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WEBER COUNTY, Utah — Ballots are still being counted in Weber County, but almost 68% of voters so far favor making Ogden Valley a city, so that measure unofficially passes.

Fruit Heights community reactions mixed over church's Code Blue shelter designation Prev Next Posted 6 minutes ago FRUIT HEIGHTS, Utah — Code blue warming centers are a controversial issue in Davis County. Tucked in a neighborhood in Fruit Heights, is Mountain Road Church. "We are all willing to do something to help somewhere. But we have to be smart about it and safe about it,” explained Mary Monson, who lives in Fruit Heights. This church was designated as a code blue warming center in Davis County, to help those experiencing homelessness. "By law, we need to respond by having a certain amount of beds available, where people can go in extreme cold situations, that's 18 degrees and below,” said Wayne Niederhauser, state homelessness coordinator. It caused division in this tight-knit community. Some neighbors like Monson said they want to help those experiencing homelessness, but are worried about the impacts on homes close by. And feel like the city was not transparent with them about the process. "My number one concern is the safety of my community,” said Monson. “You bring in 16 or 18, you cannot force someone to stay in a building, you cannot force them back on a bus, they have constitutional rights, they are able to walk the streets, and they would break into buildings, break into homes.” Niederhauser said last year, code blue centers were only open for about 32 or 35 days, and they did not have any safety issues. "We want to make sure all the community is safe. Our first priority is to get people off the street, safe from frostbite and potential death,” he added. On Wednesday night, Fruit Heights City hosted a public meeting to explain this plan to residents. It was a packed room, and that's when Pastor Don Krafft announced that the church would no longer be a warming center. He shared this statement with FOX 13 from the church: "I thought it was extremely brave of him to step up and say, we have made a terrible mistake, we love our neighbors and want to be good neighbors,” said Monson. "And so consequently, we will be looking at probably some county or state buildings in Davis County,” added Niederhauser. "They're set up to hit the road running once a location is secured." At Thursday night's Kaysville city council meeting, officials discussed opening a code blue shelter here. "I'll do everything in my power to prevent that because we don't feel like Kaysville is the right location to host a facility like this, I still believe that, I still believe that that's true, our council agrees,” said Kaysville Mayor, Tamara Tran. The city said they proposed having a warming bus instead, which the state did not agree to that. Now, the county emissions building in Kaysville is shortlisted as a warming center. Residents also spoke during public comment -- some against the shelter. "This is my neighborhood, I am right down the street, and I'm very concerned,” said one resident. Others in support of being part of the solution. "As a resident of Kaysville, I'm actually in favor of the code blue housing. I think it's a way that our community can contribute,” added another. Hoping that whatever does come next, helps everyone. Copyright 2024 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Sign up for the Breaking News Newsletter and receive up to date information. 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SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah — Their dream turned into a nightmare. It's been less than 10 days since a couple closed on their home in South Salt Lake. Since then, it has been broken into and vandalized three times.

Monday evening at Lakeridge Junior High, families picked out items and filled bags with clothes, jackets, shoes, books and more.

HERRIMAN, Utah — Making dreams come true one act at a time, a school in Herriman is welcoming students in their community with open arms and an open auditorium after they were forced to move because of a flood.

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah — Residents attended Tuesday night's South Jordan Planning Commission meeting to share their views with officials about an 18-acre parcel of land to be rezoned for townhomes.

LEHI, Utah — Fire Station 84 officially opened in Lehi on Thursday. Two girls watched the construction for over a year and were excited to finally get a peak inside.

The public weighed in on a proposal to rezone about 93 acres in Salt Lake City for a new development by the Larry H Miller group, which would include a proposed Major League Baseball stadium.

Uncovered footage revealed moments leading up to a K9 Officer gone missing. Davis County Sheriff's Office has since called off the search.

As temperatures drop, the need to help others rises. In Ogden, the police department has a unique way of catering to the needs of those experiencing homelessness.