HOOPER — A large race for City Council is shaping up in Hooper City. Eight candidates are vying for two at-large positions on the board. The Standard-Examiner reached out to the candidates to discuss their reasoning for running as well as their vision for the position. Cindy ...
House Speaker Brad Wilson may still be deciding whether he vies for the U.S. Senate post now held by Mitt Romney, who's similarly weighing his options. But the Kaysville GOPer is already mustering backing from a broad range of Utah political leaders, including several Weber County and other ...
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of six questions posed to Ogden’s seven mayoral candidates. OGDEN — The future of Ogden-Hinckley Airport is on the table during this year's election. From questions over hangar leasing practices to the recent loss of commercial airline ...
Making his first visit to the Beehive State as president, Joe Biden spent time Thursday addressing a group of invited guests at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City. In remarks to the crowd, Biden celebrated the anniversary of the PACT Act's ...
With relatively modest property tax hike plans in Harrisville, South Ogden, North Ogden and the North View Fire District, officials aren't trying to be greedy or spendthrift. Rather, they're aiming, variously, to keep up with inflation and gradually boost funding to avoid the need for massive ...
NORTH OGDEN — Seven hopefuls are vying for three spots on the North Ogden City Council this election cycle, with one of them to be eliminated during primary voting, which culminates on Sept. 5. Two incumbents are among the hopefuls — Ryan Barker and Phil Swanson. Five others are seeking ...
A trifecta of city council candidate forums around Weber County is on tap for next week. The League of Women Voters of Weber County is hosting public forums for city council candidates hoping to serve North Ogden, Roy and Hooper. First up will be the Roy City Council candidate forum at 6:30 ...
SALT LAKE CITY — As a new school year approaches, officials are keeping in mind the safety of students, faculty and their community resources. At a press conference at the Utah State Capitol on Wednesday, legislators and other officials held a press conference to discuss potential ...
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — State courts have become hot spots in the national abortion debate, with Utah's top court and a Kansas judge considering Tuesday whether their state constitutions require them to block or invalidate laws regulating the procedure more than a year after Roe v. Wade was ...
OGDEN — Ogden officials have approved change to city code governing homeless encampments aimed at making the rules easier to enforce. No push to crack down on the homeless in the city is afoot. Rather, the aim of the change — approved 6-1 by the Ogden City Council — is to update language ...
