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Utah city elects new mayor year after death of former leader

Utah city elects new mayor year after death of former leader

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah residents have chosen a new North Ogden mayor to replace their fallen leader killed during a 2018 deployment in Afghanistan. The Deseret News reported Tuesday that voters elected businessman S. Neal Berube to fill the remaining two years of National Guard Maj. Brent Taylor’s term. Taylor […]

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New monument planned in North Ogden to honor fallen soldiers

New monument planned in North Ogden to honor fallen soldiers

NORTH OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A new monument is planned outside North Ogden City Hall to acknowledge and honor local soldiers who died while serving in the military. The North Ogden City Council has agreed to grant an easement allowing placement of the memorial in the open area between City […]

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Party honors Utah mayor killed in Afghanistan

Party honors Utah mayor killed in Afghanistan

NORTH OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah mayor killed while serving in the National Guard in Afghanistan has been remembered on what would have been his 40th birthday. The Standard-Examiner reports that about two dozen friends, neighbors and relatives attended the party honoring Maj. Brent Taylor in North Ogden on Saturday. His […]

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Festival in Utah again allows once-barred LGBTQ groups

Festival in Utah again allows once-barred LGBTQ groups

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah LGBTQ groups have been quietly accepted into a prominent July Fourth festival in conservative Provo after being denied for years. The Daily Herald in Provo reports that five groups marched in the America’s Freedom Festival parade last year, but only after an initial refusal and high-profile dispute. […]

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Somber council to choose replacement for fallen mayor

Somber council to choose replacement for fallen mayor

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The North Ogden City Council is expected to choose a new mayor to replace Maj. Brent Taylor, who was killed in Afghanistan while serving in the National Guard. The Deseret News reports the city council is expected to meet Tuesday night to select one of five applicants. […]

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Wife of mayor killed in Afghanistan praises veterans charity

Wife of mayor killed in Afghanistan praises veterans charity

NORTH OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The wife a Utah mayor killed while serving in the National Guard in Afghanistan is calling for support of a veterans’ charity. The Deseret News reports that Jennie Taylor spoke to reporters at a news conference Thursday, just two month after her husband, Maj. Brent Taylor, was […]

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Charity pays off house of Utah mayor killed in Afghanistan

Charity pays off house of Utah mayor killed in Afghanistan

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The family of a Utah mayor killed while serving in the National Guard in Afghanistan will have one less financial worry this holiday season after a charity paid off their mortgage. Brent Taylor’s widow, Jennie Taylor, said Thursday on “Fox & Friends” that she had […]

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Delegations from Afghanistan, Pakistan, The United States of America and China discuss a road map for ending the war with the Taliban at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. The Afghan government expects a date to be set by the Qaudrateral Coordinating Group for direct peace talks with the Taliban by the end of this month, Afghan Foreign Minister, Salahuddin Rabbani said. Kabul, Afghanistan, February 23, 2016. Photo by Shamriz Sabawoon/Imagespic/Sipa USA

Rise in US deaths in Afghanistan clouds outlook for peace

WASHINGTON (AP) — A rash of American combat deaths in Afghanistan is putting a spotlight on a stalemated 17-year war that is testing President Donald Trump’s commitment to pursuing peace with the Taliban. Trump has acknowledged that his original instinct was to withdraw from Afghanistan, but last week he suggested […]

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Remains of mayor killed in Afghanistan returned to Utah

Remains of mayor killed in Afghanistan returned to Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The remains of a Utah mayor killed while serving in the National Guard in Afghanistan have been returned to his home state. North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor’s body was transported from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to a National Guard base in Salt Lake […]

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Remains of mayor serving in Afghanistan returning to Utah

Remains of mayor serving in Afghanistan returning to Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The remains of a Utah mayor killed while serving in Afghanistan are returning to the state on Wednesday. Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor’s body will be transported from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to a National Guard base in Salt Lake City on Wednesday afternoon. […]

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