Box Elder County News

When many thousands still need help is not the time for the state to cut back on the basic assistance food stamps provide .

Crews have contained a 4,200-acre wildfire at a remote area near Promontory Point in northern Utah.

As clouds rolled over the state Friday - bringing with them the promise of rain - crews in different parts of the state battled two large fires.

Firefighters are battling a new blaze today, a 3,600 acre wildfire burning on the west side of Promontory Point.

Agriculture has long been a part of Brigham City's rich history, and has been closely tied with the infamous annual Peach Days celebration and the Bushnell hospital.

Emergencies can happen anytime and at any place.A How an emergency is planned for and handled can mean the difference between an insurmountable disaster and a complete recovery.

The Box Elder County Planning Commission held a public hearing last week to discuss a rezone request from Western Pride Foods, on property located at 4800 N., Wakegan Road, in the unincorporated area of Box Elder County near Bear River City.

Fire crews from Corinne, Garland and Fielding responded to a lightning-cause fire on the south end of Promontory Saturday, which burned just over 20 acres of private grazing ground across from the Great Salt Lake causeway.

Plans for the Sage Grouse issue in Box Elder County is progressing well, while steps for weed control are underway.

It's the real thing - at least at the Box Elder County fairgrounds bandstand, where this Follow the Leader photo was taken.A Scott Ritter of Bear River City was the first to guess the location correctly and wins a free three-month subscription.A Follow the Leader and see where we end up next.

Box Elder County commissioners have been pretty hush-hush about a proposed business seeking to come into the county, but two weeks ago signed a letter of support for what they are calling "The Cogburn Project." Now the Box Elder County Planning Commission has a public hearing scheduled for Thursday, May 17, beginning at 6 p.m., on a rezone request ... (more)

School children from all over Box Elder County took trips to the farm as part of Farm Field Days, annual events sponsored by South and North Farm Bureaus and the women's auxiliary groups.

A 24-year-old North Ogden man was brought off the mountain above Willard Monday evening after he fell more than 15 feet while climbing.

I don't know if you can have a wall in a man cave. I'll have to check on it." After escaping communist rule in 1984 by building and flying his own airplane, Ivo Zdarsky came to California and started a company called IvoProp where he designs and makes propellers.

The recession officially ended in the summer of 2009.A But it's 2012 and Box Elder County is still trying to climb out of the hole left when the economic bomb detonated in 2005.

Since before Columbus made his 1492 trip seeking a shorter route to the Orient for its rich seasonings, man has been using certain plants to make their food taste better.A Today those same plants provide the herbs and spices that help food retain flavor while cutting back on fat, sugar and salt.

Asparagus is one of the great, nutritious foods that can be foraged in the wild and is available in Utah in the spring.

Asparagus is loaded with nutritional value, which is great news for Brigham City, Utah residents.

The annual Cole Westergard 5K run is slated for May 12, beginning at 8 a.m., at the Box Elder County Fairgrounds.

With a county population nearing the 50,000 mark and only 28 administrative, patrol and investigating officers covering nearly 15,000 acres, the Box Elder County Sheriff's Department resources are stretched pretty thin.