I believe the Pioneers who first viewed this valley 152 years ago would be amazed at how much it has physically changed, but the spirit of its people is mostly unchanged.
Salt Lake Valley is one community and it can be made stronger by reach
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This year has a striking resemblance to 1984. That’s because in 1983 Salt Lake was hit with a massive snowpack, rapidly rising temperatures and debris clogging culverts and stream channels leading to flooding in a great number of areas.
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When Brigham Young arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in July 1847, he saw was a vast panorama of open space.
Today that vast panorama of open space is filled with people and buildings.
Salt Lake County is home to more than 1 million people, and is
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For six years, in my principal role as chief executive officer of Salt Lake County, my commitment has been to operate an open, efficient, ethical and fiscally responsible government that serves citizens from all our communities.
Internally, we
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Salt Lake County has long pursued policies of planning, not politics. Never has this concept been more important. We continue to experience rapid growth, development and a constantly changing community. There are many challenges today, and there w
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We are in the middle of our annual struggle with wintertime pollution across the valleys of northern Utah. In 2011 we mark the third year of our anti-idling campaign, "Turn the Key, Be Idle Free." It's a program designed to educate residents abou
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Rising energy costs are hitting everyone. Yet there are practical things that we can do to make our homes more comfortable while using less energy and saving money.
Learning how to make our homes more comfortable has never been easier; affordable fi
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Salt Lake County is becoming a nationwide leader in energy conservation and use of renewable energy sources.
We announced a solar panel installation project for the roof of the Calvin L. Rampton-Salt Palace Convention Center. This is a one-of-a-kind
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Well, That Sucks
I recently had an encounter with a young man on my doorstep. He wasn't advocating religion or guilting me into purchasing a home security system: he was a seller of vacuums (the housekeeping kind, not the "volume of space that is
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A Weighty Issue
Men and women are different. That's a fact. No room for debate. I'm not saying who's right or wrong (women are right)—we just respond to situations in our own genderish way.
Example A: Let's say a husband and wife are
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