:40 -0500 2010
By ALAN SAYRE 2010-09-02T23:42:52Z
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed....
Thu Sep 02 18:42:52 -0500 2010