Utah lawmakers approved new congressional boundaries Monday, adopting Map C, a Republican plan that divides Salt Lake County into two districts instead of four, as the previous map did. The vote came in an Oct. 6 special session ordered after courts struck down Utah’s 2021 map. The Legislature passed the plan 22-7 in the Senate and 55- 18 in the House, according to official roll calls. All Democrats and the chamber’s lone Forward Party member opposed the bill. One Senate Republican, Dan McCay of Riverton, and five House Republicans — James Dunnigan, Steve Eliason, Karianne Lisonbee, Grant Miller and Raymond...

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The Box Elder High School girls volleyball team picked up crucial region wins last week when they outlasted the Royals on the road in five sets before hosting Clearfield and winning in straight sets on Thursday. The Bees easily dispatched the Royals in their first meeting last month, and things seemed to be headed in a similar direction the Bees cruised to a 25-12 win in the first set. The Royals showed some fight and kept the second set tight and eventually ended up evening the match with a 25-22 win. The Bees reasserted their dominance in the third with...

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The Brigham City Council signed off Oct. 2 on a plan for 32 new townhomes on six acres at 1255 N. Main Street, clearing the way for more housing on the city’s growing north side even as members raised questions about density, parking, and infrastructure. Heritage Land Development, represented by Garth Day, plans to build Cardamine Village, a cluster of two- and three-bedroom townhomes arranged around public streets and private drives. The neighborhood includes about two acres of open space, a trail connecting 50 West to Main Street, and landscaped fencing along the highway. Brigham City Planner Mark Bradley said...

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Leaders of the Box Elder County Republican Party presented thousands of petition signatures to the school board last month, urging trustees to reconsider a property tax increase approved in August that raised the district’s levy by 36.6%. The board voted 5-1 after a five-hour Truth in Taxation hearing on Aug. 14, where more than 60 people spoke in front of an overflow crowd. Box Elder School District Business Administrator Neil Stevens said rising costs for salaries, insurance, utilities and supplies had outpaced state funding, leaving the district dependent on local revenue. On a 0,000 home, the district’s portion of the...

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Brigham City police are still seeking information in a hit-and-run that killed a 65-year-old woman on Sept. 29. Police Chief Chad Reyes said officers were dispatched about 7:50 p.m. to the intersection of 850 South and 425 East on a report of a person down. When they arrived, they found a woman in the roadway with injuries consistent with being struck by a vehicle. Paramedics from the Brigham City Fire Department treated the victim at the scene before she was transported to Brigham City Community Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Family members later identified the victim as Angela “Angie”...

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A 36-year region title drought has come to an end, and the first year, “2025,” will be placed on the girls soccer region championship banner hanging in the Box Elder High School gym. “It’s hard to describe how proud I am of this group and what they’ve accomplished this season,” said head coach BJ Barber. The race for the region title was closely contested all season long and the outcome wasn’t clear until the Bees lost their last game of the season, 1-0, to West Field, resulting in the Bees sharing the title with Clearfield and West Field. While the...

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The Box Elder High School Key Club helped increase the fundraising efficiency of the Box Elder School District Foundation’s annual golf tournament on Sept. 18 by bringing in nearly 0 more through a contest on the eighth hole at Eagle Mountain Golf Course. The money raised by the club will go toward the foundation’s student health and wellness goal, which supplies food pantries for needy students in addition to clothing, shoes, school supplies, and more. The foundation has several fundraisers annually that raise money to support students and teachers in four areas: fine arts clinics and workshops, STEM projects and...

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Community members helped a local business get back to business after a fire resulted in damage to the lobby. The Brigham City Fire Department responded to a call Sunday morning at Old Grist Mill Bread Co., located at 750 W. 1075 South in Brigham City, where they quickly put out the blaze. Brigham City Fire Chief Brandon Thueson reported that the first calls came in at 7:43 a.m., with flames visible inside. As the business was closed on a Sunday, fire crews forced entry through the main door and found the building filled with smoke. “It was an ice machine,...

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Planning for the second Brigham City Open Billiards Tournament was well on its way—with Road Warriors for the Missing selected as beneficiary of the charitable event—when news broke on Aug. 17 that two Tremonton Garland Police officers had been killed responding to a domestic violence call and a sheriff’s deputy and his K9 partner had been injured. Tournament organizer, Erica Sandberg, along with Road Warriors’ co-founders Jason Clark and Josh Lancaster, quickly decided that the tournament would benefit two additional groups: The wife and children—the domestic violence victims—of the alleged shooter, and the families of the officers involved: Sgt. Lee...

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