Bluffdale News

An unattended brawl between several prisoners sent one man to the hospital Saturday.

Iraqi children reach for wristbands and American flags being handed out Wednesday during a picnic hosted by volunteers from the Utah National Guard at Camp Williams in Bluffdale.

More than most, Rabeh Morad knows the frustration of his fellow refugees. The Iraqi man was "compensated" with a $112,000 insurance check after a bomb ripped through an Army Humvee two years ago, severely injuring Morad and killing the lieutenant for whom he translated.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Nearly a quarter of the contract work to build FrontRunner commuter rail from Salt Lake City to Provo is complete, but there's plenty of heavy lifting to come.

Allegations of insider trading privileges flew when news broke in March that UTA board member Terry Diehl had a financial interest in the team aimed at developing a large new project next to a proposed FrontRunner stop in Draper.

Folks here want to keep the Salt Lake County sheriff in town. On Thursday, more than 60 Holladay residents packed a City Council hearing, praising the Sheriff's Office and panning a proposal to contract with neighboring Cottonwood Heights for police services, instead.

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A man who was kidnapped in Mexico Monday has been released. Meredith Romney is the former temple President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Chihuahua, Mexico, temple.

In the otherwise fascinating article about muckraking ["How to Keep Tabs on the Man," May 28, City Weekly ], I noticed an omission.

A girl from Bluffdale is safe thanks to a neighbor who rescued her just as her home went up in flames Thursday night.

Tiana Swensen had just come home from piano practice when she smelled the smoke.

A two-alarm fire ripped through a Bluffdale home Thursday night, causing more than $1 million in damage.

A two-alarm fire in Bluffdale had several agengies responding. The blaze broke out at 1058 W. Pheasant Tail Dr.

Instead of voting to levy a tax that would have essentially cured the city's ailing budget on the spot, the City Council agreed to meet in a special session next week to discuss more areas to cut back.

Jordan School District is bracing for significant change. On July 1, the mammoth district will split, creating the new Canyons School District.

The new look of Salt Lake County law enforcement took a step closer to reality Tuesday as the County Council unanimously approved a resolution to start work on defining the service area for the Unified Police Department.

Inquiring minds want to know: A new Salt Lake Valley Health Department online database was launched last month to let people look at inspection records of food establishments, so which are the best of the best - or the worst of the worst? The Deseret News dove into the data to answer that.

The Bluffdale City Council is putting the city's building inspector on the chopping block in an effort to trim its budget.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is investigating a report that posthumous temple ordinances were performed for President Barack Obama's deceased mother.

But for the inmates at the Utah State Prison, it's not like they can just run down to the nearest drive-thru when they get hungry.