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Weber State reorganization plans spark backlash from students of color

OGDEN — A contingent of Weber State students are asking the university administration to slow down in its moves to reorganize an entity focused on serving students of color, the Center for Multicultural Excellence. The organization, know as the CME, has been instrumental in helping them ...

Air Force, University of Utah enter into 5-year joint research partnership

Engineering students at the University of Utah now have the opportunity to collaborate with top minds of the U.S. Air Force in conducting research projects via a new partnership between the Salt Lake City institution and military branch. The partnership was birthed through the efforts of ...

Ogden man sees chance to expand parks with school property up for grabs

OGDEN — Steve Van Wagoner is on a mission. With the Ogden School District hoping to unload 18.2 acres of largely vacant land — including the sites where two schools once sat — he sees an opportunity to increase the amount of open park space in the city. To that end, he's been a regular ...

Mount Ogden JHS students, parents help with beautification effort

OGDEN — Parents and students at Mount Ogden Junior High School are pitching in on a beautification project at the school that's also being incorporated into some of the classrooms. A contingent from the Mount Ogden Parent Teacher Student Association, or PTSA, gathered recently at the ...

Police seek driver in Weber State campus hit-and-run

OGDEN — Police are looking for help finding the driver who hit a bicyclist on the Weber State University campus last week and drove away. At 12:34 p.m. Wednesday, a car hit the cyclist in a crosswalk at 3900 Dixon Parkway, according to a Weber State Police Department release. The car was ...

Woman killed in shooting Saturday was an Ogden teacher

Editor's note: A previous version of this story misspelled the shooting victim's last name. OGDEN — A woman killed in an apparent accidental shooting Saturday has been identified as an Ogden teacher. Ogden School District spokesperson Jer Bates said Monday that Jaycee Gray Trivino was a ...

New Bridge kids mark Ruby Bridges’ historic school desegregation effort

OGDEN — Sixty-two years after Ruby Bridges walked through an angry mob into William Frantz Elementary, integrating the New Orleans school for the first time, students from New Bridge Elementary — inspired by her courage — brought a message of inclusivity to their neighborhood. "We are ...

Author Brad Meltzer meets with Ogden kids, touts the power of books

OGDEN — Author Brad Meltzer, not surprisingly, believes in the power of books and stories in helping kids open themselves up to the possibilities ahead of them. "They show your potential, and our kids need to realize their own potential," he said, drawing a contrast with social media. "So ...

Davis schools $475M bond gets OK; focus turns to Sunset, West Point

FARMINGTON — With preliminary vote totals showing Davis School District's $475 million bond proposal has passed, school officials are moving ahead and putting their plans into action. At the top of the list are two projects in northern Davis County — construction of a new junior high ...

Wilson: Great Salt Lake mitigation efforts could take a couple of decades

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 ...