“We live paycheck to paycheck, tons of anxiety. Just struggle and figure it out every day,” said Lori Wilcox, IRS customer service representative from Hooper.[gallery_inline ids="1192952"]

“I just want to go back to work to do my job, let us do our job. We don’t do this just for a paycheck. We love what we do.” Daniel Lickey, a tax examiner for the IRS, has bipolar disorder and is worried he won't be able to pay to fill his prescription. “I know when I run out, I won’t ...

“I think people are really going to start getting angry and upset when they can’t pay their bills,” Krystle Kirkpatrick (top right), a furloughed IRS worker who’s mulling a temporary job pending an end to the shutdown to make sure she’s able to pay next month’s mortgage. She ...

Marae Persson of Layton, a purchaser for the Transportation Security Administration, is on furlough. So is her son, also a TSA worker, and a son-in-law, who works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She's managing, Persson said, but others in her family "are having to rely on other family ...

“The shutdown is hurting you, it is hurting me and it is hurting our communities. We need Congress and the (Trump) administration to take us out of the political game. ... We don’t want to be a bargaining chip for Congress or the administration,” said Shelly Carver, an IRS employee and ...

"You kind of have to prioritize. We eat a lot of ramen noodles and macaroni and cheese. You do what you have to do because we don’t know how long this is going to last," said Shelby Harris, IRS customer service representative from Roy. She was with her daughter, Anyssa Hernandez, 14. "I ...

Snow falls, holiday cheer is spread and exciting moments are captured on the basketball court in the Standard-Examiner’s best photos of December.<em>Each week, the photojournalists at the Standard-Examiner take a deeper look at one corner of life in northern Utah for their ...

Blind children and their friends played games and assembled birthday gift bags for Ogden area foster care kids at the Utah School for the Blind’s Jingle and Mingle program on Friday.<em>Each week, the photojournalists at the Standard-Examiner take a deeper look at one corner of ...

<em>Snowbasin kicked off the winter season on Tuesday with the earliest season opening the resort has ever had. Here are some photos from the mountain.</em><em>Each week, the photojournalists at the Standard-Examiner take a deeper look at one corner of ...

Since the death of North Ogden Mayor, Maj. Brent R. Taylor on Saturday, Nov. 3, the community has been heartbroken and yet has shown support and honor in beautiful ways. Here are some of the quieter moments in pictures since the news of the mayor’s death.<em>Each week, the ...