Amid a tumultuous application season for federal student aid, Utah public universities are taking special measures to allow students relying on those funds to plan for their enrollment. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, experienced various delays this year. First, with ...
Weber County and its municipalities are streamlining the way they deal with solid waste. According to a press release, "Weber County has implemented an inter-local agreement with County cities to guarantee that residential curb-side waste will be brought to the County Transfer Station. The ...
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OGDEN — Jared Johnson is poised to drop the "acting" qualifier from his current position as acting community and economic development director for Ogden City. According to a press release, Mayor Ben Nadolski has appointed Johnson to assume the position on a full-time basis. “Jared is the ...
OGDEN — It's going to be years before the proposals for Union Station and Historic 25th Street laid out on poster board and rolled out on the floor at various community feedback sessions come to life — but officials and advocates alike say they're feeling like these ideas are going in a ...
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has been vocal about making housing more affordable for current Utahns and for generations to come. On Thursday, he celebrated what his administration and state lawmakers crafted together at a ceremonial bill signing in Lehi. Inside of a packed clubhouse on an ...
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The federal government is injecting almost $61 million for transit projects in Utah. The Utah Transit Authority is planning on using the funds mostly for maintenance programs. The money comes from a $9.9 billion federal funding formula distributed across the country as part of the Bipartisan ...
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox had a simple message for lawmakers when he announced which bills he’d vetoed: Less is more. Cox vetoed seven bills Thursday, the last day before his midnight deadline to deal with the record 591 bills the 2024 Utah Legislature sent to his desk. The governor told ...
SOUTH OGDEN — A South Ogden man has taken up what has been a hot-button issue in local municipalities — the allowance (or lack thereof) of backyard chickens within his city's boundaries. Brian Smith launched an online petition with the aim of legalizing the keeping of birds like chickens, ...
