EDEN — The contingent pushing for a vote on turning the Eden area into a new city received enough support on petitions to push the process to the next phase — completion of a study to determine if the idea is financially viable. "We're thrilled because now we have the state of Utah doing ...
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OGDEN — The race for City Council grew a bit this week. On Wednesday, Alexander Castagno declared his intentions to run for the council's 4th District seat in a press release to the Standard-Examiner. Castagno said this isn't his first foray into the world of politics. "In 2018, I actually ...
OGDEN — The Ogden School District plans to put the ex-Grandview Elementary property in southern Ogden on the market on Sept. 1, according to Zane Woolstenhulme, business administrator for the school system. The property was a focus of intense discussion late last year and earlier this year ...
Utah's simmering flag battle — a seemingly never-ending tug of war between flag traditionalists and those who advocate changing with the times — now enters a new stage. Foes of the new state flag were unable to get enough signatures on petitions to put a challenge to Senate Bill 31 on ...
OGDEN — The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah could get a six-month occupancy extension, but the amended agreement isn't making anyone feel particularly at ease. Tuesday, the city notified the Standard-Examiner it had signed a forbearance agreement with the wildlife ...
OGDEN — The declared candidates for Ogden mayor got their first formal chance to face the public Monday. All seven candidates who have declared their intentions to run for mayor were on hand for a forum sponsored by the Weber County Republican Women at the Weber County Sheriff's Office. The ...
OGDEN — A 355-acre business park proposal is in the works in western Weber County, aiming to capitalize on demand for light industrial and warehouse space. The development, if approved, would employ perhaps 3,400 people when fully built out and generate some $1.4 billion in gross revenues ...
OGDEN — Ingenuity is alive and well in Ogden's Parks and Cemetery Division in the face of a major natural threat. With rivers in and around Ogden rising as a result snowmelt and the prospect of needing large quantities of sandbags fast to head off flooding in the city, Jacob Chadwick — ...
OGDEN — Another longtime fixture of the Ogden City Council is trying his luck at the open seat for mayor in November. Now serving in his fourth term on the council, Bart Blair confirmed to the Standard-Examiner that he is running for mayor this year, joining colleague Ben Nadolski and five ...
