Each year North Ogden City receives millions of dollars in taxpayer and rate-payer money. The City uses this money to provide services to residents such as water, sewer, storm water, garbage, public safety, recycling, parks, streets, and recreation. Revenues come to the City in the form of sales taxes, property tax, utility fees, registration fees, grants, and other revenues. But who decides how the money … Continue reading Your Money: City Budget Overview

  Dustin Hurd and his big brother Cody like to run marathons. Cody has run 54 marathons and Dustin has run 27. Dustin has qualified several times for the Boston Marathon initially, but when the final cuts were announced he always seemed to fall a little short. After giving up running in 2011, his brother Cody talked him into trying again in 2014. This time, … Continue reading Local  Spotlight: Dustin and Cody Hurd

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Last month, as a youth council, we had an amazing opportunity to go to a three day leadership training. It was amazing and inspirational! This year the theme was rise above, stand together, be the good. We got to hear from wonderful speakers that taught us how to do these things. Rise Above We learned that to rise above we need to set goals for … Continue reading Youth Council Update: Leadership Training

Last month, the Youth Council got to go to the “Local Officials Day at the Legislature”. After looking around the Capitol Building, we participated in a contest called “Capitol Quest,” it was like a giant scavenger hunt where we had to find things and take pictures with them. It was so much fun. We got to meet our area’s House Representative, Justin Fawson, and he … Continue reading Youth Council Update: Day at the Legislature

In North Ogden, we lose an average of four residents a year to suicide. In 2017, we lost six residents.  Each one of these deaths represents a person who is loved by family, friends, and neighbors. Each one of these people had a future, and we are all diminished by their passing. Knowing the danger signs of suicide, how to respond to them, and what … Continue reading Suicide Prevention

A few months ago I pulled up to my son’s school to pick him up. He’s in kindergarten. I saw a fire truck out front and the gates to the recess area were open, which is not a normal thing. My son’s teacher, Ms.Joy, (isn’t that the best kindergarten name?) walked back and forth between cars looking very concerned. I thought nothing of it until … Continue reading Thank You to Our EMTS Department

Cold weather ushers in some of my favorite things, holidays, family parties, homemade goodies, sledding, hot chocolate, and much more. Unfortunately, it also brings with it snow shoveling and the common cold. I wish we could share our snow shoveling duties as well as we share the common cold. In the United States the common cold accounts annually for 26 million absences from school and … Continue reading How to Prepare for the “Cold”