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Brigham City prepares for summer operations
Brigham City discussed the hiring of approximately 110 seasonal employees during the May 21 City Council meeting as departments prepare for the city’s busiest summer months. The seasonal workers support operations including parks, recreation pr...
Ag disaster loans available
Utah agricultural producers in all 29 counties are now eligible to apply for emergency drought relief loans through the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food after Gov. Spencer Cox issued a new statewide drought emergency declaration. Applica...
Willard City, Box Elder County county approve Historic Orchard Pathway trail agreement
The Willard City Council approved an interlocal agreement May 7 tied to a proposed five-mile shared-use pedestrian and bicycle trail along the UTA-owned Historic Orchard Pathway corridor. The agreement between Willard City, Box Elder County and...
Perry bike park, trail ribbon cuttings planned for June 13
Perry City will host ribbon cuttings on June 13 for both the new Kiwanis Gravity Bike Park and a newly completed section of the Historic Orchard Pathway trail along 1200 West. According to information provided by Perry City Administrator Robert...
Brigham City restricts future storage projects on 1200 West corridor
The Brigham City Council approved an ordinance amendment Thursday restricting future self-storage development along portions of the city’s western industrial corridor. The amendment removes self-storage facilities as a conditional use west of 1...
Mantua eyes potential cuts, restructuring in 2026-2027 budget
Looking ahead to the next fiscal year, Mantua is facing a 3,000 deficit that they hope to balance with cuts and restructuring. The deficit originated from a combination of lost revenue sources, rising operational costs, and long-standing utilit...
Utah drought emergency raises concerns for Box Elder water supplies, irrigation season
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox declared a statewide drought emergency Thursday as state officials warned runoff conditions in northern Utah are already trailing parts of the severe 2021 drought. The governor’s executive order states all 29 Utah counties...
BC Police renew request for any information in fatal hit-and-run case
Brigham City police are again asking the public for help identifying the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run that killed 65-year-old Angela “Angie” Kjar last year. The Brigham City Police Department renewed its appeal this month, saying inve...
Gold Star Families honored
A Gold Star Family Walk was held at the newly updated Midland Square Park in Tremonton the grass was filled with white crosses and lined with flags for Saturday’s event. The walk was a 2-mile excursion which visited the two area cemeteries and ...
Bees ousted from state tourney in first round after 10-17 season
It was a season of ups and downs for the Box Elder High School baseball team as the Bees finished with a 10- 17 overall record, including a 9-9 mark in region play, before their season ended with a first-round playoff loss to Woods Cross. The s...
Bees beat expectations for second straight season
Just three months ago, the Box Elder High School boys volleyball team was picked to finish second in Region 5 behind Clearfield after graduating four seniors who led the team in many statistical categories. The Bees were also adjusting to a new...
Discovery expansion construction contract brings discussion about support for district building plans
A construction contract to expand Discovery Elementary was approved by the Box Elder School District Board of Education on Wednesday, May 13. According to BESD Facilities Director Corey Thompson, the addition includes 12 new classrooms; two to ...
Willard budget would raise employee wages with no tax increase
The Willard City Council approved a tentative 2026- 27 budget Thursday that includes proposed employee raises and planned use of reserve funds for future city projects, but no proposed property tax increase. Ryan Child of Child Richards CPAs pr...
Honeyville mayor proposes increase to city's water rates
Following discussion of the issue in April, Honeyville Mayor Bruce Nelson last week put forward a proposal to increase Honeyville’s water rates. Honeyville’s water rates have remained unchanged since February of 2017, resulting in those rates l...
Memorial Day cemetery prep
Crews began preparing the Brigham City Cemetery for Memorial Day on Monday, May 18. Preparations including mowing, trimming and weeding usually take the entire week to complete. Sprinklers will be turned off Friday afternoon through the end of ...
Post provides meals for pantry
About 20 employees of Post Consumer Brands in Tremonton assembled food packs for the Tremonton Food Pantry last month that provided 2,650 meals to local families facing food insecurity through Post’s Ingredients for Good volunteer initiative. T...
Perry City presents 2026-2027 budget with 13.33% tax increase
The Perry City Council accepted a tentative .05 million general fund budget and approved a Truth in Taxation hearing schedule during its May 14 meeting as the council weighed a proposed property tax increase tied to rising operational costs. Th...
Members of 'determined' 'caring' senior class set to graduate next week
See our graduation special section in this edition. Approximately 478 members of the Box Elder High School Class of 2026 will celebrate graduation at a commencement ceremony on Tuesday, May 26, at 6 p.m., in the Dee Events Center at Weber State...
County commissioners defend Stratos vote amid backlash, heavy security at regular meeting
The Box Elder County Commission defended its approval of the Stratos data center project Wednesday during a tense meeting at the county’s justice court building, where heightened security measures followed threats and disruptions tied to the co...
Different standards, obligations, timelines resulted in release of couple suspected in child abuse death
Tremonton-Garland police arrested a Tremonton couple earlier this month in connection with the death of their 11-year-old child, but the pair was later released after prosecutors did not file formal charges within Utah’s required filing deadlin...
Fire and ice
Different methods to help save fruit crops following an early bloom had limited success. Jordan Riley owner of Grammy’s Fruit Stand said, “We did catch one small break due to our efforts: one block of our peaches made it. But for everything els...
Box Elder Girls track team follows up 13th region title with 5A state championship win
With four first-place finishes, the Box Elder High School girls track team’s depth was on display as they put up 83 points to claim the 5A Utah State Championship over runners up Salem Hills and Springville, who scored 58 points. The state titl...
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 ...
