Election filings start Friday, Three school boards seats available
School board, county, state and national election filings start this Friday. For the Smithfield region we have three school board, one cache county council, all cache county officials, one state legislature and one national congressional seat up for election. Sign-ups begin this Friday, March 12 and continue for only one week until Friday, March 19 by 5 p.m. at the county clerk’s office. [UPDATE: Added US Senate seat.] (Continued…)
Election results: Simmons is new mayor
City election results are in. Darrell Simmons is the new mayor of Smithfield. Kris Monson held onto her council seat with Barbara Scholes Kent joining the council. (Continued…)
Voters’ Guide: Smithfield holds ‘meet the candidates’ night
SMITHFIELD—Citizens gathered Wednesday evening to hear the platforms and opinions of candidates running for mayor and two city council seats. Candidates started the night off by giving a two minute personal introduction, followed by a two-minute platform statement, a question-and-answer period and a quick closing statement. (Continued…)
Smithfield's two council seats draw 7 contenders
SMITHFIELD — The primary race is winding down for the seven candidates running for two open city council seats this election. (Continued…)