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An earlier version gave the meeting date as the date of the source report and described the veterinary clinic item as a rezoning. It is a proposed amendment to the code for shopping-center zones, and the notice was posted Oct. 23.
An earlier version gave a specific January 31 start date for the prosecution's proposed trial and quoted a defense filing describing predictions as "false precision." KUTV's report says only that prosecutors proposed a January 2028 start, so both details were removed.
An earlier version repeated the Deseret News figure of 5.73% for technical college growth. The enrollment numbers it reported, 38,634 to 40,914, work out to about 5.9%. The Utah State figure now reads about 8%, since 29,831 to 32,286 is 8.2%.
An earlier version said the study priced three ways to add an ID check. It estimated costs for staffed drop boxes and smart drop boxes; digital ID was not priced. The software figure covers five years, and the 51 Utah cases are described in the report as alleged. The report is now linked.
Added broadcast location and hours, kickoff time and the seating recommendation from Utah Athletics’ Oct. 19 fan guide. Removed the announcement’s earlier Utah and Houston rankings.
The rankings in this preview now match the university’s updated release: No. 10 Utah and No. 14 Houston. The original publication time is unchanged.
Added Utah County's response explaining the distribution and early-termination process, and American Fork's acknowledgment of the records request. The county left three questions unanswered: whether Egg Farm exceeded its cap, whether the county received a termination instruction and whether any excess was returned. Updated Oct. 15, 2026: This story now explains that the $3.07 million figure compares receipts with the agency's reported remaining cap, with the underlying total still to be reconciled before we can determine whether any money must be returned; that the $5.3 million fund balance is the budget's estimate for fiscal 2026, while the fiscal 2025 actual was $4,492,435; and that repayment to the developer ended in fiscal 2021. See our follow-up for the 2013 records behind the cap.
Reorganized this story around Utah County's response, clarified the different financial comparisons and corrected the ending to reflect the county's answer and American Fork's acknowledgment. The $3,066,340 and $1,246,593.38 figures compare reported totals with the cap; we still need the underlying ledger to determine whether any money must be returned. The cap-related search covered 113 of 116 indexed agency agenda and minute files from 2014 through 2026; three were inaccessible. The housing transfers show how money was used; the cap question depends on how receipts were counted.
An earlier version of the summary said the council had not adopted the proposal; minutes of the Oct. 6 meeting have not been posted. The state review reports compliance problems; it does not find collusion, favoritism or theft. The October document is a proposal, and The Ledger has not confirmed what the council decided on Oct. 6. The review does not name the public works manager or his company.
An earlier version said the Skyridge-Riverton winner would play its Nov. 6 quarterfinal at Skyridge. Skyridge hosts only if it wins; quarterfinals are played at the higher seed's field.
An earlier version said the council had posted an Oct. 7 special meeting to act on canceling the fire-station bond election. The council canceled the election that day, according to the city's Oct. 8 notice. Kaysville posts its annual financial reports and budget books on kaysville.gov, which The Ledger could not open for this review. The fiscal 2025 figures here come from the annual comprehensive financial report reproduced in the Dec. 18, 2025 council packet; that copy leaves the day of the auditor's report blank. The Ledger has not reviewed the complete adopted fiscal 2027 budget, so it does not report a total budget figure. Balances are as of June 30, 2025, unless stated otherwise.
An earlier version said General Fund expenditures exceeded revenues by $1,957,500 in fiscal 2025 and that governmental fund balances fell 19.8%. The General Fund balance rose by $1,957,500, to $10,618,883, after $5,506,195 in transfers out, and the $6,251,604 drop in governmental fund balances was about 16.6% of the beginning balance. Both earlier statements followed the report's narrative, which its detailed statements contradict. Budget figures are appropriations, not spending. Audited figures are as of June 30, 2025. Debt balances, annual budgets and fund balances measure different things, so this page does not add them together.
An earlier version said the city's June 30, 2025 debt schedule predates the water borrowing authorized in August 2024. The schedule is dated after that authorization and does not list the borrowing; the records reviewed do not show when it was issued or drawn. North Logan is a separate city from Logan; figures here are North Logan's only. Audited figures are for the year ended June 30, 2025; budget figures are plans, not spending. The amounts in this story describe different things (balances, annual flows, debt and budgets) and should not be added together. North Logan is a separate city from Logan; figures here are North Logan's only. Audited figures are for the year ended June 30, 2025; budget figures are plans, not spending. The amounts in this story describe different things (balances, annual flows, debt and budgets) and should not be added together. Correction, Oct. 16, 2026: An earlier version said the June 30, 2025 debt schedule predates the water borrowing the council authorized in August 2024. That reversed the order of events: the authorization came first. The schedule does not list that loan, and authorization alone does not establish when it was issued or drawn.
