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Police chief search taking a bit longer

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 11:32pm

OGDEN -- The search for a new Ogden police chief will probably take a little longer than city officials expected.

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Ogden City Council shifts responsibility for CO detectors to tenants

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 8:47am

OGDEN -- The city has changed its ordinance on carbon monoxide detectors, shifting responsibility from owners to occupants.

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Oil and gas drilling recovers, but state collects little tax

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 8:44am

A new report says Utah's oil and gas drilling activity has made a strong recovery since hitting a recession-induced low in 2009, but the state isn't collecting enough tax from the industry.

The report was prepared by Headwaters Economics, a nonprofit, independent research group based in Montana that aims to improve community development and land-management decisions in the West.

According to the report, natural gas production in Utah is at pre¬-recession highs, and oil production in the state is at its highest point in 20 years.

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Rounding up on Ogden water bills could fund scholarships

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 8:33am

OGDEN -- The city hopes spare change taken from residents' water bills will help local high school students on their path toward higher education.

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Ogden council adds money to river project for sewer work

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 10:57pm

OGDEN -- The Ogden River project just got a boost.

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Ogden council mulls outdoor smoking ban

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 10:52pm

OGDEN -- Smoking has long been banned at many indoor locations, but in Ogden, the ban might soon involve some outdoor locations as well.

The Ogden City Council is considering an ordinance to regulate smoking outside.

The draft ordinance states that tobacco smoke is a form of air pollution and is a danger to the public health that also discourages some residents from using public facilities.

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Ogden expects speedy hiring

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 9:44pm

OGDEN -- A new Ogden police chief likely will be in place before the month is out.

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Ogden seeking opinions on water charges

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 11:07pm

OGDEN -- The city is in the midst of a comprehensive study on how much it will charge residents for water, and officials want to hear from the public.

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New maps for Weber voters

Jesus Lopez Jr., Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 10:59pm

OGDEN -- The Weber County Commission and Ogden City Council each approved their 2012 official voting maps during their weekly meetings Tuesday.

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A man runs along Buchanan Avenue between 27th and 29th streets in Ogden recently. A resident of the area allows people to use his property to reach various popular mountain trails and worries that the city’s recent vacation of a strip of land along Buchanan so a homeowner can expand his garage will prevent additional parking along the road later. He says the parking lot for the trailhead (seen in background) overflows on weekends and weekday evenings when the weather is nice and that the vacation may restrict parking options in the future. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

City vacates land for home expansion, but move causes concern

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 11:27pm

OGDEN -- The city's vacating of a portion of Buchanan Avenue has a nearby landowner worried about parking at a popular nearby trailhead.

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Kneaders Bakery coming to Ogden

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 27, 2012 - 11:04pm

OGDEN -- A major centerpiece in the Ogden River Project is on schedule to be completed before the year is out.

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Audit forecasts UTA shortfalls

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 11:45pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Transit Authority might not have the money to build future projects or even properly operate and maintain projects that are currently under construction.

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Experts: Psychological motivation of teens hard to pinpoint

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 27, 2012 - 3:06pm

ROY -- With the arrest of two Roy High School students suspected of plotting to set off a bomb at school, experts say it's hard to pinpoint psychological motivations for such behavior, but there are some common factors.

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A performance audit of the Utah Transit Authority shows the agency might not have the money to build wanted future projects or even operate projects that are currently under construction.

UTA may not have the money to fund its plans

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 12:38pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A performance audit of the Utah Transit Authority shows the agency might not have the money to build wanted future projects or even operate projects that are currently under construction.

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