Former President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien commended Utah lawmakers on Monday for a handful of bills aimed at strengthening national security during a news conference where he railed against the dangers of Chinese influence. The Chinese government is ...
Utah hasn’t been successful in regulating an exception that allows clergy members to promise secrecy for anything they learn during confession, even suspected child abuse. But, a bill trying to give them the option to report as well as liability protection if they do now has the support of ...
MARRIOTT-SLATERVILLE — Frequent statewide drought conditions notwithstanding, residents living on the border between Marriott-Slaterville and Ogden along 1200 West seemingly have no shortage of water. Unfortunately, it's not the kind of water anyone wants. The construction of warehouses ...
OGDEN — Wondering when the WonderBlock development will finally get underway? Well, wonder no more. At a short ceremony Friday afternoon, officials from Ogden City and J. Fisher Cos. broke ground on the mixed-use development. As reported by the Standard-Examiner last November, the proposed ...
On the heels of his visit to Texas last weekend with 14 other governors, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox announced he’ll be sending a small group of troop members to the southern border later this month. The Republican governor’s office issued a news release Friday that on Feb. 26 he’ll send ...
It started with TV ads decrying a municipality-funded fiber network. Now, some cities along the Wasatch Front are receiving mailers with the same message. “UTOPIA is a dystopia,” read the flyers against the Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA), a community-owned ...
WEBER COUNTY — The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has announced the construction of several beaver dam analogs at a Northern Utah wildlife management area with the aim of restoring stream habitat. In total, 45 beaver dam analogs were built last summer and fall within the Cinnamon Creek ...
The Utah Legislature’s budget still has weeks to shape up and final revenue projections won’t be released until mid-February, but already powerful legislative leaders are indicating the governor likely won’t get everything he’s recommending for housing and homelessness programs. “We ...
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Utah’s new, proposed social media laws were made public Monday, marking a change in the state’s attempt to regulate accounts belonging to minors. For weeks, lawmakers have hinted at the changes to the social media laws, which flew through the legislature last year and were touted by Gov. ...
