OGDEN — When you’re mining the depths of incomparable songwriters like Bob Dylan and Tom Waits, it’s hard to go wrong.
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ROY — Roy officials have decided on a new city manager to administer the city, and after a revolving door of officials in the post, the incoming administrator is hoping to stick around for a while.
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Nearly 250 kids got a surprise on Thursday, delivered by airmen from Hill Air Force Base.
OGDEN — The Wasatch Figure Skating Club is hosting a Winter Showcase event Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Ice Sheet in Ogden.
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HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Hill Air Force Base’s final combat-ready F-35 squadron is now starting to acquire its most important equipment.
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EDEN — As it eyes expansion, officials at the Nordic Valley ski resort want to make sure the facility in its current configuration meets the needs of its clientele.
OGDEN — Pending one final city council approval, Ogden City's protracted search for a new airport manager is over.
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OGDEN — Calls from jail suggest the two defendants in a murder case are pointing the finger at one another as to who shot and killed a homeless man in August near an Ogden pond.
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WASHINGTON TERRACE — Mayor Mark Allen suspects leaders in neighboring South Ogden and Riverdale may have strong feelings about Washington Terrace leaders’ decision to back out of talks to unify their fire departments.
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OGDEN — The city and a local activist group have raised the money needed to extend honorary city streets for Martin Luther King Jr. and César Chávez in Ogden.
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SALT LAKE CITY — A snowstorm is expected to dump a few inches of snow during the morning commute Wednesday.
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OGDEN — At Aurora Guzman’s home, a three-bedroom trailer in Ogden that she shares with her six kids, space can get tight.
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OGDEN — Ahead of what figures to be one of the biggest tourist draws in the city’s history, officials are trying to make Ogden easier to navigate for newcomers.
LAYTON — An 18-year-old is in jail after he was arrested Saturday evening on an alleged robbery charge.
OGDEN — A pair of new businesses want to move into the Ogden Business Exchange, but they first want the city to authorize building sizes that are much larger than what’s presently allowed there.
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FARR WEST — In her work as a driver license examiner, Megan Shimizu has learned a lot about organ donation.
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WEST HAVEN — The firm mulling a large housing development on an open field has scaled back plans, tempering the ire of some adjacent homeowners who worry the expansion will disrupt their neighborhood.
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OGDEN — Four new faces will be representing Weber County when the Utah House convenes for the 2019 session next month.
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OGDEN — Larry Gallegos found out the hard way that his uncle died in prison.
SALT LAKE CITY — Three mortuary personnel have been given suspended jail sentences for offenses including selling gold taken from bodies and cremating infants and fetuses with adults.
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OGDEN — Thanks to a large grant from the federal government, Ogden City is looking to complete a restoration of the Weber River where it flows through west Ogden.
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Most Weber County kids living in poverty reside inside the Ogden School District boundaries, according to new numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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LAYTON — Davis County prosecutors will not purse the death penalty against a 20-year-old man charged with aggravated murder.
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OGDEN — A man is in custody after police received a call Friday from a woman saying she was kidnapped earlier in the day.
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OGDEN — Construction on Ogden City’s $4 million add-on to the Grant Avenue Promenade downtown is mostly complete.
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SOUTH OGDEN — The South Ogden Senior Center will close at the end of the month and residents are encouraged to begin using the center in Washington Terrace, the city announced Wednesday.
KANSAS CITY — A longtime Weber County prosecutor received national recognition for his work during the Project Safe Neighborhoods National Conference on Thursday in Kansas City.
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OGDEN — Trial dates have been set for an Ogden couple facing capital murder charges following the death of their 3-year-old daughter in 2017.
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OGDEN — Still without a permanent manager and hoping to get someone on board soon, Ogden City is considering raising the salary for its head airport position by what could be as much as $18,000 a year.
OGDEN — A rural intersection in western Weber County is potentially on track to become a commercial hub serving the growing area, to the chagrin of some worried the rural character of the zone is at risk.
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OGDEN — Following a four-hour public forum Wednesday, a decision on who will serve as Weber State University's 13th president is near.
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OGDEN — Police released the name of a man shot and killed Tuesday afternoon by an Ogden Police officer following a surveillance mission and car chase that ended at 12th Street and Depot Drive.
OGDEN — An Ogden man is in jail after being accused of molesting a six-year-old girl in South Ogden.
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OGDEN — Officials from Weber and Davis counties have taken a firm step forward in creating an entity that would promote business growth in the two-county zone.
FARMINGTON — The FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force netted three separate arrests in Davis County over the past week, according to charging documents.
NORTH OGDEN — North Ogden officials’ call for applicants to take over as the city’s mayor, spurred by Brent Taylor’s death last month, has drawn five hopefuls.
EDEN — The last of Weber County's ski resorts will be opening mid-week.
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FARMINGTON — Contemporary with a historic nuance, there’s a new transit option for people looking to ferry around Farmington’s flourishing downtown shopping and business district.
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NORTH OGDEN — They came, they sought answers, some clamored and at least one said the proposed expansion of the Nordic Valley ski resort was a great idea.
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OGDEN — This holiday season, the Ogden Bicycle Collective is working with Community Christmas — an event sponsored by the Ogden-Weber Community Action Partnership — to provide bikes for 100 local kids in need.
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OGDEN — Weber County authorities have approved a property tax hike effective for 2019 to boost funding to the entity that handles 911 emergency calls across the county.
November has been an emotional month with a lot of highs and lows. This month has also been a beautiful month visually in our area. Check out November's best photos from the Standard-Examiner photojournalists.
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OGDEN — The suspected kidnapper killed Friday night in a confrontation with Ogden police had an extensive criminal background and had come to Weber County, at least in part, to pursue a relationship with a local woman, Ogden Police Chief Randy Watt said Saturday.
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OGDEN — Two Ogden Police officers shot and killed an alleged kidnapping suspect after the man opened fire on the officers Friday evening in downtown Ogden, according to Ogden Police Chief Randy Watt.
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LAYTON — Police in Layton have arrested a suspect in connection with an armed robbery earlier this week.
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EDEN — The Nordic Valley ski resort would become a "destination resort" capable of comfortably handling 11,000 guests a day, 10 times more than it currently can, per a proposed expansion.
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WILLARD — After completing a $7.5 million construction project on U.S. 89 this fall, the transportation department will be back on the road in the spring to correct some flawed striping.
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LAYTON — A 15-year-old Northridge High School sophomore is in police custody after he allegedly cut the neck of another sophomore student during school hours Thursday at the Layton high school.
OGDEN — Three people were displaced after an early-morning house fire in Ogden on Thursday.
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EDEN — Powder Mountain will have one of its earliest openings in a decade Friday afternoon.
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