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Great Salt Lake-inspired words, music shared by visiting group from Harvard
Teacher union opposes constitutional change to remove education earmark
Northern Utah windstorm produces minimal damage despite gusts clocked at 70 mph
EmpowerHER Summit to highlight women in local politics
Move over, brine shrimp: Scientists discover new animal living in the Great Salt Lake
New director seeks to build Ogden Nature Center’s future, honor its past
Governor ‘disappointed’ in lack of coordination with state in new Bears Ears management plan
Ogden veteran Ray Hobbs recognized for a century of life, love, service
Dive Pro Wrestling holding benefit show for ailing grappler
As demand surges under a new Utah law, advocates say domestic violence services remain underfunded
Utah’s domestic violence shelters are seeing an unprecedented spike in referrals in the last year, prompting the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition to ask the governor for $8 million in this year’s budget to help with staffing shortages. But by the end of the legislative session, that ...
Great Salt Lake-inspired words, music shared by visiting group from Harvard
Editor’s note: This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform people about the plight of the Great Salt Lake — and what can be done to make a difference before it ...
Teacher union opposes constitutional change to remove education earmark
Utah’s largest teacher union is opposing a proposed change to the Utah Constitution that would remove the state’s current requirement that income tax revenue be reserved only for public education and services for children and people with disabilities. Utah Education Association Board of ...
Northern Utah windstorm produces minimal damage despite gusts clocked at 70 mph
OGDEN — The wind may have howled Thursday and Friday, but the storm packed a lot more bark than bite this time around. A late-week windstorm saw gusts of up to 70 mph along the Wasatch Front north of Salt Lake City and around the Ogden area. However, according to Eli Johnson — Weber ...
Layton High baseball honors longtime area coach Jeff Nakaishi after sudden cancer diagnosis
LAYTON — For more than 50 years, Layton assistant coach Jeff Nakaishi has been a beacon and a mentor to hundreds of high school baseball players all over northern Utah. That light has significantly dimmed since late February when Nakaishi was hospitalized for two weeks, diagnosed with ...
Move over, brine shrimp: Scientists discover new animal living in the Great Salt Lake
If two’s company and three’s a crowd, the Great Salt Lake is getting crowded after scientists discovered a species of nematode, known also as a roundworm, making it just the third multicellular animal known to inhabit the lake. Brine shrimp and brine flies were the only other multicellular ...
Governor ‘disappointed’ in lack of coordination with state in new Bears Ears management plan
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox responded to the newly released management plan for Bears Ears National Monument this week, expressing disappointment that the federal government didn’t collaborate more with the state and local counties. The plan was released on Friday, identifying a preferred land ...
EmpowerHER Summit to highlight women in local politics
OGDEN — The public has an opportunity to celebrate and learn from the local women that have been elected to public office. The "EmpowerHER Summit: Bridging Generations of Women in Politics" event — sponsored by IGNITE, the Weber County League of Women Voters and Weber State University — ...
Ogden veteran Ray Hobbs recognized for a century of life, love, service
OGDEN — Ray Hobbs has been a lot of things throughout his life. He was a caddy, a service station worker and a stereotyper for the Standard-Examiner. He also has loaded boxcars, flown B-17 bombers during World War II and been a husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and ...
Jehovah’s Witnesses extend public invitation to remember Christ’s death
The public is invited to attend the Jehovah’s Witnesses' annual observance to commemorate the death of Jesus Christ. “We warmly invite the public locally and worldwide to join us to commemorate Christ’s death and what it means for our future,” said Patrick Terulien, spokesperson for ...