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West Jordan dipping into rainy day fund to get through COVID-19

Jun 01, 2020 12:52PM ● By Erin Dixon

“COVID-19 has completely changed the way we live and work. Social distancing has kept West Jordan safe, but it has crippled our economy,” Mayor Dirk Burton said.

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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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Will the West Jordan performing arts center ever be able to raise the curtain?

May 05, 2020 12:07PM ● By Erin Dixon

The arts center has $6 million earmarked from the city for construction and $2 million from Salt Lake County. Those plans might be upended by the downturn of the economy in the past two months.

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How West Jordan is handling the COVID-19 crisis

Apr 27, 2020 03:37PM ● By Erin Dixon

West Jordan city is cancelling events and laying off employees, trying to stabilize funds to keep operating. The city is also having successes with charity work and finding novel ways to tackle the threat of infection.

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Is Intermountain Healthcare really cutting pay for its workers?

Apr 08, 2020 10:17AM ● By Justin Adams

Headlines circulated last week that Intermountain Healthcare was cutting pay for its workers, but what's really happening?

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West Jordan currently doesn't allow tattoo parlors, but that could soon change

Apr 06, 2020 04:12PM ● By Erin Dixon

As code stands today, West Jordan allows permanent cosmetics but not illustrative tattooing. Both businesses use identical equipment.

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West Jordan airport bill ‘dead’

Mar 23, 2020 02:53PM ● By Erin Dixon

Representative Kim Coleman attempted to pass a bill during the legislative session that would have made it easier for Salt Lake City to transfer the airport to West Jordan city, but it failed because neither city was supportive.

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Minor damage, public safety fully functional as officials still assess damage from 5.7 earthquake

Mar 18, 2020 01:36PM ● By Travis Barton

Valley Junior High set up for evacuation center as some 30-50 mobile home park residents are displaced. City officials remind everyone COVID-19 protocols are still in place.

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5.7 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Northern Utah

Mar 18, 2020 09:37AM ● By Justin Adams

Many Utah residents awoke to a shaking home on Wednesday morning.

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Coronavirus leads Mayor Wilson’s State of the County Speech

Mar 17, 2020 12:08PM ● By Mimi Darley Dutton

Coronavirus quickly became the lead topic when Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson gave her State of the County speech at Draper City Hall in early March.

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