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Ogden’s Sunflower Community Garden is looking to upgrade

OGDEN — The stewards of the Sunflower Community Garden — located at 1165 E. 30th St., behind Grounds for Coffee on Harrison Boulevard — are looking to elevate the project as it enters its 15th year of operation. A crowdfunding campaign was launched earlier this month with a fundraising ...

Southeastern fast-casual restaurant chain Vicious Biscuit coming to Utah

A small East Coast restaurant chain will be migrating its way west in the near future thanks to a Utahn's vacation. Representatives of Vicious Biscuit announced in a press release that the chain — currently serving South Carolina, North Carolina and Florida — will be opening at least five ...

Doctors probing mystery of Utah’s high prevalence of multiple sclerosis

Utah has one of the highest incidence rates of multiple sclerosis in the nation, and Intermountain Health physicians are trying to figure out why that’s the case. The neurological autoimmune disease affects more than 1 million Americans and is three times more likely to strike women, ...

Local farmer brings Utah-grown citrus to Weber-Davis area

OGDEN — Chad Midgley is passionate about local farming, but your average Utahn might struggle to define his produce as "local." That's because he has been redefining what's agriculturally possible in the Beehive State. Midgley grew up in Davis County and learned the tricks of the farming ...

$61 million in federal funding en route to improve Utah transit

The federal government is injecting almost $61 million for transit projects in Utah. The Utah Transit Authority is planning on using the funds mostly for maintenance programs. The money comes from a $9.9 billion federal funding formula distributed across the country as part of the Bipartisan ...

Overrun with cats, Northern Utah animal shelters turn to public for help

Every day, local animal shelters and rescues receive phone calls from the public asking for help rescuing a stray, feral or abandoned animal, and right now, many of those calls are about cats that need help. But rescue workers say the scope of the need is too great for them to handle, so ...

Hot springs enthusiasts argue for access to Ogden’s ‘hot pots’

OGDEN — The Weber County Sheriff's Office announced last month that it would be enforcing a no-trespassing policy — through a letter of agency agreement with private landowners — in an area where locals and visitors alike have accessed the Ogden River hot springs, located near the mouth ...

WSU researchers investigating impact of gaming on the body

OGDEN — Weber State University's Department of Exercise & Nutrition Sciences has begun working with the school's rising esports program to study the effects on the body of playing video games. The project, launched by Bryan Dowdell, assistant professor of exercise and sport science ...

Volunteer opportunities available at local organizations

Weber Human Services is looking for people who can help Northern Utah nonprofits. For more information on volunteer opportunities or to post an opportunity for your organization, call 801-625-3777 or 801-778-6897. If you are interested in volunteering and do not see what interests you please ...