OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Officials say snow levels in Utah remain below the state’s typical average despite a wet winter. The Standard-Examiner reports the National Resource Conservation Service says Utah’s snowpack is near normal at 92 percent, compared to 51 percent in 2018. The agency, in its January Utah Climate and Water […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Furloughed Internal Revenue Service workers in Ogden are planning a rally later this week to call for an end to the partial government shutdown. The Standard-Examiner in Ogden reports that about 5,000 people who work at the IRS office in Ogden are struggling without pay checks during an […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A corporal assigned to the corrections division of the Weber County Sheriff’s Office is accused of multiple counts of sexual misconduct with a person in custody. The Sheriff’s Office says an internal investigation begun in November in sheriffs’ Cpl. Jeremy Miller being placed on administrative leave […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah man who pleaded guilty to attempting to kidnap a woman has been sentenced. The Standard-Examiner reports Jorge Pedro Soria Nieto, of Ogden, was sentenced Wednesday to serve six years to life in a state prison. Nieto pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated kidnapping, a first-degree […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Northern Utah police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found frozen outside a church on New Year’s Day. The Standard-Examiner reports the woman’s body was found on a walkway near the First Baptist Church of Ogden in downtown Ogden. Ogden Police Lt. Tyler Hanson […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The U.S. government shutdown is causing anxiety and concern for thousands of Internal Revenue Service employees who work in the Ogden area. Jenny Brown, president of Local 67 of the National Treasury Employees Union, tells the Standard-Examiner that many employees are scaling back their spending on groceries and […]
EDEN, Utah (AP) — An 8-year-old boy apparently escaped seriously injured when he fell roughly 33 feet (10 meters) off a ski lift in northern Utah. The Standard-Examiner reports that Weber Fire District Capt. John Wood said the boy walked away with only cuts and bruises after falling from a lift Friday […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Uncertainty about who owns an 1881 locomotive steam engine in Ogden is complicating restoration efforts. The Standard-Examiner reports that Salt Lake City donated the engine to the state in 1979 after it sat at Liberty Park for decades. The state then moved it to Ogden for restoration. Steve […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert has proposed adding $5 million per year to Utah’s public-defender system, a move that advocates say would be a step toward fixing a system can fall short for people who are accused of crimes but can’t afford their own lawyer. The Standard-Examiner reports the request […]
ROY, Utah (AP) — The suburban city of Roy is expecting growth as mixed-use developments and more town homes are planned on its few remaining open spaces. The Standard-Examiner reports city officials are expecting about 140 new housing units to be built on separate developments in the city southwest of Ogden. City […]
