OGDEN — The 9/11 attacks may be seared in the memories of those alive at the time. Those born later are also well aware of what happened. "They've always had teachers that talk about it. They hold a moment of silence," said Kylie White, a history teacher at Bonneville High School in ...
OGDEN — Nearly 20 years ago, the twin towers in New York City fell, downed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the country wept and came together. Ryan Arbon, the Weber County sheriff, was a marshal for the state of Missouri at the time and recalls he was helping with security at a trial. ...
OGDEN — James Edwards' pie-making career started with his U.S. Air Force buddies at Hill Air Force Base. The positive feedback for his sweet potato pies got him thinking. "I thought, 'I better make this a business,'" he said. So in 2018, his full-time career in the U.S. Air Force winding ...
OGDEN — Hundreds of volunteers are pooling their efforts to pull together planned commemorative activities to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Organizers, in the meantime, say they are aware of no other initiative in Utah to mark the day to the scale of ...
OGDEN – U.S. Rep. Blake Moore came to Ogden, meeting with a crowd of perhaps 200, taking questions and addressing everything from Afghanistan to slavery reparations to Mike Lindell to the COVID-19 vaccine. It was a wide-ranging discussion, lasting two-plus hours, but events in Afghanistan ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — For members of the U.S. military — whose jobs, when boiled down to the most basic essence, are to fight wars — the undercurrent of death is perpetual.And it goes without saying that when soldiers lose a comrade in arms, it can be life-altering for the survivors. Even ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Ever since the Air Force decided to stand up its first (and, for now, only) F-35 combat unit at Hill Air Force Base almost a decade ago, proponents and general admirers of the jet have often described its rumbling engine as “the sound of freedom.”So, it seems ...
FARMINGTON — Hundreds of combat boots, arrayed in military precision and decorated with stories and photos of their fallen owners, drew reverent study on Memorial Day as a local family continued its mission of keeping service members’ memories alive.Antionette Stapley, of Hooper, created ...
SALT LAKE CITY — One of five people arrested on federal charges after the Salt Lake City riot last year has pleaded guilty to civil disorder and faces up to five years in prison.The U.S. Attorney’s Office originally charged Jackson Patton, 27, with arson, which carried a penalty of five to ...
HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Hill Air Force Base’s 388th and 419th fighter wings make up the Air Force’s first, and for now, only combat capable F-35 unit.Since F-35 operations started ramping up at Hill in 2015, fighter squadrons within the wing have completed multiple European, Pacific and ...
