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Following revisions in January to the Honeyville City water master plan, Honeyville is examining additional changes to their water rates. The Rural Water Association of Utah advised the city that the base rate for water has quickly fallen behind inflation since the rate was last increased in 2017. The council is facing competing realities. They expressed hesitation to raise the base rate to match...

Willard City Council members indicated they will keep land use application fees nonrefundable after weighing whether applicants should receive refunds. The issue came up during the April 9 council meeting after Willard City Planner Madison Brown said questions have been raised more frequently by applicants asking if fees can be returned when applications are withdrawn. Brown said the city’s curren...

Willard officials said they will move quickly to address weed overgrowth at the city spillway after a resident warned the problem is worsening and time-sensitive, while also outlining planned improvements to the spillway face and longer-term infrastructure concerns at the site. Speaking during public comment at the April 9 city council meeting, resident Clyde Westley said he has spent about a deca...

The Box Elder High School softball team had made winning a habit as they raced out to a 14-0 record to start the year, but that came to an end last Tuesday with a 2-1 loss to West Field. The Bees immediately bounced back the same week with a 3-2 win over Fremont on Thursday followed by a 12-1 rout of Logan on Friday. The game against the Longhorns was a defensive battle with the two teams combinin...

The Box Elder High School baseball team couldn’t find a way through region rival West Field last week as the Longhorns swept the threegame series against the Bees by scores of 12-1, 5-2 and 11-0. Pitching was dominant for the Longhorns all week, and that started Tuesday in Brigham City as senior hurler Bryce Bagby took the mound in a complete-game performance and only gave up one run on one hit. T...

Bear River Mental Health Services received a clean audit opinion for the 2025 fiscal year, which ran from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025, according to a report presented to the Box Elder County Commission on April 8. The organization reported total assets of .5 million and a net increase of .2 million for the year, with total revenues of .1 million and expenses of .38 million. The largest por...

During March, Utah’s snowpack deteriorated from borderline record poor conditions to completely unchartered territory by April 1. After some brief storm activity at the beginning of the month, warm and dry conditions prevailed, causing early ripening and rapid snowmelt. Statewide snow water equivalent (SWE) levels peaked on March 9 which was more than three weeks earlier than normal. Since 1980, o...