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Steve Fidel

Utah
Cedar Hills city recorder says she was forced out
One of three city officials here who resigned from their posts Tuesday said she was forced out of her job.
By Benjamin Wood and Steve Fidel
Cedar Hills Mayor Eric Richardson has been named in a federal complaint filed Wednesday that accuses him and a partner soliciting more than $2 million in investments through an unregistered equity firm.
Utah
Cedar Hills officials resign en masse, residents’ coalition turns focus on Mayor Richardson
The resignation Tuesday of three city officials, including City Manager Konrad Hildebrandt, has energized a coalition of residents to keep digging in its pursuit to also oust Mayor Eric Richardson over the management of city finance.
By Steve Fidel
Utah
Salt Lake County dog enforcement aligned with city’s Parleys Historic Nature Park
By Steve Fidel
Draper Mayor Darrell H. Smith speaks during a short ceremony as Salt Lake County and Draper officials gather Monday, April 30, 2012, in Little Valley to open an underground tunnel below Traverse Ridge Road, connecting the Little Valley area to the trail s
Utah
New tunnel connects Draper’s Corner Canyon, Traverse Ridge trails
A new tunnel opened Monday that gives hikers, mountain bikers and horseback riders a connection between Corner Canyon trails and the Traverse Ridge Open Space area without having to cross the busy Traverse Ridge Road highway.
By Steve Fidel
Salt Lake County Councilman Randy Horiuchi, left, talks with Draper City Councilman William Rappleye Monday, April 30, 2012 in Little Valley as they gather to help open an underground tunnel below Traverse Ridge Road, connecting the Little Valley area to
Utah
Salt Lake County Councilman Randy Horiuchi at ’50 percent’ in stroke recovery
Salt Lake County Councilman Randy Horiuchi said Monday he is still working toward his normal routines after suffering a stroke Jan. 27.
By Steve Fidel
A beam signed by Nu Skin's management team, board members and employees, is lifted into place on Monday.
Utah
Nu Skin expansion in Provo reaches halfway point
Nu Skin marked the halfway point Monday for the construction of its $90 million Innovation Center in downtown Provo.
By Steve Fidel
Business
Popeyes chicken coming to Utah
The Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen chain of restaurants is lining up franchises in Utah.
By Steve Fidel
Workers began processing the Deseret Chemical Depot's last remaining chemical agent, Lewisite through the Area 10 Liquid Incinerator following the disposal of the final mustard agent-filled projectiles through the depot's Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Fa
Utah
Workers have exit strategy as Tooele chemical weapons plant nears an end
Utah’s 23rd Army Band will play; a high school choir will sing; officials will speak; and workers and the Tooele community at large will celebrate the beginning of the end at the Deseret Chemical Depot southeast of Tooele.
By Steve Fidel
Kids in Saratoga Springs play on a giant pyramid Monday, April 23, 2012, at Neptune Park.
Utah
30-foot Saratoga Springs pyramid 1 of only 3 in the world
By Steve Fidel
Bees in a hive in the backyard of William and Sandra Burnett Monday, April 23, 2012. The Burnetts are hoping to convince Saratoga Springs to decriminalize their honey bees.
Utah
Saratoga Springs rethinking class-Bee misdemeanor
Bee researcher Sandra Burnett exiled her backyard beehive to Spanish Fork after her husband learned that a recent city zoning change left them exposed to the sting of a class-B misdemeanor.
By Steve Fidel
Business
Nu Skin expansion in Provo reaches halfway point
Nu Skin marked the halfway point Monday for the construction of its $90 million Innovation Center in downtown Provo.
By Steve Fidel
Food
Fidel Figures it Out: Chipotle is popular stuff but what is it?
By Steve Fidel
Utah
Canyons board members split over need for investigation
Two Canyons School Board members took opposite positions Friday in the push for an investigation into the management practices of the superintendent.
By Steve Fidel and Benjamin Wood
In this 2009 file photo, the Air Force\'s Thunder Birds perform at the Hill Air Force Base air show.
Utah
Air Force scaling back performing groups; minimal impact on Hill AFB air show
The Air Force is scaling back participation in dozens of air shows this year in an effort to cut costs and ensure its combat pilots are getting the training hours they need in a time of shrinking budgets.