An earlier summary described the water tank as paid for in cash. The city is funding the tank, which is still under construction, from cash reserves. Figures come from the audited statements and budgets as filed with the Utah State Auditor. Budget figures are authorizations, not actual spending. Audited balances are as of June 30, 2025, and are not current balances.
An earlier version of the headline said the signed agreement isn't public. The Ledger has not obtained it, which does not establish that it is unavailable to the public. The Ledger has not obtained the executed agreement. Statements about the negotiations are those recorded in the minutes. Budgeted amounts are not invoices or payments.
An earlier version said the temporary fee was to be credited back if the property tax failed. The minutes say it was to be credited back if the property tax resolution passed. This story compares figures in city records. The differences do not by themselves show that any tax bill or utility bill is wrong. The Ledger has not obtained the signed tax and fee resolutions. City levies are one part of a property owner's total tax bill.
This story was expanded with KUER's reporting on Stax's recovery. The original version summarized ABC4's report.
An earlier version placed all three North Rim open houses in Arizona. The Oct. 19 meeting is in Kanab, Utah.
An earlier version reported the adopted increase as 4.98% without noting that the minutes' own rates and revenue estimates work out to about 5.01%. The 4.98% figure is the city's description; the records reviewed do not explain the difference. Revenue figures are city estimates, not collections. The $21.99 figure is the city's estimate for a home of that value; the increase varies with each property's taxable value and covers only the city's share of the tax bill.
An earlier headline said the sewer budget plans to spend $969,521 more than it takes in. The $969,521 is a planned decrease in fund balance that includes $525,000 of depreciation, a noncash charge. The planned decrease is a budget figure, not an operating cash loss: it mixes depreciation, debt and capital spending. Audit figures describe June 30, 2025. The fee estimate is a proposal, not an approved contract.
An earlier version presented the USDA's estimate that 2.1% of its workforce would have to move as equal to about 250 of the Forest Service's 33,500 employees. The 2.1% figure is for the USDA's whole workforce; the 250 figure is the department's count for the Forest Service.
An earlier version said the outcome of the council's Oct. 7 special meeting was not known. The council canceled the bond election that day, according to the city's Oct. 8 notice, and votes on the printed ballot question will not be counted. This story reports the steps shown in public notices, the sample ballot and minutes. The ballot's tax figures are the city's estimates, not limits. A ballot proposition is a request for authority to borrow; no general obligation bonds have been issued under it.
This story now includes the city's report that it issued $27.25 million in sales tax revenue bonds for the project in December 2025, at a $3.27 million premium. The $27.42 million figure was S&P's description of the anticipated issue.
An earlier version said voters would choose between Cory Maloy and Nicole Melling. State candidate filings also list Charlie Tautuaa as a write-in candidate in House District 52.
An earlier version gave the name of the Justice Department initiative as Operation Take America Back. The initiative is Operation Take Back America. This version also notes that the source reported two different ages for Castillo-Reyes.
An earlier version presented the auditors' $4.07 million excess as established. It is the auditors' stated figure, which the balances in their finding do not reproduce.
An earlier version presented the auditors' $4.07 million fiscal 2025 excess without saying that the balances listed in their finding do not reproduce it. The story now attributes the figure to the auditors and shows the conflicting amounts.
An earlier summary said engineering charges put the Public Works department $121,634 over budget. That is the figure in the audit finding. The audit's budget schedule shows the streets line $121,634 over and Public Works as a whole $75,075 over. The finding concerns spending above a department's appropriation, not missing money. The general fund overall spent less than its final budget. No outreach was conducted for this story.
An earlier version said the fund recorded $362,507 in transfers in. The audit shows no transfers into the redevelopment fund; the $362,507 belongs to the city's other governmental funds. These are fiscal 2025 figures, the latest audited year. They predate the Rise project area and are not Rise collections or payments. Transfers between city funds move money within the city; they are not outside spending.
