Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
Posted: 7:45 PM- A 39-year-old West Jordan woman was charged Friday with theft for allegedly stealing money from the Salt Lake City School District last year.
StandardNET Local News Feed (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
WEST JORDAN -- Family, friends and co-workers gathered Friday night for a candlelight vigil honoring 11 people killed in a Guatemalan plane crash this week while on a humanitarian expedition.
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
Posted: 9:39 PM- A West Jordan High School student admitted in 3rd District Juvenile Court on Thursday to sending nude photos of himself and sexually explicit text messages over a cell phone to female classmates.
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
A Murray school owner who walked away from a now-failed special-needs school has lost his lease on the new West Jordan office building he intended as a home for his sports-oriented private high school.
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
... great people." About 150 people gathered in front of the headquarters for CHOICE Humanitarian in West Jordan just before sunset Friday to remember the 11 people, including three from Utah, who were killed when the single-engine plane they were traveling in went down en route to a village where they were to build a school. The crash killed Cody Odekirk and John Carter, both of Utah; Jeff...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
... of Liz Valentiner-Johnson.At the memorial service Friday at CHOICE Humanitarian's office in West Jordan, CHOICE board member Lew Swain said those who died loved humanitarian work. He urged people to continue to volunteer, because that is what the victims would want.Tim Valentiner agreed: "The best way to honor them is to continue," he said.He said his sister loved to help people. She left...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
Posted: 4:43 PM- Victims and survivors of a plane crash in Guatemala on Sunday that killed 11 humanitarian workers, including three from Utah, will be honored at a candlelight memorial Friday evening. Organizers are encouraging the public to attend the event, which will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the CHOICE Humanitarian offices, 7879 S. 1530 West, in West Jordan. On Saturday at 6 p.m., friends...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
... inviting Bestor to a Friday night Pizza and Politics fundraiser for state Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, hosted by Chaffetz."I found that fairly odd," said Bestor. "Needless to say, I won't be attending."Buttars is a controversial figure roundly criticized for his statements about homosexuals. During the last Legislature he referred to a school bill as a black, ugly thing, which in turned...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Posted: 8:47 PM- A Murray school owner who walked away from a now-failed special-needs school has lost his lease on the new West Jordan office building he intended as a home for his sports-oriented private high school.
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Utah Southvalley Community School is officially closed."We got a call from Mike Condie, the acting principal, and he said they will not be holding classes this year," said Dave Wilkey, the executive director of the Utah High School Activities Association.Apparently some students went to the address in West Jordan that Owner Bob Jones gave out, but the doors were locked. Some students said they...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
... all close friends, died on impact. The trip was a joint venture between CHOICE Humanitarian, a West Jordan-based nonprofit, and Liljenquist's company. The group was to spend seven days building a school in a Guatemalan village. The crash killed five CHOICE Humanitarian workers, including Expedition Director Liz Johnson, Cody Odekirk and John Carter of Utah; Roger Jensen and his son Zachary...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Posted: 9:25 AM- Every vote did not count in Salt Lake County three years ago. A metal ballot box - still locked - was recently found in Cottonwood Heights and two absentee ballots were inside. Salt Lake County Clerk Sherry Swensen says her office determined the ballots were absentee ballots for the 2005 primary election. One was from a West Jordan resident, the other Salt Lake City. Swensen...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
... office determined the ballots were absentee ballots for the 2005 primary election. One was from a West Jordan resident, the other Salt Lake City.The ballots were filled out in the clerk's office a month earlier than any other votes, she said. What she believes happened was the ballots were put in the metal box which was in turn put in the vault. But when it was time to use the boxes for...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Bob Jones says he has moved his Utah Southvalley Community School, with 120 students and 15 teacher-coaches, from the Woodland Hills site in Murray to a West Jordan office park.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Members of a Wisconsin family were among those killed. Sarah Jensen, a 19-year-old who suffered minor cuts and bruises, said in a brief interview at the hospital that her family had been headed to a village to build homes for Choice Humanitarian, an aid group based in West Jordan, Utah.
