Granite News

The Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office is increasing its presence at Skyline High School following a recent threat.

The Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office stepped up its visible and undercover presence at Skyline High School on Monday after a janitor recently found a threat scrawled on a boys bathroom wall.

A school district that receives "equalization" money from other districts to help fund rapid enrollment growth should be held accountable for those funds, says Sen.

The City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday to annex 28 properties near Dimple Dell Park into Sandy, despite protests from Salt Lake County.

The Sandy City Council is slated to approve the annexation of about 13 acres near Dimple Dell Park despite protests from the county government and surrounding property owners.

Despite the Great Recession, voters in Utah opened their wallets to support a $125 million public safety complex in Salt Lake City and bond issues for schools in the Granite and Davis County districts.

As one citizens group from Salt Lake County's east-side Granite community moves forward with a campaign to acquire township status, another has decided it wants out - out of the township drive and out of the community - and is seeking annexation by Sandy city.

Two flies play tag around Ali Abdiraham's head. One buzzes to a stop on the collar of his nearly new, navy polo shirt, but the 8-year-old doesn't flinch.

That's all that stands in the way of an election to determine whether Granite -- an eroding community of about 2,000 people at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon -- should become the county's newest township.

Some Utah parents have already made up their minds about a speech President Barack Obama plans to give to students about the importance of education: They don't want their children watching it.

A Salt Lake County woman between the ages of 18 and 39 has become the 18th person in the state to die from the H1N1 flu virus, the Utah Department of Health reported Wednesday.

As principal Debbie Koji strolls across the fresh playground blacktop, three children run up and throw their arms around her for a giant circle hug.

SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah - Granite School District Police have identified a suspect in a burglary at Woodrow WIlson Elementary School.

You might say it's just an unfortunate coincidence that the inevitable effects of splitting the former Jordan School District are playing out at the same time Utahns are reeling from a major recession.

No matter where you live in Salt Lake County, some of your money is going to the Jordan School District.

Ashlie Nanes graduated in May from the University of Utah hoping to teach English.

The freshly formed Canyons School District is proposing its first tax increase to generate $4.15 million for its $200 million budget for the 2009-2010 school year.

Instructor Jessica Staker works a math problem on the board in her class at Horizonte in Salt Lake City on Thursday.

A one-block stretch of road downtown became an experimental ground Thursday for a new kind of pavement that's more environmentally friendly, worker-friendly, and may last longer -- all without costing more.

It's a bittersweet day for a grand old school. Seniors will say goodbye to Granite High School at graduation tonight, while thousands of alumni also bid farewell as one of Utah's oldest public schools closes its doors for good.