More entities are preparing for flooding and its potential aftermath. During its regular meeting Tuesday, the Weber County Commission voted unanimously to declare a local emergency due to imminent flooding. "At the time we started looking at this emergency, it was imminent," Commissioner Gage ...
OGDEN — City employees are a major theme in the proposed fiscal year 2024 budget. On Tuesday, Mayor Mike Caldwell pitched the final proposed budget of his tenure as mayor. Caldwell began by praising the city's employees. "I understood when I came into this office early that this is about ...
OGDEN — The Ogden Planning Commission has nixed a proposal to install a car wash at the site of the former Jake's Over the Top restaurant, heeding the calls of foes worried how the proposed operation would impact their neighborhood. "The biggest concerns were the noise and the traffic and ...
OGDEN — Heath Satow has long railed at Ogden City Council meetings about what he labels the flawed process the city follows when selecting companies to develop city-owned properties. He's not budging from his critical point of view, even following unanimous adoption last month of new ...
OGDEN — Jase Reyneveld doesn't think the City of Ogden should get involved in the business of developing land. With the March decision of city leaders to acquire a 6.55-acre parcel so perhaps 26 homes can be built on the land, though, he thinks the city is moving yet again in that ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — You may soon be required to prove you’re older than 18 to watch porn in Utah, if adult websites comply with a law that took effect Wednesday. A new state law requiring adult websites verify the ages of their users took effect on Wednesday, making the state at least ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state court on Tuesday blocked Utah's first-in-the-nation ban on abortion clinics from taking effect Wednesday in a ruling in which the judge called the Republican-controlled Legislature's objective in enacting the ban "nebulous." The decision allows the state's four ...
Record snowpacks and warmer temperatures are bringing more meltwater into the already swollen rivers of the region. This week, that's expected to culminate in some of the area's flooding issues. In a post on the Weber County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, it was announced Monday that the ...
OGDEN — The public will have a chance to hear from the seven Ogden mayoral candidates early next week. A forum, organized by the Weber County Republican Women and hosted by the Weber County Sheriff's Office, is set for Monday. All current mayoral candidates have been invited, including Ben ...
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