OGDEN — Republicans and Democrats in Weber County held their respective nominating conventions over the weekend, with state conventions growing larger on the horizon. The Republican Party of Weber County held its convention at Ben Lomond High School on Saturday morning, and it was ...
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and 21 other Republican governors called Thursday for the Environmental Protection Agency to pause its new rule that limits fine particles in the air. In a letter addressed to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, the governors wrote the new rule will hit rural communities ...
OGDEN — A key date on the local political calendar is just around the corner. The Weber County Democratic Party and the Weber County Republican Party are set to hold their respective county conventions this Saturday. In addition to conducting the business of nominating candidates and ...
For 17 years, the American Legislative Exchange Council has compiled a report of states with the best economic outlook — and for 17 years, Utah has emerged at the top of the list. On Tuesday, the Beehive State again emerged as the top state in the report “Rich States, Poor States,” ...
OGDEN — Short of a worst-case scenario, local officials aren't seeing much of a widespread flood risk this spring. A year removed from record snowpacks and runoffs that had officials making early preparations for flooding, Eli Johnson, Weber County emergency management coordinator, told the ...
It’s been four years since Utah lawmakers tried but failed to adopt a tax reform package meant to respond to a changing economy and address a structural imbalance within the state’s revenue streams, but since then lawmakers have yet to revisit the conversation. On Friday, a pair of Utah ...
WEBER COUNTY — Thanks to some recently acquired federal funds, the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District is set to embark on a scientific undertaking to study the benefits of covering a portion of a local canal with solar paneling, a project the U.S. Department of the Interior says will ...
U.S. Sen. Mike Lee appeared at separate town halls in Utah County on Friday alongside four candidates running to join him in Washington, D.C. — Trent Staggs, Carolyn Phippen, Brad Wilson and Jason Walton. Lee didn’t indicate any plans to endorse a candidate for a race that would choose ...
Rocky Mountain Power made public its updated Integrated Resource Plan on Monday, establishing its intentions to extend the operational lives of two major coal powered plants and cut down on new capacity from renewables. The Hunter and Huntington plants, both located in Emery County, won’t ...
OGDEN — An "ethics slam" co-sponsored by the Richard Richards Institute for Ethics at Weber State University, the philosophy clubs at Utah State University and Weber State, as well as Grounds for Coffee was held at the coffee chain's Harrison Boulevard location Tuesday. The topic of ...
