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Associated Press - June 30, 2009 11:35 AM ET
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Salt Lake County Councilman Jeff Allen is calling again for the county to see how much it could get selling South Mountain Golf Club. One accounting says taxpayers lose more than $1 million a year on the Draper golf course, which the county bought in 1999 for almost $16 million. Allen says economic pressures are greater now than when he proposed selling the course last year.
LOGAN, Utah (AP) - Officials say about 20 Utah State University Extension employees have taken early retirement, leaving some Utah counties with only one agent. USU Associate Vice President for University Extension Charles Gay says the school is committed to maintaining offices in all 29 counties. He says some agents are working with colleagues in neighboring counties to meet demand.
EUREKA, Utah (AP) - Eureka residents are going to be boiling their drinking water for at least a few more days. The state Division of Water Quality says it's still investigating the source of E. coli bacteria found last week in the city's water system. Officials have also spent $2,000 to install a temporary chlorinating system.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Experts say they're targeting mid-2010 for an upturn in the Utah economy. Zions Bank economic consultant Jeff Thredgold tells the Deseret News the Beehive State is about average in the effects of the recession. University of Utah Bureau of Economic and Business Research chief Jim Wood is predicting "a bit of a struggle" through 2009 and into 2010.
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