It's the public's chance to meet their local candidates in several Weber County races. Last week, the Weber County League of Women Voters announced in an email that it will be hosting a number of forums featuring local candidates throughout the month of July. Terri McCulloch, president of the ...

OGDEN — A Sunday-morning fire necessitated evacuations, left a family displaced and required assistance from several area firefighting and law enforcement entities. The likely culprit: illegally discharged fireworks. According to a press release from the Ogden City Fire Department, a ...

OGDEN — Can the presence of plants in the classroom help boost the grades of college students? According to a press release from Weber State University last month, that is exactly the question one research duo on campus is aiming to answer with an ongoing study that has already spanned ...

With many national parks facing huge backlogs of deferred maintenance — Yellowstone National Park alone is estimated to have more than $1 billion — the federal government is proposing a new fee on foreign visitors to address some of the shortfall. The idea, which has long been championed ...

ANTELOPE ISLAND STATE PARK — A small, lightning-triggered fire temporarily closed several trails at Antelope Island State Park on Friday evening. In a Facebook post Friday evening, the park noted that, due to fire activity, Bone Road, Gravel Pit Trail, Split Rock Loop, White Rock Loop, ...

NORTH OGDEN — A parade seems like a pretty straightforward event. Floats make their way down what's usually a busy street, the people cheer and after an hour or so, it's all over. But in between the spectacle of children chasing candy, candidates chasing votes, blaring music, marching ...