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Utah lawmakers may end ranked choice voting pilot program early

A bill to end Utah’s experiment with ranked choice voting early is gaining traction in the Utah Legislature. With HB290, Rep. Katy Hall, R-South Ogden, wants to move up the date on which Utah’s ranked choice voting pilot project ends, from Jan. 1, 2026, to May 1 of this year. Hall ...

Motorcyclist dead after collision with SUV in Pleasant View

PLEASANT VIEW — A person is dead after their motorcycle collided with an SUV on Highway 89 near 2300 North on Wednesday, Lt. Stetson Talbot of the Pleasant View Police Department told the Standard-Examiner. The accident occurred at around 8:30 p.m. and authorities arrived on the scene almost ...

Update released regarding January police shooting in Riverdale

RIVERDALE — New details have been made available in the fatal shooting by police of a stabbing suspect last month. Late last week, the Weber County Attorney's Office released a "Critical Incident Community Briefing" regarding the Jan. 14 incident in which William Marvin Toon, 28, of Highland ...

Weber County Library launching monthly Dungeons & Dragons club for adults

ROY — Roll for initiative! The Weber County Library System's Southwest Branch — located at 2039 W. 4000 South in Roy — is set to be invaded by mind flayers, nefarious liches and perhaps even a beholder or two with the official launch of an adult Dungeons & Dragons club later this ...

LDS Church marks the return of last steel pyramid atop Salt Lake Temple

SALT LAKE CITY — More than 800 construction workers gathered Tuesday to celebrate the last reinforcing steel pyramid on top of the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nearly four years ago, the spires of the temple were removed as part of the building’s ...

Skier dies after falling off cliff near Snowbasin Resort

WEBER COUNTY — A man is dead after an accident near Huntsville's Snowbasin Resort on Monday, according to a statement from the resort. Per the release, the skier had left the resort's boundaries to access out-of-bounds terrain. The man, who hasn't been publicly identified, was later found ...