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Skyler Shepherd listens to witness testimonies during his trial at the 2nd District Court in Ogden on Thursday, December 13, 2012. (KERA WILLIAMS/ Standard-Examiner)

Defense argues Pineview swimmer put herself in danger

Last updated Friday, December 14, 2012 - 12:18pm

OGDEN — A lawyer for one of the boaters charged with failing to rescue a swimmer cut down by the powerboat’s propeller argued Thursday that the woman put herself in danger by swimming in open water. The woman, a University of Utah scientist, bled to death at an Ogden-area reservoir last year.

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Legislators move to increase waterway hit-and-run penalties

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 7:40am

SALT LAKE CITY — Lawmakers have voted to stiffen the rules involving hit-and-run incidents on state waterways.

House Bill 92 was inspired by an incident last summer at Pineview Reservoir, where University of Utah lab worker Esther Fujimoto was killed after being hit by a boat as she swam.

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(From left) Skyler Shepherd, attorney Glen Neeley, Robert Cole Boyer, attorney Greg Skordas and Colton Raines appear in 2nd District Court in Ogden on Wednesday. Shepherd, Boyer and Raines are charged in connection with the death of Esther Fujimoto after Fujimoto was struck by a boat while swimming in Pineview Reservior last summer. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

Woman attends arraignment of boaters accused in her sister's death

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 9:48pm

OGDEN — Denice Fujimoto encountered for the first time the three men she is suing in the death of her sister, Esther.

Skyler Shepherd, 22, Colton Raines, 22, and Robert Cole Boyer, 29, were arraigned Wednesday in 2nd District Court on charges from an Aug. 21 boating accident that left Esther Fujimoto dying in the waters of Pineview Reservoir.

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Boat impounded in Pineview fatality case

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 9:35pm

OGDEN -- Attorney Greg Skordas got a call over the weekend that he would be representing two men involved in the death of a swimmer at Pineview Reservoir.

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Summer officially begins

Matthew Arden Hatfield, Nick Short, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 5:30pm

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Water levels are high near the Pineview Dam Spillway Tuesday, June 21, 2011. (Erin Hooley/Standard-Examiner)

High water levels at Pineview Reservoir

Erin Hooley, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 1:17pm

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Pineview full and water is spilling

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 1:28pm

OGDEN -- Pineview Reservoir is so full it started releasing water over its spillway this weekend, but this is not the flooding disaster it would have been a month ago.

Tage Flint, executive director of the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, said Pineview is at 100 percent capacity and is spilling. But, he said, snow melt flowing into the reservoir has gone down so much that he has been able to release less water into the Ogden River.

At the height of the runoff, he said, the Ogden River was getting 1,600 cubic feet per second released from Pineview.

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Officials: Weber River breach repair holding

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Sunday, June 19, 2011 - 10:54pm

The breach repair project on the Weber River was completed Saturday and early indications are that the fix is holding, according to a news release from the Utah Department of Public Safety.

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(KRISTIN HEINICHEN/Standard-Examiner) Patrick Tidwell (left), 3, and Bayden Tidwell, 6, throw mud chunks from their grandfather’s Ogden Canyon property into the Ogden River on Thursday.

Weber counting on help from state

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 11:15pm

OGDEN -- Although Gov. Gary Herbert maintains local government is the first line of defense against widespread flooding in Northern Utah, the Weber County Commission believes the state will provide financial aid and other assistance if requested.

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(KRISTIN HEINICHEN/Standard-Examiner) Mike Laughter, a Hooper resident whose family has six cabins on the river in Ogden Canyon, says sandbags are ready if the river rises.

Hope buoys those with homes on Ogden River

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 11:20pm

HUNTSVILLE -- As rain continues to fall and snow continues to melt, residents are keeping an eye on the high levels of the Ogden River.

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Landslide cleanup near Pineview - 05/20/11

Anthony Souffle, Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Friday, May 20, 2011 - 11:06am

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Landslide cleanup underway near Pineview; road closed

Jessica Miller Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, May 20, 2011 - 1:16pm

HUNTSVILLE — A significant landslide on State Road 39 was unable to be cleared overnight because the land is still unsettled, officials say.

“There’s still stuff coming down gradually,” Weber County Sheriff’s Lt. Phillip Howell said. “It’s not traumatic or anything, but UDOT wasn’t able to clean it up because it is still settling.”

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