Northern Utah Update: Two dogs resuscitated during house fire in Farr West
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- A residence in Farr West, where a fire occurred, on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (Ryan Comer, Standard-Examiner)
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- A vehicle crashed into a support structure near the lobby entrance at the Best Western Plus High Country Inn in Ogden on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026. (Ryan Comer, Standard-Examiner)
FARR WEST — A house fire Friday evening had an especially happy ending for a pair of dogs.
Two dogs were resuscitated in the front yard and transported to an animal hospital for further care, Weber Fire District Battalion Chief Casey Naef told the Standard-Examiner.
All told, Naef said three dogs and two cats were safely removed from the residence. There were no civilian injuries and the cause is under investigation.
Naef said the resuscitation process for animals is almost like it is for humans and involves oxygen and CPR.
“We went through several bottles of oxygen – you can see over here on the grass – just trying to reoxygenate them and get them breathing again,” he said.
Naef said an entire crew was devoted just to the welfare of the animals while the home was still on fire.
“They spent a considerable amount of time just working on the animals themselves,” he said. “We go through and we do an all clear of the structure, trying to make sure there is nobody in there, whether it’s people or animals. We were searching for anything alive in the house. Except snakes. Just kidding. Snakes, as well, so just kidding.”
According to Naef, the fire appeared to start on the exterior of the building on the back of the house and then moved through the house.
He said the home wasn’t a major loss.
“It’s going to need definitely some repairs, but it definitely had a better ending than what we anticipated,” Naef said.
Apparent slipper malfunction results in crash at wedding location on wedding day
OGDEN – The mother of a bride-to-be had an apparent slipper malfunction and ended up crashing her vehicle into a stone-clad support column at the Best Western Plus High Country Inn on Saturday, the location of the wedding to be later in the day.
“From what the police officer said, the front desk clerk said that she thought she was going in reverse,” Jennifer McBride, general manager of the Best Western Plus High Country Inn, told the Standard-Examiner. “She thought she had it in reverse, and then when she went to adjust, her slipper got stuck.”
The driver went onto the curb, through a sign and into the support column. An attempt was made to reverse the vehicle but it was stopped, and fluid was seen leaking from the front left end of the vehicle.
McBride said nobody was hurt. She said fortunately nobody was walking in the area, which was the lobby entrance to the building.
“So we’re very grateful that everybody’s OK,” she said. “No injuries; just property damage. And a little kink in wedding day plans.”
Kaysville Mayor Tami Tran assesses City Council’s effort to get property tax rate proposal as close to 0% as possible
KAYSVILLE — Kaysville Mayor Tami Tran said in a social media post in May that her goal was to get the property tax proposal “to 0% or as low as possible before the budget is finalized in August.”
At the truth in taxation meeting at the City Council meeting Thursday night, the council unanimously voted to adopt the 2026 certified tax rate for fiscal year 2027 as well as the final fiscal year 2027 budget.
The City of Kaysville had proposed increasing its property tax revenue by 14.12%.
For a $711,000 residence, that means an increase from $543.56 to $620.21, which is $76.65 per year. For a $711,000 business, that means an increase from $988.29 to $1,127.65, which is $139.36 per year.
The city is set to receive an additional $802,910 in property tax revenue due to the increase.
“I’m very proud of our council and our staff and our departments because we all worked together to get it as close as we could,” Tran told the Standard-Examiner. “There’s certain things we can’t control. We can’t control the fact that we don’t have a larger commercial base and that inflation is so high, but I’m so grateful for the collaborative efforts of the council, the directors, the accounting department and the residents also for the input.”
Contact Standard-Examiner editor Ryan Comer at rcomer@standard.net.