Author: Mariah Wheeler

OGDEN, Utah — A judge determined Monday that an Ogden attorney violated professional ethics rules by pocketing and spending a client’s lawsuit settlement and lying about it after he was caught. At the close of a 2 ½-day bench trial in 2nd District Court, Judge Noel Hyde ruled Richard H. Reeve was guilty of dishonesty, failing to safeguard the funds of three clients and improperly giving a paralegal a cut of a settlement.

OGDEN, Utah — While preliminary utility construction on Ogden’s Bus Rapid Transit project already has begun, local transit officials say a new agreement with the federal government will allow mainline construction to begin in March. Utah Transit Authority Executive Director Carolyn Gonot said the agency received a “letter of no prejudice” on Jan. 12 from the Federal Transit Authority, which allows UTA to begin construction on the $100 million-plus project before a federal Small Starts grant is finalized in the summer. Essentially, the FTA is allowing UTA to complete some $23 million of construction on the project ahead of the…