Fruit Heights News

Will the city's popular water finale to the Fourth of July parade dry up and vanish? The Kaysville-Fruit Heights Civic Committee will review the annual parade during its regular meeting Wednesday at 7 p.m. at ...

Like the rest of Carbon County the Dino-Mine Adventure Park just keeps improving.

Some of the artwork taken from a Fruit Heights gallery in separate burglaries has been found.

Police say they've caught the culprit in a recent string of art gallery thefts - a former gallery employee with a criminal history.

A plane crashing into the Wasatch Mountains in Farmington Canyon is not the most likely of scenarios, but it's also not entirely out of the realm of possibility.

The 14-mile Legacy Parkway, in the works for more than a decade, is nearing completion.

Legacy Parkway, a 14-mile highway connecting Salt Lake City and its northern suburbs, is 80 percent built. via Kutv.com

“We have no idea what provoked it. He's doing OK. (But) it was pretty bad”

Elder Tyler Bowen, from Fruit Heights, had his jaw shattered during an attack Wednesday, his younger brother Jace Bowen confirmed. via Deseret News

“There are parts of that that are accurate and parts of that that are like, 'Wow, I've never heard some of those things before.' ”

Sen. Chris Buttars has kept his seat on the Senate committee reviewing judicial nominees because of Senate President John Valentine's interest in keeping his leadership spot, a Utah Bar Association official ... via Salt Lake Tribune

“He made it clear that what the Legislature did this session made a significant impact on the decision, the merger, which is very, very positive for Utah”

Senate Majority Leader Curtis Bramble says the trip he and other legislators took to Atlanta to meet with executives from Delta Air Lines may have paid off, in light of the company's merger announcement this ... via Salt Lake Tribune

“The sky is not falling, we are adjusting.”

Hawkins Homes is trying to lure buyers to a Fruit Heights subdivision with freebies such as flat-screen TVs, mini-fridges and theater-style popcorn machines. via Salt Lake Tribune

“The owner is saying, 'if we develop this in a different way, we can probably get our money back,' ”

Preserving a piece of the Old West in a growing urban city is more difficult than feuding with neighbors in removing it. via Standard-Examiner

“This name change does not impact the essence of the registry”

Salt Lake City is dumping "domestic partners" for "mutual commitment." Restrictions imposed by the Utah Legislature have led to a name change for the city's domestic partnership registry, a mechanism by which ... via Deseret News

Utah Senate President John Valentine has selected four of the eleven members who will serve on a legislative task force charged with developing a plan for health reform by the end of November. via Salt Lake Tribune

“We won't say, 'Your neighbor called us,' ”

Davis taking steps to prevent spring flooding FRUIT HEIGHTS -- Getting up the creek to help those down the creek is going to be easier with Davis County Public Works' newest piece of equipment. via Standard-Examiner

“I stand out in a field, and if my grandkids are with me, I point it out to them”

Sunday, March 16, 2008 By BECKY WRIGHT Standard-Examiner staff bwright@standard.net Every year, a white horse appears high in the Wasatch Mountains and then fades away. via Standard-Examiner

“It was an intent issue. He took money from someone under the guise of a loan, knowing he was never going to pay it back.”

A man who owes his friends and neighbors more than $140,000 began trying to pay back his debts last year, but will now be doing so from the Davis County Jail work center. via Standard.net

“We have a lot of other avenues to find out this information -- avenues that we've already been using”

In an attempt to stop activists from protesting outside the homes of U animal researchers, state lawmakers voted almost unanimously to make researchers' personal information harder to get. via The Daily Utah Chronicle

“I think the way our legislation is now positioned . . . is right, because we're going to want to see what the federal overlay is with respect to comprehensive reform and therefore how we can fill in the gaps or close whatever loopholes might exist”

Utah lawmakers delivered on the public's hunger for a big infusion of money for public education and tough new laws to prevent animal torture, but dropped the ball on residents' desire to see meaningful ethics ... via Salt Lake Tribune

“The mayor sees an important connection between extending health-care benefits to residents and the emotional support that comes with visiting loved ones at the hospital”

It appears the political wrangling is just getting started over a bill that sets guidelines for what benefits cities and counties can provide to unmarried couples. via Deseret Morning News