Author: Mariah Wheeler

OGDEN, Utah — Two Utah cities will start the new year with new leadership in their police departments. Both Ogden and Taylorsville introduced new police chiefs on Tuesday. In Ogden, city officials chose a native son in Eric Young to replace retiring Chief Randy Watt. “I am honored and humbled to be selected by Mayor Mike Caldwell to serve as the next police chief for the city,” Young said at a press conference Tuesday. “I spent my entire life interwoven in the fabric of Ogden. “As a young child, entertainment was a movie at the Egyptian or Orpheum theaters, or…

OGDEN, Utah— Contending with the specter of COVID-19 — as a health care worker or one of the subgroups most vulnerable to the virus — can be fraught with stress. With such groups in mind, the Weber-Morgan Health Department has launched Uplift With Letters, a letter-writing initiative to give them a little sunlight, a bit of a respite. Contending with depression is the focus and the effort is unfolding in both Weber and Morgan counties, the department’s coverage area.