Daggett County News

Jorgensen's 34-year career in public safety includes nearly 15 years with the Utah Department of Corrections, where he served as a warden and a deputy warden before retiring in 2005 and moving to Daggett County.

Daggett County has spent four years and thousands of dollars making security improvements to its jail.

Though residents of Piute County were the poorest county on average in the state in 2009 - average household income was $35,962 - they had a lower percentage of residents on food stamps than 10 other counties in the state in the same time period.

The same can't be said for the economic opportunities. The financial future for this town with 175 year-round residents is relatively bleak as well.

More petitioners file for divorce in Salt Lake County than any other county in the state, according to data from the Utah State Courts.