Democracy is more than an election day or a ballot. It is the ongoing work of a community choosing to stay informed, participate, and engage respectfully with one another. In Weber County, democracy shows up in local council meetings, school board decisions, ballot initiatives, voting with mail ...

I should begin by making sure you know at least this much: The College of Science will host its annual Science Open House this Friday from 6–9 p.m. at Weber State University in the Tracy Hall Science Center. It’s a free event that pools together the marvelous energies of our faculty, staff ...

I was born and raised in Ogden, am a proud graduate of Ogden High, where over half our student body are minorities, and an alum of Weber State University, which also serves a significant Hispanic population. I love this city. I love our resilience and the way we celebrate our heritage ...

They say that this cold and flu season could be really dangerous. It might not be just a runny nose, nagging cough, and a bag full of over-the-counter meds all over our nightstands. It promises to be a month-long, very painful cough, hourly visits to the toilet, yuk, and a large bill for doctor ...

"Where is the good news?" my son asked the other day, the kind of simple question that can only come from a child. Obvious, sensical, trusting. He still believes in our essential goodness and still wants to know about humanity's small kindnesses and large achievements. We had been ...

George Orwell was on to it almost 80 years ago — the problem of below-replacement level birth rates. In a short book written for the Britain in Pictures series in 1947, written just as Britain was emerging from wartime rigors into an uncharted postwar future, Orwell noted that despite an ...