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Last Updated: Jun 15, 2020 01:46PM • Subscribe via RSS • ATOM

Council denies auto center next to neighborhood

Jun 15, 2020 01:46PM ● By Travis Barton

Cites a lack of compelling evidence to change a zone for one business.

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Sensors to be placed along major streets for traffic counts

Jun 11, 2020 01:36PM ● By Travis Barton

Numbers will provide real time data to city.

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West Valley City turns 40

Jun 01, 2020 12:58PM ● By Darrell Kirby

Barely surviving its birth in 1980, West Valley has grown to become a strong, healthy city.

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Proposed budget authorizes WVC city manager take out $3.5 million from rainy day fund if needed

May 27, 2020 01:19PM ● By Travis Barton

The flexibility to access the funds in uncertain economic times prompted the request.

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ChamberWest works to navigate local businesses through turbulent times

May 21, 2020 11:11AM ● By Darrell Kirby

The chamber of commerce, which serves four cities, sends a daily newsletter via email and offers members advice on where to find financial assistance.

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Sounds familiar: local reports on the 1918 influenza pandemic

May 21, 2020 11:01AM ● By Alison Brimley

More than 100 years ago, the Spanish flu inspired many of the same policy changes and attitudes that COVID-19 is now causing in Utah and across the country. How did West Jordan react in 1918?

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ICYMI: West Valley City approves new sustainability zone

May 11, 2020 02:26PM ● By Travis Barton

Not a requirement, but the new zone would allow developers to build homes at smaller sizes in exchange for meeting higher energy efficiency standards.

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West Valley City police forensics team energized by new crime lab

May 05, 2020 12:10PM ● By Darrell Kirby

The facility in the new police building replaces outdated, isolated basement location.

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Council denies 100-foot cell phone tower

Apr 15, 2020 05:08PM ● By Travis Barton

The pole would have been built in open flat land, an area that could change in the future and need a better fit according to some councilmembers.

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West Valley City Mayor Ron Bigelow inducted into ChamberWest Hall of Fame

Apr 13, 2020 03:07PM ● By Darrell Kirby

The chamber of commerce, which represents businesses in West Valley, Taylorsville, Kearns, and West Jordan, inducted Bigelow at its 2020 Annual Awards Gala at the Maverik Center.

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