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Bees top Knights, fall to Bengals, hit road for state playoffs
The Box Elder High School girls lacrosse team wrapped up the regular season last week with a key 7-6 senior night win over Northridge on Wednesday before falling 19-5 to fourth-ranked Brighton, giving the Bees an opportunity to sharpen their pl...
Boys takes momentum into playoffs with dominant region wins
The Box Elder High School boys lacrosse team enters the 5A state playoffs with momentum after closing the regular season with dominant victories over Northridge and Clearfield, pushing the Bees to a 13-4 overall record and the 11th seed in the ...
Boys tennis team claims first region championship since 80s
Bees capture first region tennis title in four decades The Box Elder High School boys tennis team completed a historic season last week by capturing the program’s first region championship since the mid-1980s. The Bees capped an undefeated run ...
Box Elder High School Region 5 Championship results
Girls results 100-meter dash: 1. Kassidee Kid, 8. Sevia Sommer; 100-meter hurdles: 5. Oaklee Wylie; 200 meter dash: 1. Kaylan Anderson, 6. Sevia Sommer; 300-meter hurdles: 3. Ariana Poll; 400-meter dash: 1. Kaylan Anderson, 4. Kyra Gibby; 800-m...
Track teams continue dominance of Region 5
The Box Elder High School boys and girls track and field teams continued their dominance in Region 5 with the girls winning their 13th consecutive championship and the boys winning their fifth last week at the region championship at Box Elder H...
BC extends school resource officer agreement with school district
The Brigham City Council on Thursday approved a new long-term agreement with the Box Elder School District for school resource officer services, extending a partnership city officials described as beneficial for both schools and law enforcement...
Tremonton investigators allege child's suicide was staged
A Tremonton couple accused in the death of their 11-year-old child was ordered held without bail this week after investigators alleged the father staged the scene to resemble a suicide and uncovered what court documents describe as years of abu...
Stratos fallout continues as referendum effort emerges, other questions remain
The fight over the proposed Stratos hyperscale data center and power plant project intensified in the days following the Box Elder County Commission’s May 4 vote, with opponents launching a referendum effort, developers withdrawing a closely wa...
Proposed Brigham City property tax increase sparks questions about recreation plans, city's priorities
Brigham City Mayor DJ Bott proposed a 12.93% property tax revenue increase last Thursday, telling the city council that rapid growth, rising infrastructure demands and expanding operational costs are placing increasing pressure on city services...
13th straight region title added to trophy case
The Box Elder High School girls and boys track and field teams both claimed yet another region championship from the Region 5 meet held last week at Box Elder High School. The girls took home their 13th consecutive title while the boys extended...
Bees continue roll through region with wins over Northridge, Fremont
The Box Elder High School softball team continued to roll through region play last week as it picked up convincing wins over both Northridge and Fremont. The Bees quickly dispatched the Knights 15-0 in just four innings on Tuesday afternoon, th...
Home field no advantage in Bees' series against Royals
The road teams reigned supreme last week as the Box Elder High School baseball team took both games they played at Roy on Tuesday and Friday while the Royals came out on top on Wednesday in Brigham City. Tuesday’s game was shaping up to be a hi...
Did you know?
The first computer mouse was rectangular and made of wood It was invented by Douglas Engelbart in 1964. The mouse consisted of a single or pair of wheels to translate motion into movement on a screen. Engelbart patented the mouse as the ‘X- Y P...
Brigham City to host rabies vaccination, licensing clinic Saturday at Pioneer Park
Brigham City will host a rabies vaccination and dog license clinic on Saturday, May 9, from 10 a.m. to noon at the city’s parks and recreation building at Pioneer Park, 203 N. 600 West. Animals must be secured; dogs on leashes and cats in carri...
County approves transportation funding requests
The Box Elder County Commission on April 22 approved transportation corridor preservation funding for projects in Willard and Garland, approving a rightof way purchase for Willard’s future 300 East corridor and partial funding for a Garland roa...
Brigham City man held without bail on 10 felony counts tied to child exploitation case
A 19-year-old Brigham City man is being held without bail after prosecutors filed 10 felony counts alleging he possessed child sexual abuse material following an FBI investigation. Kyler Yodi Glover is charged in First District Court with 10 co...
County approves another $5,000 for sheriff radios following dispatch split
The Box Elder County Commission on April 22 approved another ,000 for sheriff’s department handheld radio encryption, adding to earlier spending tied to the county’s emergency communications split. Box Elder County Auditor Shirlene Larsen told ...
Sheriff Potter responds to allegation as investigations into impairment continue
Box Elder County Sheriff Kevin Potter is responding publicly to allegations that he was impaired during a January encounter that has drawn widespread attention, saying he did not break the law and expects ongoing investigations to confirm that....
Controversial data center to move forward after commission vote
On Monday, from a small antechamber of the Box Elder County Fairgrounds’ Fine Arts Building, the Box Elder County Commission made a controversial vote to approve two resolutions that set the stage to begin the process of developing the proposed...
Box Elder County awards $187,680 in tourism grants for 2026 projects
The Box Elder County Commission approved 7,680 in Tourism Tax Advisory Board grants on April 8, funding projects across the county aimed at attracting visitors. The grants are funded through a 4.25% tax on hotel stays and a 1% tax on restaurant...
State wildlife resources seeks Utahns to adopt captive desert tortoises
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources currently has 15 desert tortoises available for adoption and is accepting applications. Mojave desert tortoises, native to areas north and west of the Colorado River in Arizona, Utah, Nevada and Californi...
Girls drop to 5-7 after losing games to Copper Hills, Bonneville
The Box Elder High School girls lacrosse team dropped two games last week, falling 17-7 to Copper Hills in a non-region showdown last Thursday, and 13-10 against Bonneville at home on Friday. The Bees knew they’d have their hands full against t...