By Steve Fidel
The Highland City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to do away with an ordinance on the books since 2000 that requires most businesses to be closed on Sundays. But city officials also decided to put the issue on the November ballot so residents can decide whether
Utah
Councilman’s anonymous letter lays groundwork for repeal of no Sunday shopping in Highland
An elected official said he regrets not signing an anonymous letter he sent to city residents citing the city’s Sunday store closure laws as “a major reason why new enterprises locate immediately outside the border of Highland.”
By Steve Fidel
Superintendent Dr. David S. Doty listens during the board meeting. Residents voice their opinions Tuesday, April 17, 2012, during a Canyons School Board meeting where some are requesting an investigation of Superintendent Dr. David S. Doty.
Utah
Canyons chief sees no need for survey, investigation
Canyons School District Superintendent David Doty said he would not call for an investigation into complaints his administration had censured employees, and he does not support the suggestion employees be surveyed anonymously to see if they have complaints.
By Steve Fidel
Utah
Fidel Figures it Out: Google Goggles: Are you ready to wear a computer on your face?
If you think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everybody starts wearing Google’s futuristic, Internet-connected goggles.
By Steve Fidel
Business
Fidel Figures it Out: Google Goggles: Are you ready to wear a computer on your face?
By Steve Fidel
Salt Lake County mayor candidate Ben McAdams shakes hands with John Stephens at the Salt Lake County Democratic convention at Murray High School in Murray on Saturday, April 14, 2012.
Utah
Mark Crockett, Mike Winder on GOP primary ticket for Salt Lake County mayor; Democrat Ben McAdams wins nomination
By Lisa Riley Roche and Steve Fidel
Salt Lake County Democratic convention at Murray High School in Murray on Saturday, April 14, 2012.
Utah
Ben McAdams wins Democratic nomination for Salt Lake County mayor race
Demo voting change extends drama in county mayor’s race
By Steve Fidel
Air Force version of the F-35
Utah
Draft environmental study released for basing F-35s at Hill AFB
By Steve Fidel
Former U.S. Rep. Merrill Cook is running for Salt Lake County mayor.
Utah
Crowded Salt Lake County mayor’s contest among races that will thin in Saturday’s partisan conventions
Parties will pick 1 or 2 candidates for key position
By Steve Fidel
Salt Lake County employee Ken Venables takes pictures during the grand opening ceremony at the Millcreek Community Center Wednesday, April 11, 2012.
Utah
More recreation bonds ballot-bound as Millcreek Community Center opens
By Steve Fidel
Riders prepare to ride their Harleys during the Run with the Pigs charity ride.
Utah
Who’s on all those rumbling Harleys anyway?
By Steve Fidel
Utah
Who’s on all those rumbling Harleys anyway?
The distinctive sound of thundering Harleys starts to fill the air at the first hint of Spring.
By Steve Fidel
Lighted candles await participants in a Take Back the Night vigil along the Provo River Parkway aimed at promoting awareness of sexual assault, Saturday, April 7, 2012.
Utah
Rape victim speaks out as Provo vigil held to Take Back the Night
Concerns for community safety following two violent sexual assaults close to the Provo River Trail was the focus of a candlelight vigil along the trail Saturday evening that attracted about 100 people.
By Steve Fidel
Utah
American Fork fires treasurer during missing funds investigation
The city fired treasurer Heidi Mitchell on Thursday amid an investigation into missing city funds that is now in the hands of the Utah County Attorney’s office.
By Steve Fidel
Keith B. McMullin is interviewed after being appointed as the new CEO of Deseret Management Corporation in Salt Lake City, Thursday, April 5, 2012.
Business
Deseret Management Corporation announces the retirement of CEO Mark Willes, appoints Keith B. McMullin
Deseret Management Corporation (DMC), a for-profit arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, today announced the retirement of Mark Willes as its CEO. Former second counselor in the presiding bishopric of the LDS church, Keith B. McMullin has been appointed to replace him.
By Steve Fidel
The world's first round-the-world tour in a standard electric car stops in Salt Lake Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Electric Odyssey stops to recharge on this inaugural journey west. Xavier Degon, right, and Antonin Guy, the Electric Odyssey crew, kicked off th
Utah
Globe-circling tour promoting electric cars visits Salt Lake City
By Steve Fidel
BYU graduate student Charmaine Thompson works at the site of the original Provo Tabernacle, built between 1856 and 1867, in Provo on Friday, March 30, 2012.
Utah
‘Old Tabernacle’ excavation at Provo temple site called a once-in-a-lifetime experience
The Provo Tabernacle was one of the first landmarks Lindsay Johansson fell in love with.
By Steve Fidel
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