An earlier version referred to U.S. 14. The road through Cedar Canyon is state Route 14.
An earlier version attributed the May 12 votes to the meeting minutes but linked to a Citizen Portal summary. The citation now points to the council's May 12, 2026 minutes.
This story now notes that Sandy's FY2025 report restated the June 30, 2024 general fund balance from $9,493,192, the figure originally reported and given here, to $10,832,515, and that the fund ended FY2025 at $10,170,105.
An earlier version called the Ledger's story on fiscal 2024 last year's story. That story was published Oct. 15, 2026. A material weakness is a finding about financial-reporting controls; it is not a finding of missing money or misconduct, and the reports reviewed state none. The restatement is an accounting correction to a prior-year balance. The Recreation Fund finding concerns spending over a budget appropriation, not a loss. The Ledger read the opinion, the compliance reports, the management discussion, the basic statements and Note 23. It has not found an explanation of the two unassigned-balance figures.
An earlier version said all $84,945,000 in bonded debt was revenue bonds and called $1,831,461,633 the city's debt limitation. The $84,945,000 in bond principal includes $19,300,000 in general obligation bonds and $65,645,000 in revenue bonds, and $1,831,461,633 is the remaining legal debt margin under an overall limit of $1,850,761,633, according to the report's debt note and its unaudited debt margin schedule.
An earlier summary said the tank was paid for in cash. City officials said in November 2025 that the city would pay cash for the project; the Ledger has not reviewed payment records. The $4.7 million is the amount the city manager listed during a budget discussion. It is not a verified contract price or an amount paid. The completion dates are expectations reported at meetings, and they do not all describe the same milestone; they are not a finding of contractual delay.
An earlier version of the summary said the Rohatinsky siblings and three other runners won divisional races. Two other runners won, for four winners in all.
An earlier version of the headline said Tooele moved $3 million to capital projects. The council authorized the transfer in a Dec. 17, 2025 budget amendment; the records reviewed do not show whether it was posted. Fund balance is an accounting measure, not cash. An amended budget authorizes a transfer; it does not show that the transfer occurred.
An earlier version said the council set an Oct. 21 hearing; the Oct. 7 agenda proposed setting it. The council's Oct. 7 minutes, posted later, record the vote to set it. It also attributed to Jones and DeMille Engineering a suggestion that the two businesses share a $1,500 to $2,000 traffic study; the minutes attribute that suggestion to City Manager Ryan Robinson. The reductions described here are requests. No reduction or refund has been approved in the records reviewed.
An earlier version said voters could register by the Oct. 23 deadline by sending a form to a county clerk's office. A registration form must be received by the county clerk by 5 p.m. Oct. 23. Updated Oct. 19, 2026: Added the approaching early-voting and registration dates, clarified the ballot-request deadline, and directed readers to county schedules. Updated Oct. 20, 2026: Added Salt Lake County early-voting locations, dates and hours from the county clerk.
This article now gives the IOC's count of 2,399 athletes from 77 countries for the 2002 Games, alongside the Salt Lake City mayor's office figures it originally cited.
An earlier version described the year-over-year gains in English language arts and math proficiency as 1.5% and 1.2%. They were gains of 1.5 and 1.2 percentage points, from 43.9% and 41.3% in 2025.
An earlier version said the storm water utility will draw $766,238 from reserves. That is a budgeted amount, not a completed withdrawal. This version also notes that the funding sources the budget summary lists add up to $289,000 more than its stated $1,462,238 total.
An earlier version said SIRQ won the Fire Station 52 contract before either Hunter or Taylor joined the council. Taylor was on the council and voted for the contract in October 2020; his SIRQ job began in 2025.
An earlier version said the auditors' letters were not public. The fiscal 2020 and 2021 letters are available in a public state document collection, and this story now reports what they say. Updated Oct. 15, 2026: The headline and opening now state which years the findings cover and that the fiscal 2022 through 2025 audits report none.
An earlier version said tax increment had fallen $4.48 million short of bond payments and that sales tax covers the gap. The $4.48 million figure in the report's table also includes administrative fees and affordable-housing set-asides; the difference from debt service alone is $3.3 million. The report shows the bonds are backed by sales tax but not how much sales tax has been used.
Added the selection process described in the July 14 minutes, including the interviews and the committee's unanimous recommendation, and the council's vote. An earlier version reported only the scoring sheet and described the vote as a staff recommendation.