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Updated September 12, 2022. Finally, some relief from the heat! Your lawn, shrubs and other vegetation feel the same. Which means this is the time to adjust and reduce outdoor watering accordingly. With these cooler temperatures, outdoor watering can be reduced to once a week, and shady areas even less. And if the storms materialize this week, this week's watering can be skipped.

As a reminder, all outdoor watering i

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By Shelley Dawson Davies

Those rows of gleaming bottles of peaches and applesauce Grandma puts up every summer might not seem anything more than a quaint nod to past practices, but the process of safe canning was once responsible for changing the world.

Water Measures

Updated August 12, 2022. Once again, our citizens have proven us right. While some communities imposed mandatory watering restrictions, we were confident that well-informed citizens, with a spirit and sense of community, would respond to voluntary water conservation requests. How well have we done? When looking at the projected demand for water (which is based on an evapotranspiration* formula) we have conserved over 722 million gallons of water as of J

Layton City is Accepting Letters of Interest and Applications for the Following Commissions:

Recreation, Arts, Museum and Parks Advisory Commission

Layton City is currently accepting applications to fill a vacant position on the Layton City Recreation, Arts, Museum and Parks (RAMP) Commission. This Commission functions as planning and advisory bodies for the City Council in matters pertaining to th

The image of early pioneers single-handedly blazing trails across the west might be a popular trope in movies, but for early Mormon pioneers moving to Utah it meant relocating as large, extended families and in groups from their English villages. The Edward Phillips and John H. Green families are among those who did just that.

Layton City Offices is not a polling location nor does it have a ballot box. The designated polling location for Layton City registered voters is the Davis Conference Center, 1651 N 700 W, Layton.

A permanent drop box is located outside the Conference Center and ballots can be returned at this location until 8:00 pm on Election Day. Other ballot drop boxes, located within Davis County, are available and can be found by visiting the County's website:

By Shelley Dawson Davies

Sewing layers of fabric and fleece together to make a quilt has been an artful way to keep loved ones warm for hundreds of years. Quilts made from one piece of fabric, called whole cloth quilts, gradually gave way to pieced and patchwork quilts in the mid-1800s as materials became less expensive and more readily available. Many women rose