WASHINGTON (AP) — As wildfires choke California and other Western states, the Trump administration pledged Thursday to work more closely with state and local officials to prevent wildfires from ever starting.

OGDEN — The Ogden City administration is proposing another redevelopment district in the heart of downtown.

FARMINGTON — Farmington has begun a nationwide search to replace the executive who has guided the city through unprecedented growth over most of the past decade.

NORTH OGDEN — Officials have cut the controversial proposal for a public wading pond from plans for a stormwater detention basin in an undeveloped field near 2300 North in North Ogden.

OGDEN — The Ogden City Council unanimously approved the city’s 2019 budget Tuesday night, an action that included a more than 8 percent property tax increase.

OGDEN — Tuesday night is the last chance for Ogden residents to make their voices heard on a proposed 8.92 percent property tax increase.

OGDEN — Thanks to an ongoing federal windfall, Ogden City’s poster child street for walkability and active transportation is getting a $4 million add-on.

Riverdale, Washington Terrace and South Ogden officials are mulling consolidation of the fire departments in the three cities to a single unified district.

OGDEN — A multi-member coalition has identified a laundry list of pedestrian improvements that can be made along key spots of the proposed Bus Rapid Transit project in Ogden.

OGDEN — When Monica Williams was a graduate student searching for a topic for her Ph.D. dissertation, she turned on the TV to see what people were talking about.

OGDEN — With water at a premium and temperatures continuing to soar, Ogden City officials say they’re backing off enforcement of an ordinance that requires residents to keep their lawns green.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mike Lee has introduced legislation to limit the ability of the president to expand a national monument in Utah, a hot issue in the state stemming from the creation of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.

FARMINGTON — Booming sales tax revenue is allowing Farmington City to adopt a more refined approach to economic development.

FARMINGTON — Farmington is looking for a new City Council member.

OGDEN — The Ogden City administration is seeking to protect the old First Security Bank building from demolition or redevelopment that would significantly alter its historic character.

OGDEN — Turnout in Tuesday’s primary elections in Weber County exceeded the 2016 figure and the overwhelming majority cast ballots via mail.

OGDEN — The Ogden administration wants to fund some public art with money from the city’s utility fund.

OGDEN — Weber County’s efforts to fight intergenerational poverty and unite the varied organizations that work with those in need have yielded results — $150,000 in grant funds geared to aiding kids.

OGDEN — An Ogden business has reached a settlement with the federal government after the business was accused of violating anti-discrimination laws. 

BRIGHAM CITY — An economic development program created to help Washakie Renewable Energy expand its biofuels business in Box Elder County is on hold.

OGDEN — The average Ogden homeowner can expect their city property tax bill to increase by about $27 in 2019 if the city administration’s proposed tax increase is adopted.

OGDEN — Want to hear more from the Republican candidates for local and state office in Weber County?

OGDEN — The Ogden urban gondola concept, which deeply divided the community a decade ago, lives on in the pages of a $187,500 Weber County economic development plan delivered in 2017.

OGDEN — A heated confrontation caught on video over use of a campsite has led Weber County officials to place a county employee on paid leave as they investigate the May 25 matter.

PROVO — Democratic U.S. House hopefuls Kurt Weiland and Lee Castillo touched on medical cannabis, police profiling, the death penalty and more at a debate Tuesday.

WEST HAVEN — Population growth in Weber County, perhaps not surprisingly, has been most pronounced in cities in the western part of the county, where more undeveloped open space is available to accommodate annexation, new homes and more people.

OGDEN — After more than a year of study and deliberation, a new initiative aimed at helping the poorest people in Weber County should be taking shape.

NORTH OGDEN — Utah Rep. Justin Fawson has formally tendered his resignation, as had been expected, and a special election has been called to find someone to fill out his term in the District 7 seat through the end of 2018.

OGDEN — Covering the investigation into Weber County Commissioner Kerry Gibson has been fraught with questions and controversy.

OGDEN — Dan Deuel had held pretty strong views on how he thought GOP candidates should get on the ballot.

OGDEN — It turns out that humans have a built-in neurotransmission system that appears well-designed to respond to cannabis for treating chronic pain, anxiety, nausea and a host of other symptoms caused by various diseases and conditions.

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OGDEN — He’s not yet turned 18 — the minimum age to vote in federal elections — but come June 26, Zach Thomas, a Weber High School senior, is preparing to cast a ballot for the first time.

OREM — Rep. Brad Daw called out the Libertas Institute for making what he believes to be totally false claims.

OGDEN — Saturday is a big day in this year’s election cycle as Weber County Republicans hold a convention to pick party nominees for numerous posts up for grabs this year.

LAYTON — Kays Creek burbles behind the county library, bisecting peaceful parkway land near the Layton City offices.

OGDEN — The police investigation into Weber County Commissioner Kerry Gibson stemmed, at least in part, from concerns that county employees had carried out work on property owned by his family’s business, according to a former county official.