August Newsbits

8/5/2005
Soldier can't flee deadly heroinSalt Lake Tribune - United States... Heroin on the march: With a criminal investigation under way by the Wasatch County Sheriff's Office, the details of Reiser's death remain unclear - but his ...

8/7
White knight musters boarders, bladers to police own skate parkSalt Lake Tribune - United States... Above, Kyron George, 16, of Heber City, skates Tuesday in the Oakley Skate Park. Officials were considering closing the park due to vandalism. ...

Scare tacticsSalt Lake Tribune - United StatesI recently bought a ticket to the Mountain Valley Stampede PRCA rodeo in Heber City. Much to my surprise I read on the front of ...

8/9
Trial Set For Man Accused Of Taking HostagesKSL Radio - Salt Lake City,UT,USA(Aug 9, 2005) --HEBER CITY, Utah (AP) -- The trial for a man accused of taking several hostages at a Heber City medical clinic earlier this year is set to ...

8/11
Alternative routesSalt Lake City Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA. Another option between the Wasatch Front and Price and beyond is US 40, which links the two areas via Heber City and Duchesne; then, US 191 connects ...

8/13
Swindler who cheated couple gets prisonSalt Lake Tribune - United StatesA former attorney who sold a Heber couple thousands of shares of phony stock was ... was working for the Bonneville Investment Group in Salt Lake City, he offered ...
Man must serve up to life for bludgeon slayingSalt Lake Tribune - United States... on Friday for the baseball bat slaying at Kaaloa's Salt Lake City apartment last ... up the crime scene, Kaaloa later dumped the body in a remote area near Heber. ...
8/14
Memory of ex-coach will serve as inspiration for Wasatch WaspsSalt Lake Tribune - United StatesHEBER CITY - It didn't take long for Wasatch running back Bart Todd to notice a difference in his team's summer workouts, compared to those under former coach ...

8/17
Taxes go up ... and downProvo Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA... Piute, Juab, Salt Lake, Summit, Wasatch, Duchesne, Uintah and Sanpete counties. It will generate about $4.5 million more per year in the 10-county area, said ...

8/18
District hears water gripesProvo Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA... Bob Mathis, who works for Wasatch County, said county officials are concerned that the reasons for the tax increase are not clear. ... See all stories on this topic
8/19
Man Sentenced for Heber StandoffKSL Radio - Salt Lake City,UT,USAHEBER CITY, Utah (AP) -- A man accused of taking hostages at a Heber City medical clinic in January has been sentenced. A judge ... See all stories on this topic

8/20 Water district board to decide on tax proposalProvo Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA... In Wasatch County, where the average home value is about $215,000, the increase would be 53 cents a month, and in Juab County, with an average $140,000 home ... See all stories on this topic
Conservancy boardProvo Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA... Claude R. Hicken of Heber City: Rancher, farmer and business owner, president of the Wasatch Irrigation Co., and chairman of the Wasatch County Soil ...
8/22
Abels and Burnham tops at TF MuniTwin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA... Steer wrestling -- 1. Wade Ryan, Heber City, Utah, 4.3 seconds; 2. Brock Andrus, St. George, Utah, 4.9; 3. Ryan Shaw, Plain City ...

8/27 $15.5M hydroelectric facility to produce powerProvo Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA... "We've been waiting a long time for this," said Heber City Mayor Lynn Adams. ... Heber City had 7,000 residents in 2000 and has 10,000 now. ...