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Cache County Council approves two new lifts at Powder Mountain Ski Resort
The Cache County Council voted on and passed, by a narrow margin, a development agreement with Power Mountain Ski Resort to install two brand new lifts. Power Mountain Ski Resort sits on the boundary between Cache County and Weber County. According to Brooke Hontz, chief development and construction officer for Powder Mountain Ski Resort, much of the skiable area and most of the lifts are in Cache County. However, the main lodge and all access to the resort is in Weber County. ...
Drone mission helps in Weber County haystack fire
OGDEN, Utah (KUTV) — Drones assisted in firefighting efforts of a haystack fire in Weber County. Weber County Sheriff's Office officials said "a large haystack caught fire" Wednesday at 7600 West 700 North in Ogden. Officials said the fire destroyed some trailers and a large amount of hay, but...
Weber County brush fire hampers motorists on I-15
MARRIOTT- SLATERVILLE, Utah, June 25, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — A brush fire that quickly grew Tuesday evening has drawn multiple fire crews and closed the northbound lanes of I-15. The Weber Fire District by 8 p.m. online was warning people away from the wooded area just east of 1-15...
Crews respond to ‘human-caused’ brush fire at Marriott-Slaterville homeless encampment
MARRIOTT-SLATERVILLE — Smoke filled the air Tuesday evening in Weber County just off of Interstate 15 between the 21st Street and 12th Street exits as a brush fire was sparked at a homeless encampment in the area. David Reed, deputy chief/fire marshall for the Weber Fire District, told the...
Roy, South Ogden, Riverdale, Washington Terrace investigate fire department consolidation
SOUTH OGDEN — Bunched together in southern Weber County, officials from Roy, Riverdale, South Ogden and Washington Terrace are looking into the possibility of consolidating firefighting operations via creation of a new fire district. The consolidation debate has ebbed and flowed, notably among Riverdale, South Ogden and Washington Terrace....
Grass fire in Weber County seen for miles said to be human-caused
OGDEN, Utah (KUTV) — Multiple crews were called to a grass fire off Interstate 15 in Weber County that officials said was human-caused. The fire broke around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in an area along the interstate between 12th Street and 21st Street in Ogden. Heavy black plumes of smoke...
Fungal disease affecting trees throughout Ogden, Northern Utah
Ogden has been recognized as a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation for multiple decades, and several other cities throughout Weber County and the state of Utah at large share in the distinction. However, trees in the region are being impacted by disease. Anthracnose diseases caused by a...
Elevated temperatures cause pavement buckling on Riverdale Road
RIVERDALE — Riverdale Road, an important thoroughfare for motorists traveling between Davis/Weber counties and downtown Ogden, experienced lane closures over the weekend amid pavement buckling caused by elevated temperatures. The buckling occurred just east of the 700 West intersection where the road transitions into the curved section that serves...
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