Saturday marks the third day of the new year and, so far as I can tell, 2026 feels pretty much the same as 2025. We've already had disasters, accidents and violence that have resulted in tragedy. We continue to have political posturing and disagreement. We see some good things in the economy ...

We've probably all heard the words of the 60-year-old Christmas song, "Let There Be Peace on Earth." According to multiple sources, the song was written by Jill Jackson Miller and Sy Miller in 1955, and was first introduced at a youth retreat and sung by the International Children's Choir. ...

Is everyone enjoying the elaborate redistricting machinations of the legislative and judicial systems in Utah? It's been quite the dance we've all been watching over the last seven years ... and I doubt there is any end in sight. Here's a quick recap of the redistricting timeline: ...

I’ve been thinking a lot about community in the last few weeks. We are just now wrapping up a municipal election cycle that occasionally got pretty divisive. I heard from and talked to many citizens of our cities as well as candidates about their ideas and often their frustrations. Almost ...

What do the end of daylight saving time and the 2025 municipal elections have in common? The obvious answer is that both occur every year in early November, with the time change officially happening early Sunday morning and the elections taking place on Tuesday. But I have been thinking about ...

For the last month, the Standard-Examiner has had a chance to spend significant time with all eight of the Ogden City Council candidates. During our interviews that lasted about an hour in each case, we asked many of the same questions to get as clear an idea as possible of how they view the ...