OGDEN — The proposed Ogden School District tax hike aims to generate extra funding largely for special education programs, according to a school official. Ogden School District is one of several Weber County taxing entities seeking a property tax hike to bolster funding as part of budgeting ...
Editor's note: This story has been edited to clarify more information. The three new schools under construction in western Weber County, funded by a voter-approved bond in 2021, are on schedule to open in time for the 2024 school year. The schools will just have a much higher price tag, which ...
OGDEN — An effort to keep Weber State University's duck pond a little cleaner and able to better do its duties is well underway. The pond at Ada Lindquist Plaza is the subject of a major ongoing reconstruction project this summer. Mark Halverson, WSU's associate vice president for ...
FARMINGTON — Davis School District has tabbed a new official to head its Office of Equal Opportunity, created in the aftermath of a 2021 U.S. Department of Justice report blasting the district's handling of race-based harassment and discrimination. Darrin Nash, previously the principal of ...
OGDEN — Change is coming to the Weber County Junior Livestock program, which gives hundreds of kids and teens a chance each year to hone their life and animal-raising skills. It has been administered by Weber County, but county commissioners decided it would be better managed as a private ...
Utah Sen. John Johnson is relaunching debate over his proposal put forward during the 2023 legislative session targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public Utah universities. This time around, however, he's not seeking to eliminate them, a proposal that generated a sharp rebuke ...
PLEASANT VIEW — A blaze at Weber High School on Friday morning led to damage in and around the main gym at the school, mainly from water emitted by the facility's fire sprinkler system. The fire apparently started due to some sort of chemical reaction caused after rags with chemical residue ...
The Davis Education Foundation is closing in on a long-sought goal to help out teens who may be facing homelessness or other associated issues within the Davis School District. Over the course of the summer, work has been underway on adding teen centers to Syracuse, Viewmont and Bountiful high ...
FARMINGTON — The Bible can stay in all Davis School District libraries after all. The Davis school board on Tuesday reversed the controversial May 22 decision of a committee that deemed the book should be pulled from junior high and elementary schools — though retained at high schools — ...
OGDEN — Time's ticking for those with a soft spot for the old Hillcrest Elementary building. Asbestos is being removed from the structure at 130 N. Eccles Drive in northern Ogden and demolition of the school, built in 1958, is set to start the first week of July. "We would like to get the ...
