OGDEN — A month ago, the prospect of returning intercity passenger rail service to Ogden seemed almost as distant as the ever-increasing amount of time since it last had such services. However, there may be a light at the end of that tunnel, and it is an oncoming train — perhaps more than ...
OGDEN — An annual celebration of storytelling is poised to return this coming week. The 28th annual Weber State University Storytelling Festival is set to be held Monday through Wednesday on the WSU campus. Storytelling Festival Chair Sara Gailey told the Standard-Examiner on Friday that ...
Drivers in Weber and Davis counties will have a laundry list of new road projects to contend with in 2024 as the start of major construction season nears. Mitchell Shaw, senior communications manager with the Utah Department of Transportation, told the Standard-Examiner in an email Thursday ...
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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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
