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The Cottonwood Heights Journal provides news, sports, education and local human interest stories for residents of Cottonwood Heights.

01/12/2023

Forty years ago, Brighton High School athletics accomplished a feat that the school hasn’t been able to quite repeat. It won its first, and only, football state championship.

Among Brighton’s well-documented athletic achievements lies a solitary football championship. Forty years later we take a closer look at this unique feat.

12/21/2022

First-year Brighton wrestling head coach Burke Gappmayer expects just three things of the 50 wrestlers who present themselves as the Bengals this season—to work, to evolve, and to innovate.

Such are life lessons that the head coach learned over the years.

12/19/2022

Two hundred and twenty-seven Cottonwood Heights residents completed Utah State University’s well-being survey. Ninety-six percent of those 227 residents were full-time residents with only 3% being part-time residents. Twenty-two percent of those 96 residents reported living in the city for under five years.

Based on data collected from the Utah Wellbeing Project, Cottonwood Heights residents report a high sense of well-being in comparison to 35 other Utah cities.

12/14/2022

The Brighton football team spent a couple hours washing the walls and tables of the lunchroom, painting dinosaur footprints outside from the lunchroom to the playground, painting animals on the blacktop where students line up to enter the school, and helping a teacher with building shelves, desks and storage drawers for her classroom.

During the state playoffs, Brighton High football players put aside a practice to perform service work at East Midvale Elementary in a different form of team bonding and in return, got a lesson of appreciation.

12/12/2022

Cottonwood Heights Parks & Recreation Service Area (CHPRSA) Executive Director Ben Hill presented the details of a proposed tax increase to the Cottonwood Heights City Council on Nov. 15. The 2023 estimated tax increase on a market value house of $678,500 will be $61.57. There will be a public hearing on this proposed tax increase on Dec. 14 at 6 p.m.

Residents will see a tax increase to their property taxes next year with a proposed increase from the Cottonwood Heights Parks & Recreation Service Area.

12/07/2022

The Cottonwood Heights Art Council members met on Oct. 19 for a retreat. They began their meeting going over past and upcoming events and keeping their budget in mind for the fiscal year.

Cottonwood Heights Arts Council brings art to the community.

12/05/2022

The Cottonwood Heights City Council made the final decision to allocate funds to purchase the property because they see an opportunity to create a place of gathering within the city.

Hillside Plaza set to be bought by Cottonwood Heights and the community is encouraged to become involved in future decisions.

11/18/2022

The City of Cottonwood Heights proposes numerous transportation projects each year in hopes of receiving potential funding. In prior years, the city’s proposals for a HAWK crosswalk and the Bengal Boulevard roundabout were approved for funding.

Cottonwood Heights submits transportation project proposals to the Wasatch Regional Council for funding consideration.

11/17/2022

Jason Gottfredson was recognized by UFA Fire Chief Dominic Burchett with a fire chief coin on Oct. 4 for his efforts assisting in response to a house fire.

Jason Gottfredson was awarded a fire chief coin for his efforts in saving a resident’s life when her house caught on fire.

10/28/2022

The State of Utah requires all municipalities to have a general plan document outlining plans related to elements of transportation, water use, and moderate-income housing, at the very least. The Cottonwood Heights General Plan will also include plans related to land use, sustainability, and parks, trails, and open space.

Cottonwood Heights officials are tasked with planning for double the housing and population in the General Plan update.

10/25/2022

Brighton's theatre department is tackling everything from Shakespeare to Spongebob this year.

Brighton High thespians will perform traditional Shakespeare to the fun “SpongeBob SquarePants” musical to a local playwright’s historical drama this season.

10/20/2022

As a freshman, Avery Olsen played in the No. 1 spot for Brighton's varsity team, and bested all the other first varsity players in Region 6 and earned the title of region champion.

Brighton tennis debuts a new young star.

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