A three-letter acronym has become akin to a four-letter word in many places of the country, and when the furor will die down – if it does at all – remains to be seen. The situation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, has become tense enough that Weber County Sheriff Ryan ...
OGDEN — An overnight structure fire in Ogden displaced nine people. According to a press release from the Ogden City Fire Department, an Ogden Police Department officer was patrolling the area of 2200 Monroe Boulevard around 3:49 a.m. Thursday when they noticed smoke coming from the roof of ...
Amid ongoing tensions between the Utah Legislature and the state’s judiciary, a lawmaker wants to ask voters to give the Legislature the power to call a “special retention election” if legislators decide that a judge is “unfit or incompetent.” Rep. Walt Brooks, R-St. George, is ...
Weber County Sheriff Ryan Arbon recently felt compelled to write a statement related to ICE. He went through what he estimated to be about 10 to 20 drafts to make sure he could get it right and then he posted it on his Sheriff Facebook page. Arbon marveled at the response the 600-plus word ...
The Republican-controlled Utah Legislature launched its 2026 general session Tuesday with top House and Senate GOP leaders celebrating the state’s strengths while calling for lawmakers to focus on ways to help people in their day-to-day lives — specifically by reducing cost of living and ...
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of three stories following a Standard-Examiner editorial board interview with Ogden City Community Engagement Director Luis Lopez, his evolving experiences within city government and bringing a unique perspective to public outreach. Ogden Mayor Ben ...
