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With several concerned Medicaid advocates sitting behind him in the committee hearing’s audience, Rep. Brady Brammer, R-Pleasant Grove, acknowledged HB463 can be “a bit of a scary bill.” “That’s because it’s meant to be a scary bill in the event of scary circumstances,” Brammer ...
OGDEN — Months of preparation, including some last-minute deicing, finally culminated in the return of commercial airline service to Ogden-Hinckley Airport on Wednesday. Breeze Airways' inaugural flight from John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California, to Ogden arrived at around 11:30 a.m. ...
WEBER COUNTY — One person is dead as a result of an automobile crash occurring at the intersection of 4000 South and Midland Drive on the Roy-West Haven border Tuesday night. Per a release from the Weber County Sheriff's Office, deputies were dispatched to the scene at approximately 9:08 ...
The Utah Legislature has approved a bill expanding on a 2022 law that allows parents to challenge “sensitive materials” in schools, making it easier to prohibit “criminally indecent or pornographic” books statewide if they’re banned in a handful of school districts or charter ...
WILLARD — Citizens of Willard, along with hikers and nature enthusiasts from around the region, have been engaged in passionate discourse recently with the city's government over access to Willard Canyon, where Granite Construction is conducting aggregate mining operations. Access to the ...
After 13 Utah schools faced false active-shooter calls last March, Utah lawmakers are working toward combating false reports and strengthening school security. Provo and Spanish Fork high schools were two of the schools that received the hoax calls, leading to lockdowns and a heavy police ...
WEST POINT — The Davis County Sheriff's Office has confirmed the death of a 12-year-old boy Tuesday morning as a result of a fire occurring at approximately 4:30 p.m. Monday. Fire Chief Mark Becraft of the North Davis Fire District told the Standard-Examiner that the boy appeared to have ...
A conglomerate of bills passing through the Legislature are setting the tone for the future of Utah’s energy strategy. Big pieces are poised to become law, introducing policy that would favor already established resources and approach federal rules and incentives with a skeptical eye. The ...
In 2020, the U.S. Air Force announced a $13.3 billion contract with Northrop Grumman aimed at modernizing the ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile program, a leg of the military's nuclear triad. Less than four years later, that program is over budget and in danger of outright ...
