Herriman News

The story about the activities of Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman, trying to help his business buddy and contributor isn't at all surprising .

It was a fireworks show, but not the kind some people in Herriman wanted. Some mailboxes in both in West Jordan and Herriman are a mess.

BROOKE NELSON Standard-Examiner staff OGDEN -- An informational meeting about a bill that would require Utah school districts to offer two tracks of reproductive health drew about a dozen people to the Weber County Library on Tuesday night.

Utah Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman, far right, leads a news conference Wednesday in which legislators and leaders of groups that have formed the "Utah Coalition for Traditional Families" spoke at the west building of the Capitol to show their disappointment with Gov.

Rick Koerber, center, appears here with Rep. Carl Wimmer, right, and Sutherland Institute President Paul Mero.

Indicted businessman Rick Koerber is finding it hard to count on friends in high places.

Jordan School District Superintendent Barry Newbold checks his office one more time before he turns off the lights to his office Monday morning, as he's the last to move from Jordan's old offices to new digs on Monday.

Lawmakers struggle to fight STDs while keeping condoms out of schoolbooks. By Ted McDonough Add Parents for Choice in Education to the voices Utah lawmakers are hearing on sex education.

SALT LAKE CITY JUNE 10th, 2009 This has been the scene day after day: Florida-like skies with an army of thunderstorms marching across the valley.

Rain created problems for several people as water flooded their homes. Thursday morning, they're scrambling to dry out before more thunderstorms roll in.

Herriman flooding HERRIMAN, Utah a ' Some homes in Herriman were flooded after an intense rain storm on Wednesday afternoon.

A project manager with the construction company Build Inc. has been charged with 10 felony counts of theft for stealing tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment from his employers and charging some of the purchases to public projects.

A sudden and serious thunderstorm blasted parts of southern Salt Lake County Wednesday afternoon causing some flooding.

Flooded homes in Herriman got a respite from the rain Wednesday night and Thursday morning, authorities said.

A sudden and serious thunderstorm blasted parts of southern Salt Lake County Wednesday afternoon, and residents have been trying to clean up the mess ever since.

Safe Theater It's not about censorship. So said Craig Jessop, the new head of Utah State University's theater department after canceling a play just one week into rehearsals.

When men like Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman, and Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff make decisions regarding the safety of the citizenry of Utah with no more thought than they apparently put into this Rick Koerber debacle, they shouldn't be in office .

Raising the price of paratransit rides will have disastrous results for individuals, frustrated patrons said Tuesday.

I've lived in West Virginia, home of the Hatfields and McCoys, where gunliness is next to godliness.

An Alpine man accused of defrauding investors in a multimillion-dollar pyramid scheme denies wrongdoing and vows to vigorously defend himself.