Editor's note: The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with the Salt Lake City Weekly, Standard-Examiner, Park Record and Daily Herald. It’s been a year since news broke that Operation Underground Railroad, a Utah based anti-trafficking ...
OGDEN — The head of the Weber County Republican Party is rebuffing contentions that a leader in the party, Lorraine Brown, was forced out of her post. Jake Sawyer, the party chairman, said in an emailed statement Friday that Brown, who stepped down as party secretary last week, had the ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Two legislators are leading an effort to virtually eliminate vote by mail and mandate an independent audit of the 2020 Utah election, while state and county officials are pushing back and instead proposing tweaks to the existing system. Republican Reps. Steve Christiansen ...
OGDEN — A member of the Weber County Republican Party Executive Committee who had pushed for change in how the party picks candidates has stepped down, forced out by other party leaders, she maintains, because of her controversial proposal. "My viewpoint was unacceptable to the inner core, ...
ROY — Elections aren't over, but Roy will be getting two new City Council members. That doesn't mean those who haven't yet cast ballots are off the hook. Though the incumbents for the two City Council posts coming open aren't seeking reelection — meaning two council newcomers are in the ...
OGDEN — The Ogden City Police Department is in the midst of a crisis, Chief Eric Young says, due to a nationwide shortage of qualified police officers. “Almost every police department across the country are facing shortages,” Young said. Because of the shortage and the difficulty OPD ...
OGDEN — As is, owners of dogs involved in attacks in Weber County can get a citation, but they typically don't face much punishment beyond that. Now, in a bid to prevent such incidents, county commissioners have taken the first step toward beefing up the penalties transgressors of the ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Retired Ogden Police Chief Randy Watt urged state legislators Wednesday to address what he and others described as a mental health crisis that is ravaging many of Utah’s first responders. Watt said a mental health program created by a South Ogden company identified 78 ...
OGDEN — Ogden officials have approved a change expanding the sort of outdoor restaurant dining areas where alcohol may be served. The change, sought by operators of a new restaurant on Historic 25th Street, Table Twenty Five, lets eateries serve alcohol in unattached outdoor sidewalk dining ...
OGDEN — Weber County Commissioners have approved a change giving them more leeway in setting guidelines on commenting from the public at their meetings, spurred by disruptions from audience members at several gatherings dating at least to last August. "I want to give people the right to ...
