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Police seek driver in Weber State campus hit-and-run

OGDEN — Police are looking for help finding the driver who hit a bicyclist on the Weber State University campus last week and drove away. At 12:34 p.m. Wednesday, a car hit the cyclist in a crosswalk at 3900 Dixon Parkway, according to a Weber State Police Department release. The car was ...

Woman killed in shooting Saturday was an Ogden teacher

Editor's note: A previous version of this story misspelled the shooting victim's last name. OGDEN — A woman killed in an apparent accidental shooting Saturday has been identified as an Ogden teacher. Ogden School District spokesperson Jer Bates said Monday that Jaycee Gray Trivino was a ...

New Bridge kids mark Ruby Bridges’ historic school desegregation effort

OGDEN — Sixty-two years after Ruby Bridges walked through an angry mob into William Frantz Elementary, integrating the New Orleans school for the first time, students from New Bridge Elementary — inspired by her courage — brought a message of inclusivity to their neighborhood. "We are ...

Author Brad Meltzer meets with Ogden kids, touts the power of books

OGDEN — Author Brad Meltzer, not surprisingly, believes in the power of books and stories in helping kids open themselves up to the possibilities ahead of them. "They show your potential, and our kids need to realize their own potential," he said, drawing a contrast with social media. "So ...

Davis schools $475M bond gets OK; focus turns to Sunset, West Point

FARMINGTON — With preliminary vote totals showing Davis School District's $475 million bond proposal has passed, school officials are moving ahead and putting their plans into action. At the top of the list are two projects in northern Davis County — construction of a new junior high ...

Wilson: Great Salt Lake mitigation efforts could take a couple of decades

Editor’s note: This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform people about the plight of the Great Salt Lake — and what can be done to make a difference before it ...

Roy, Weber, Fremont high schools to lose students to fill West Field HS

WASHINGTON TERRACE — Roy, Weber and Fremont high schools will ultimately see their boundaries shifted and pared back, resulting in the removal of perhaps 300 to 600 students from each to fill West Field High School, the new school taking shape in western Weber County. That's been the plan ...

State data shows public school enrollment slowdown in 2022

According to new data from the Utah State Board of Education, enrollment growth in Utah’s public schools is starting to dwindle. According to data released by the USBE on Wednesday, Utah added 299 students to its public school system in 2022. This was a 0.04% increase in students that ...

All Ogden School District students will be able to get free meals

OGDEN — All Ogden School District students will be able to get free meals for the rest of the school year, the district announced Wednesday. "We hope this decision will benefit families by easing the financial burden of paying for school meals," the district said in a statement. The ...

$14.5M claim filed against Davis School District in Izzy Tichenor’s death

FARMINGTON — The mother of a 10-year-old Black and autistic student who died by suicide last year after alleged bullying and neglect at Foxboro Elementary School has served a $14.5 million damages claim against the Davis School District. A community furor erupted after the Nov. 6, 2021, ...