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BRIGHAM CITY—The problems that have come with UTOPIA continue to cause worry and questions for residents of Brigham City. Mayor Tyler Vincent, along with the mayors of several other UTOPIA cities has proposed putting the deal with Macqaurie on the ballot and letting the voters decide. However, state law states there is not enough time to do this.

Pleasant View—peaches are being harvested right now at the North Ogden, Utah, Orchard, and it’s looking to be a record-breaking harvest when all is said and done. Volunteers and service missionaries at the orchard started picking the peaches August 16 and go until mid-September. After that, the peaches will be sent to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Boise Cannery where all the fruit is canned for the Church. From there, the peaches are sent all over the U.S. and the world, helping all sorts of people from different walks of life.

Dear Fellow Board Members,

When I was a new hire at the Cache County Attorney's Office nearly two decades ago, Cache County Attorney Scott Wyatt told me something that I have never forgotten and that is we, as government employees, cannot pick and choose which laws, policies and rules we follow - we must follow them all. I have never forgotten that wise counsel and it has served me well through my personal and professional endeavors.

Dear Fellow Board Members,

When I was a new hire at the Cache County Attorney's Office nearly two decades ago, Cache County Attorney Scott Wyatt told me something that I have never forgotten and that is we, as government employees, cannot pick and choose which laws, policies and rules we follow - we must follow them all. I have never forgotten that wise counsel and it has served me well through my personal and professional endeavors.

Danielle Chancellor-Checketts is the mother of nine children, a homeowner, a small business owner, and a licensed midwife. When Checketts and her husband built their home in Honeyville last year, they decided that rather than purchase and renovate a building for her clinic that they would change their home design to include a small business space in what would have been the mother-in-law suit.

South Willard is an un-incorporated part of Box Elder County between incorporated Willard City, Utah, and the Weber County line.  It is almost identical in population and land mass as Willard City with each area having about 1,800 residents.  A committee of about 12 residents of South Willard was commissioned about 10 years ago by Box Elder County to provide input for a South Willard part of the Box Elder County plan.  That same committee has a “residue” (annexation committee) of about 6 or 7 people that have proposed continuing the annexation of South Willard by Willard City, according to

North Ogden - June 3 served as a special day for the residents of North Ogden as ground breaking took place on the site of the new Public Works Facility. The facility, located at 160 East Pleasant View Drive, will include some vastly needed new changes in order to better serve the North Ogden area.

Since the Common Core curriculum has been accepted and implemented throughout the State of Utah, there has been a lot of confusion about what Common Core is, how it affects Utah, who funded it and why it was implemented in the first place.

Common Core is a list of learning objectives that encourage teachers to help students find deeper meaning and engage them on more levels of learning in subjects such as mathematics, reading, and language arts.

June 24 Primary Election Results – Heidi Mead

Weber County: Justin Fawson defeated Dan Duel in the State House District 7 race. He will be up against Democrat Camille Neider and Libertarian Roger Condie in November.  Leann Kilts defeated Ernest Rowley to become the new Recorder/Surveyor.  There will be no Challengers against Kilts in November.  Brent Richardson defeated John Bradley and Steven Elsnab to serve on the Weber School Board District 3.

 UTOPIA has almost become a dreaded word for council members of Brigham City as they try to deal with the very complex issues that have risen with trying to bring wonderfully fast fiber optic internet service to the residents of Brigham City. At first the appeal seemed too hard to pass up, fast cheap internet, everywhere? Why the possibilities were endless, tourists would flock to the small cities, businessmen would come in droves, why city coffers would be overflowing with abundance thanks to it.