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Weber State hires new official to help bolster Latino enrollment

OGDEN — Weber State University has hired a new official to help spearhead university efforts to foster enrollment among the area's burgeoning Latino population. Yudi Lewis comes over from Utah Valley University and will serve as executive director of Weber State's newly created ...

Mountain High opens teen resource center to serve homeless students

KAYSVILLE — There was not a dry eye at the podium during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Mountain High School Teen Resource Center on Friday. The alternative high school, with a student body of 201 at-risk teens, is more than an educational institution to a handful of the kids; it’s ...

Student stabbed in lunchtime brawl near Layton High School

LAYTON — A 15-year-old boy was stabbed Tuesday afternoon during a melee between two groups of students in a park across from Layton High School, and three schools were put on lockout until a suspect was arrested. The suspect, 16, allegedly used a blade to stab the victim in the upper ...

Pence touts accomplishments, praises Utahns in UVU speech

After a 30-minute speech peppered with applause breaks, laugh lines and policy perspectives, students attending former Vice President Mike Pence's speech at Utah Valley University on Tuesday were given an opportunity to ask a question. With a preamble about Pence's career, Cade Bloomer, a ...

West Haven, Weber School District team up on gym facilities at new school

WEST HAVEN — As the new junior high in West Haven takes shape, city officials and the Weber School District have finalized an accord to share use of the facility's gym area. "This is really about maximizing investment," said Matt Jensen, the West Haven city manager. Call it public-public ...

Ogden is focus of efforts to bolster defense, aerospace industries

OGDEN — A multimillion-dollar initiative meant to bolster the defense and aerospace industry in Weber County has received a $676,090 boost from federal officials. That's on top of $20 million Utah lawmakers earmarked for the effort earlier this year during the 2022 legislative session — ...

Ogden school leaders mull boundary changes, Hillcrest Elementary’s future

OGDEN — Ogden school officials are weighing the possibility of taking another look at the district's school boundaries with an eye to redrawing them for the 2023-2024 school year, repeating a process completed last spring. The possibility of closing schools is also on the table as the ...

Weber State unveils facility focused on researching national defense matters

CLEARFIELD — Weber State University has formally opened a new facility meant to increase educational opportunities for students and, via the research completed within its walls, bolster U.S. defense. The Miller Advanced Research and Solutions Center, or MARS Center, occupies what used to ...

Utah ranks as state with lowest student debt as Biden announces relief plan

According to the Department of Education, at the end of the first quarter of 2022, total outstanding college-loan balances stood at nearly $1.61 trillion, which averages out to $37,000 for each of the 43.4 million borrowers in the United States. As President Joe Biden unveiled his plan for ...

Taylor Canyon Elementary building to be demolished, turned to greenspace

OGDEN — It's time to start saying goodbye to the old Taylor Canyon Elementary building. The school's final class of students left at the end of the 2021-2022 school year last May. On Thursday, the Ogden School Board approved preliminary plans calling for demolition of the East Bench school ...