You may find that it’s a lot easier to log in to a website using your Facebook credentials. You may even think this is safer than creating a new account on a website and sharing your information to it. But those “login with Facebook” popups may be fake — a clever way for scammers to collect …

NEW YORK (AP) — Payless ShoeSource has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is shuttering its remaining stores in North America.

LAYTON — Late last December, as had happened previously, sewage started oozing from a manhole cover near Vern Job’s mobile home unit.

Ransomware may be the scariest type of malware, but at least you know when your computer has been hijacked. Data breaches — we’ve had countless attacks affecting millions of users over just the past year — are even more concerning because a) you may not know for months that personal informat…

OGDEN — The Standard-Examiner has hired a new reporter to cover Weber and Davis counties.

Researchers who have calculated how to save the Great Salt Lake are encouraged by a legislative effort toward accomplishing that goal, but planned regional water programs remain a dire threat to the shrinking inland sea.

SALT LAKE CITY — As the Great Salt Lake ebbs, hastened by decades of upstream water consumption, would-be protectors are prodding the state to marshal political will for a difficult rescue.

SYRACUSE — The new state liquor store in Syracuse is now slated to open around March 1, months later than originally planned.

OGDEN — An item related to the creation of a tax-incentivized redevelopment of the Ogden airport was axed from a recent city council meeting, but officials say the deal is still progressing and could even include some additional players.

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors are looking into the National Enquirer’s handling of a story about Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ extramarital affair to see if the tabloid’s publisher violated a cooperation agreement with prosecutors, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press…

OGDEN — Entrepreneurs, maintains Weber County Commissioner Gage Froerer, have a special place in a community.

More Shopko stores in Northern Utah will be closing this spring due to the retail chain declaring bankruptcy mid-January.

OGDEN — As Ogden City works through a handful of new tax-incentivized redevelopment areas, officials there are finding a need to educate the public on exactly how the often-used tool works.

CLEARFIELD — A warehouse sits unusable, packed with 3.5 million pounds of hazardous waste — debris from the era of glass TVs and computer monitors and a crashed recycling market.

DENVER (AP) — Two years after jumping into a fight with the Trump administration over public lands, the U.S. outdoor industry is turning up the political pressure — though its impact is difficult to measure.

OGDEN — A 79-unit townhome development is coming to southern Ogden, with developers touting it as an ideal spot for commuters who work in Salt Lake City, among others.

If you’re a pet owner, one of the biggest challenges can be finding someone reliable to take care of your pet while you’re away. You can board your pet at a local facility, ask a neighbor or hire a professional dog or cat sitter, all of which can work with differing degrees of cost and relia…

OGDEN — The Ogden City Council has approved a plan to complete a total overhaul of a large section of downtown near the city’s municipal block.

The federal government is moving to seize the Washakie Renewable Energy plant in Box Elder County and more than 500 acres of undeveloped land nearby as part of an expanded grand jury indictment against four members of the Kingston clan.

ROY — The representatives to Roy‘s new Business Advisory Committee, formed to help bolster business growth in the city, have been named.

OGDEN — Shopko locations in Ogden and Brigham City will close this spring after the company announced it was filing for bankruptcy Wednesday.

ROY — After months of debate and consideration, a new group meant to foster business growth in Roy is finally taking shape.

OGDEN — While hard data will not be available for months, dwindling lunch crowds and an unsettling abundance of open parking stalls signal that downtown businesses in Ogden could pay a heavy toll for the federal government’s extended shutdown.

EDEN — Two Weber County-area ski operations are partnering, aiming to give skiers and snowboarders more options in experiencing the state's rugged terrain and snow.

OGDEN — If the federal government shutdown continues, it won’t just be the thousands of furloughed Ogden-area Internal Revenue Service employees who feel the pinch.

You can reach reporter Mitch Shaw at mishaw@standard.net. Follow him on Twitter at @mitchshaw23 or like him on Facebook at facebook.com/MitchShaw.StandardExaminer.

HUNTSVILLE — From the historical photos to the reclaimed wood, bricks, and doors from buildings in Park City and Marriott-Slatterville in the lobby, there’s a little bit of a Northern Utah everywhere you look at the Compass Rose Lodge.

PLEASANT VIEW — A Weber County producer of precision-machine components has finished an expansion of its Pleasant View facility, meant to help the firm keep pace with growing demand.

ROY — Population growth combined with inadequate housing stock can make for troublesome conditions, with sky-high home prices and some people shut out of the housing market.

EDEN — A new Maverik gas station will open Thursday in Eden. 

OGDEN — With the support of a state-based tax incentive, a large outdoor recreation retailer with a headquarters office in Ogden is expanding.