LAYTON -- The demolition of the 50-year-old Fort Lane Shopping Center has hit high gear, while Layton staff exchange design ideas with WinCo Foods, the tenant expected to fill most of the new available space.

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Business Depot Ogden revenue is fuel for Godfrey's dreams

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Saturday, September 4, 2010 - 10:02pm

OGDEN -- Generating about $3 million in yearly profits, the sprawling Business Depot Ogden complex is one of the city's most significant cash cows.

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(JOHN ROTTET/Raleigh News & Observer) Charles Broach, 69, passes out mail to inmates in one of the blocks at the Wake County detention annex on Hammond Road in Raleigh, N.C. He’s thought to be Wake County’s oldest detention officer.

Seasoned jailer takes jokes about his age, but not much else

McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Saturday, September 4, 2010 - 1:00am

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The jokes roll out as soon as Charles Broach strides into his all-night shift at the Wake County, N.C., detention annex: "Here comes Sheriff Grandpa" or "Smells like mothballs."

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Bountiful construction business fights to stay put, stay alive

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Friday, September 3, 2010 - 6:20pm

BOUNTIFUL -- A local construction company, which has been in business for 52 years from the same location, is appealing a decision to deny the business legal non-conforming use status, saying a move to force it to move its equipment from a residential area would put the company out of business.

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Layton sales tax revenues increase

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, September 3, 2010 - 6:17pm

LAYTON -- For the first time in 22 months, Layton city is showing a year-over-year increase in sales tax revenues.

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Brenda Gordon from Pack ’n Pounce Animal Rescue delivers some cats to be spayed and neutered at Heartsong Spay and Neuter in Clearfield on Thursday. The animals will be adopted out.

Pack 'n Pounce thrift store established to help animals in need

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 11:53pm

OGDEN -- When Brenda Gordon was less than a year old, her dog saved her from drowning in a drainage ditch.

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Washington Terrace city manager heading to Saratoga Springs

Katie M. Ellis Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 11:40pm

WASHINGTON TERRACE -- City Manager Mark Christensen has been hired for the same position in Saratoga Springs and will be leaving in 90 days.

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Syracuse pays $158,623 in settlement agreement

Standard-Examiner correspondent Tanna Woods

Last updated Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 11:24pm

SYRACUSE -- Almost $160,000 has been paid to a developer in accordance with a finalized settlement agreement to resolve litigation.

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Jobless claims falling for 2 weeks

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 11:12pm

WASHINGTON -- The number of people requesting unemployment benefits declined for the second straight week, suggesting that the slowing economy isn't prompting widespread job cuts.

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Utahns next to last in landing federal bucks

Dan Weist Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 12:09am

The federal government spent the least amount of money per person last year in Utah and Nevada, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released this week.

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Study: Illegal immigrant numbers in U.S. drop

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 11:41pm

WASHINGTON -- The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. has dropped for the first time in two decades -- decreasing by 8 percent since 2007, a new study finds. The reasons range from the sour economy to Mexican violence and increased U.S. enforcement that has made it harder to sneak across the border.

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More people traveling by car this Labor Day despite increases in gas prices

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 11:00pm

LAYTON -- Gas prices are higher than they were a year ago and the economy hasn't fully rebounded, but Utahns plan to take advantage of their last few days of summer.

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