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Ogden candidates become official as registration period opens up
Ogden festival set for Saturday ‘to give back to the community’
Davis School District removes Bible from junior high, elementary schools

Davis School District officials say Bible can stay, at least for now

Ogden Dinosaur Park would expand across Ogden River, new maintenance building key in plans

Motorcyclist killed in Wednesday morning crash at Roy intersection

Chris Stewart, 6-term Utah Republican, resigning from Congress
Closing ceremony set for Ogden’s Marshall White Center prior to rebuild

Primordial at Lagoon ‘a work in progress,’ still on track to open this year
Utah’s senators split on measure to prevent default, approaches to debt differ
WASHINGTON — As action loomed Thursday on the measure to prevent the United States from defaulting on the money it owes, Utah's two U.S. senators were split. U.S. Sen. Mike Lee expressed opposition to the measure "absent material changes" to it. Sen. Mitt Romney, on the other hand, said he ...
Davis School District removes Bible from junior high, elementary schools
FARMINGTON — Per the decision of a Davis School District book review committee on whether the Bible is a suitable book in schools, it won't be allowed in junior high or elementary schools. It will be retained only at high schools, not at facilities with younger students, "based on age ...
Ogden candidates become official as registration period opens up
OGDEN — The period for candidates running for Ogden City offices officially opened Thursday. Open positions include the office of mayor and three Ogden City Council districts — District 2, represented by Richard Hyer, who is running to retain his seat; District 4, represented by Ben ...
Ogden festival set for Saturday ‘to give back to the community’
OGDEN — A trio of men who grew up in Ogden are hosting a free event Saturday to put a focus on the city's working population and to encourage their involvement in community matters. "We aren't seeing anything like this going on in the community. We're just trying to give back to the ...
Davis School District officials say Bible can stay, at least for now
FARMINGTON — The Bible can stay on some Davis School District bookshelves, at least for now. A special committee tasked with reviewing books to decide if they should be pulled from shelves because of sexual content in their pages determined last week that the religious book can stay, ...
Ogden Dinosaur Park would expand across Ogden River, new maintenance building key in plans
OGDEN — The proposed expansion of the George Eccles Dinosaur Park — central in the simmering dispute over the future of the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah — would cross the Ogden River north of the facility's current boundaries. According to a conceptual design of an ...
Primordial at Lagoon ‘a work in progress,’ still on track to open this year
FARMINGTON — As the mountainous structure housing Primordial at Lagoon Amusement Park takes shape, as the green rails of the new roller coaster sprout and expand, officials are as tight-lipped as ever about specifics of the new ride. The amusement park is operational and, with the passage ...
Closing ceremony set for Ogden’s Marshall White Center prior to rebuild
OGDEN — The Marshall White Center's 55-year-old facility will close its doors for the last time this week, but that doesn't mean memories of the facility will cease to exist. In fact, the public is being invited to a closing ceremony at 6 p.m. Friday at the rec center to celebrate its past ...
Chris Stewart, 6-term Utah Republican, resigning from Congress
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart on Wednesday announced plans to resign his Utah seat due to his wife’s illness, triggering a special election to replace him in a reliably Republican district. “I can say with pride that I have been an effective leader for my beloved home ...
Motorcyclist killed in Wednesday morning crash at Roy intersection
ROY — A 25-year-old man on a motorcycle was killed in a collision with another vehicle Wednesday morning. According to a report by KUTV, the crash occurred around 4:30 a.m. near the intersection of 4800 South and 1900 West in Roy. Roy Police Department spokesperson Stuart Hackworth told the ...