Author: Kevin Thompson

OGDEN, Utah — A return-to-office mandate issued by the U.S. Treasury Department has led to significant overcrowding at the IRS facilities in Ogden, Utah, though the situation appears to be easing somewhat. The mandate, which required all IRS employees to return to the office by March 10, has caused considerable strain on the space at the Ogden-area IRS offices, as many workers were previously telecommuting. Robert Lawrence, president of the Ogden-area chapter of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), Local 67, explained that the situation was chaotic when employees first returned. Many workers, including those at the IRS Service Center…

Ogden, UT – A tragic sequence of events unfolded in Riverdale, Utah, on Monday afternoon, resulting in the death of a woman, the issuance of an Amber Alert, and the subsequent arrest of the woman’s partner, Ricardo Trujillo Rojel. Trujillo, 29, is now facing serious charges, including aggravated murder and aggravated arson, following the discovery of the victim’s body with severe burns and a puncture wound at a trailer in the area. Discovery of the Crime The incident began just before 2:30 p.m. when local first responders arrived at the scene of a fire near 5100 South and 1050 West…