Box Elder News Journal
— A letter to Utah Senator John Curtis, published in the Box Elder News Journal, expresses disappointment over unspecified conduct, according to the letter's author. 
— The source of a salmonella outbreak affecting 21 confirmed cases in Box Elder and Cache counties remains unidentified, as Bear River Health Department officials work to correct false online claims about infant formula… — Willard City Council discussed how appointed commissioners, elected officials and residents can raise public comment concerns without violating Utah's Open and Public Meetings Act, after an objection at a planning… — A judge ordered Ryan Michael Bate to stand trial on 18 charges related to the August 2025 shooting deaths of two Tremonton-Garland police officers, which also injured a Box Elder County deputy and a police dog. — An op-ed from a Brigham City communications employee encourages residents to attend a public hearing regarding a budget adjustment for a gym facility. — Honeyville City Council formally adopted resolutions raising land use and administrative application fees, citing rising administrative costs and gaps in service coverage. 
— An investigative report finds Utah lacks data on how much tax revenue it forgoes through sales tax breaks given to data centers, despite other states losing millions to billions from similar exemptions. — A summary of proposed 2026 Utah constitutional amendments, including H.J.R. 10, which would change requirements for how proposed constitutional amendments are published. 
— A fabrication company in Plymouth, Box Elder County, built 12 crystallizers used to help produce battery-grade lithium, equipment now headed to Nevada to support U.S. critical mineral supply for EVs and energy storage. More: Herald Journal (Cache) · All 2 reports
— The Box Elder County Commission delayed a decision on selling an 8.86-acre county-owned parcel near Curlew Junction along State Route 42, a property that had previously gone to tax sale without receiving a bid. — Willard City is moving to establish its own ambulance service after purchasing two ambulances, and is negotiating with Box Elder County on a new fire and EMS coverage arrangement for South Willard. — Box Elder County will hold two town hall meetings this month, on Sept. 15 and Sept. 26, to gather public input on zoning the county's remaining unzoned land. — Box Elder County commissioners approved an ordinance allowing tattoo, body-art and piercing businesses to operate as home occupations in unincorporated areas, with the ordinance's numbering drawing a lighthearted… — The Box Elder County Commission approved a $28,000 annual predator control agreement with the state to fund aerial efforts protecting livestock from coyotes and other predators. — The Box Elder County Commission approved a roughly 1,384-acre agricultural protection area covering 38 parcels in the Elwood area, owned largely by the Barfuss family and other local landowners. 
— Box Elder County's Peach Days festival will proceed this week with most traditions intact despite a spring freeze that damaged the county's peach crop and fruit production statewide, chamber officials told local… 
— Brigham City's council voted to authorize the mayor to sign an agreement joining Utah State University and Hi Tech Solutions in developing a nuclear training and research campus, the Center for Energy Research &… 