Midvale is a city in Salt Lake County,Utah,United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City,Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. Midvale's population was 34,124 according to 2019 estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Murray is a city situated on the Wasatch Front in the core of Salt Lake Valley in the U.S. state of Utah. Named for territorial governor Eli Murray,it is the state's fourteenth largest city. According to the 2020 census,Murray had a population of 50,637. Murray shares borders with Taylorsville,Holladay,South Salt Lake and West Jordan,Utah. Once teeming with heavy industry,Murray's industrial sector now has little trace and has been replaced by major mercantile sectors. Known for its central location in Salt Lake County,Murray has been called the Hub of Salt Lake County. Unlike most of its neighboring communities,Murray operates its own police,fire,power,water,library,and parks and recreation departments and has its own school district. While maintaining many of its own services,Murray has one of the lowest city tax rates in the state.
West Jordan is a city in Salt Lake County,Utah,United States. It is a suburb of Salt Lake City and has a mixed economy. According to the 2020 Census,the city had a population of 116,961,placing it as the third most populous in the state. The city occupies the southwest end of the Salt Lake Valley at an elevation of 4,330 feet (1,320 m). Named after the nearby Jordan River,the limits of the city begin on the river's western bank and end in the eastern foothills of the Oquirrh Mountains,where Kennecott Copper Mine,the world's largest man-made excavation,is located.
Ross Carl "Rocky" Anderson is an American attorney,activist,and politician. He served two terms as the 33rd mayor of Salt Lake City,Utah from 2000 to 2008. He is the executive director of High Road for Human Rights and a founding member of the Justice Party.
Interstate 215 (I-215),also known locally as the Belt Route,is an auxiliary Interstate in the U.S. state of Utah that forms a 270-degree loop around Salt Lake City and many of its suburbs. The route begins at the mouth of Parley's Canyon at a junction with I-80 east of the city center,and heads south through the edge of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area's eastern suburbs of Millcreek,Holladay,and Cottonwood Heights. It continues west through Murray before turning north again,passing through the city's first-ring western suburbs of Taylorsville and West Valley City. It then enters North Salt Lake and Davis County for a short distance before reaching I-15 northwest of the city center.
The Blue Line is a light rail line on the TRAX system in the Salt Lake Valley of Utah,in the United States,operated by the Utah Transit Authority (UTA). It is the first line of the TRAX system completed. The line opened on December 4,1999,one year ahead of schedule after two years of construction. In addition to Salt Lake City,it also serves the communities of South Salt Lake,Murray,Midvale,Sandy and Draper. The line was known as the North/South Line or the Sandy/Salt Lake Line until color names were adopted for each TRAX line in August 2011. An extension of the line to Draper began service on August 18,2013.
Mark Leonard Shurtleff is an American attorney,former three-term Utah Attorney General,and founder of the Shurtleff Law Firm and the Shurtleff Group. He was a partner in the Washington,D.C. office of the law firm Troutman Sanders and served as a Salt Lake County Commissioner prior to being elected as Attorney General of the state of Utah.
The Jordan River Parkway is an approximately 40-mile (64 km) urban park that runs along the Jordan River within the U.S. state of Utah. The parkway follows along the river from Utah Lake in Utah County,through Salt Lake County and onto the Great Salt Lake in Davis County. The majority of a mixed-use trail has been completed with a shared-use path for cyclists,skaters,and joggers. A separate equestrian path runs on the southern portion of the trail. Many trail-heads,city and county parks and golf courses are also located along the parkway.
The Red Line is a light rail line on the TRAX system in the Salt Lake Valley of Utah operated by the Utah Transit Authority (UTA). It originally began operation in December 2001 as the peak-hour-only Sandy/University Line,running from the University of Utah south to Sandy Civic Center on the Blue Line. It was later rerouted to South Jordan and renamed the Red Line in August 2011,running as an all-day route. The current line runs from the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City through the south end of Downtown Salt Lake City,South Salt Lake,Murray,Midvale,West Jordan,and South Jordan to the University of Utah's South Jordan Medical Center in Daybreak.
Midvale Fort Union station is a light rail station in Midvale,Utah,United States,served by the Blue Line of Utah Transit Authority's TRAX light rail system. The Blue Line provides service from Downtown Salt Lake City to Draper.
Midvale Center station is a light rail station in Midvale,Utah,United States,served by the Blue Line of Utah Transit Authority's TRAX light rail system. The Blue Line provides service from Downtown Salt Lake City to Draper.
MAX is a bus rapid transit (BRT) service operated by Utah Transit Authority (UTA) along the Wasatch Front in Utah,United States. It is described by UTA as "light rail on rubber tires". As of June 2022 there are two lines in service,but two more are planned for Salt Lake County,and one is under construction in Weber County.
Canyons School District is a school district in the southeastern portion of Salt Lake County in Utah,United States. The district includes the cities of Cottonwood Heights,Draper,Midvale and Sandy and the townships of Alta,Brighton and White City. Residents of those communities voted to create the district in 2007,making Canyons the first school district to be formed in the state in almost a century. Canyons has approximately 34,000 students in 50 schools. There are 29 elementary schools,eight middle schools,five traditional high schools,and eight special programs schools,including one technical school,a special education school and a high school for adults in prison. The district covers 192 square miles and employs 6,000 people.
Lynn F. Pett was mayor of Murray,Utah from 1990-1998. Prior to serving as Mayor,Pett worked in government service for six years as executive assistant to the mayor of Murray. Pett began his career in 1958 and has worked under five Murray mayors and two commissioners. He has also served on the Murray Community Education Program,the University of Utah Recreation and Parks Advisory Board,the Murray Boys and Girls Club Advisory Board and the Murray United Way Board. Pett was born in Eureka,Utah and graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Biology.
The American Eagle,later known also as Murray Eagle and The Green Sheet,was a newspaper that covered central Salt Lake Valley,especially the city of Murray,Utah. The beginnings of The American Eagle of Murray,Utah,are shrouded in mystery. The newspaper may have been published as early as 1891 as the American. Other sources list 1896 as the beginning publication date,before Murray was incorporated in 1903. The first known editor was Martin A. Willumsen. The Murray Eagle and Midvale Journal started out as the American Eagle. By 1908 the newspaper was named the Murray Eagle.
William E. Dunn was elected mayor of Murray,Utah for two four-year terms during 1965-1970,and elected as a Salt Lake County Commissioner from 1970 to 1979. He also ran for the statewide office of Secretary of State for Utah but was defeated in 1972. He was known for his work to resolve Salt Lake County water issues,and to change the county government to a more urban format of county governance.
Ray P. Greenwood was a Utah State Legislator,Salt Lake County commissioner and Mayor of Murray,Utah. He was a lifelong resident of Salt Lake County and born near Sandy,Utah where he graduated from Jordan High School. He served in the field artillery overseas during World War I,and returned to be a farmer and cattle rancher.
Bingham Junction station is a light rail station in Midvale,Utah,United States,served by the Red Line of the Utah Transit Authority's (UTA) TRAX light rail system. The Red Line provides service from the University of Utah to the Daybreak community of South Jordan.
The 1988 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 8,1988. Republican nominee and incumbent Governor Norman H. Bangerter defeated Democratic nominee Ted Wilson and independent Merrill Cook with 40.13% of the vote.
