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Ogden City is the largest spender on Flock cameras in Utah, with $123,000 paid to the private company, Flock Safety. The...
08/12/2026

Ogden City is the largest spender on Flock cameras in Utah, with $123,000 paid to the private company, Flock Safety. There are 41 cameras in Ogden City alone. Read more through the e-newsletter🏎️
✍️ Ellie Lees, News Reporter
✍️ David Roman Aros , Translation Editor
📷 Gavin Olson, Photo Editor
🗺️ Izabelle Corderio, Graphics Editor

A new era kicked off for Weber State football under new head coach Eric Kjar. He’s already started months ahead of their...
08/12/2026

A new era kicked off for Weber State football under new head coach Eric Kjar. He’s already started months ahead of their first game. Read more about the story through the e-newsletter 🏈🐾
✍️ Grayson Freestone, Sports Editor
✍️ Victoria Hernandez Flores, Translation Editor
📷 AJ Handley
📷 Anna Kuglar, Collaboration Editor

Family and friends buzzed around the Natural History Museum of Utah (NHMU) Aug. 8-9 for Utah’s biggest celebration of bu...
08/11/2026

Family and friends buzzed around the Natural History Museum of Utah (NHMU) Aug. 8-9 for Utah’s biggest celebration of bugs.Through exhibits, activities and hands-on experiences, attendees got an up-close look at the world of insects. Check out the e-newsletter or link in our bio for more stories🦋🐛
✍️ / 📷 Gavin Olson, Photo Editor
✍️ Nelly Hernandez Tejada, Managing Editor

Thousands gathered in Ogden for a week-long Pioneer Days event that featured everything from Utah Hall Cowboy Hall of Fa...
07/30/2026

Thousands gathered in Ogden for a week-long Pioneer Days event that featured everything from Utah Hall Cowboy Hall of Fame Induction to kids rodeo to the final event on July 24th, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Pioneer Day Celebration.The final day started early with Rodeo Run at 8 a.m., followed by varying rodeo events and the Grande Parade, which made its way down 30th St. to 20th St. on Washington Boulevard.
✍️ Grayson Freestone, Sports Editor
✍️ Victoria Hernandez Flores, Translation Editor
📷 Samantha Matsuura , The Signpost photographer

On July 18, the Dumke Arts Plaza held a silent disco. Ogden partners with Weber State University’s Shaw Gallery to manag...
07/29/2026

On July 18, the Dumke Arts Plaza held a silent disco. Ogden partners with Weber State University’s Shaw Gallery to manage events at the Dumke Arts Plaza. One of those events is a silent disco every third Saturday in June, July and August.
✍️ Aleesa Campbell, Culture Reporter
📷 Aleesa Campbell, Culture Reporter

Utah colleges lost more than $500,000 to fraudulent “ghost students,” according to a recent audit by the Utah Office of ...
07/28/2026

Utah colleges lost more than $500,000 to fraudulent “ghost students,” according to a recent audit by the Utah Office of Legislative Auditor General. Auditors estimate the losses could total as much as $834,000. Read more about the story on our website💥
✍️ Ellie Lees, News Reporter
📷 Kennedy Camarena

Salt Lake City has become a hotbed for major sporting events. Last year, they hosted the X Games and the Red Bull Soap B...
07/16/2026

Salt Lake City has become a hotbed for major sporting events. Last year, they hosted the X Games and the Red Bull Soap Box Race. This year, it was the Monster Jam World Finals at Rice-Eccles Stadium July 2-4. The rest of the story can be found on our website🏎️💜💥
✍️ Grayson Freestone, Sports Editor
📷 Grayson Freestone, Sports Editor

Due to historically high wildfire conditions, Utah operated under a statewide default ban on personal fireworks on Indep...
07/15/2026

Due to historically high wildfire conditions, Utah operated under a statewide default ban on personal fireworks on Independence Day. The ban was put into effect by an executive order from Gov. Spencer Cox and was in place from June 25 to July 5. To read more, click the link in the bio or from the e-newsletter🎆🤝
✍️ Ellie Lees, News Reporter
📷 MGN

The Two-Bit Bistro was formerly known as Two-Bit Street Café. Ownership later transferred to Andrew Shorts, a longtime s...
07/14/2026

The Two-Bit Bistro was formerly known as Two-Bit Street Café. Ownership later transferred to Andrew Shorts, a longtime staff member of Two-Bit Street Café. After the lease ended in 2023, Two-Bit Street Café closed its location at 126 25th St in Ogden and moved to 2510 Washington Blvd. Read more about the story through your e-newsletter 🎷🤝
✍️Aleesa Campbell, Culture Reporter
📷 Anna Kuglar, Collaboration Editor
📷 Gavin Olson, Photo Editor

With the World Cup slimming the teams down to the final four teams in the semifinals, which teams are the clear favorite...
07/13/2026

With the World Cup slimming the teams down to the final four teams in the semifinals, which teams are the clear favorites, and which have narrowly scraped by? Based on each team’s performance throughout the tournament, here are rankings of the remaining teams⚽🤝
✍️Brayson Brown, Sports Reporter
📷Paul Childs , Reuters (1st picture)
📷Vincent Carchietta , IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters (2nd picture)
📷Brett Davis , IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters (3rd picture)
📷Kai Pfaffenbach , Reuters (4th picture)

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