Weber County News

Officers said they believe it all started from an argument over drugs or property, but it's still not clear.

Looking north from Glovers Lane to I-15, FrontRunner and the Legacy Highway at far left in Farmington, Thursday, May 16, 2013.

He did it. He didn't do it. Then he did. But just days before his 55th birthday in late December, Peterson, who finished serving a 15-year sentence for the alleged crime in 2007, was cleared unequivocally of all wrongdoing after his kids recanted their allegations that he sexually abused them.

A hiker who was stranded Sunday was rescued Tuesday afternoon. Weber County search and rescue was dispatched to North Ogden divide trailhead after receiving a 911 call.

Weber County Sheriff's Search and Rescue members are searching for the hiker. The trailhead is located at the top of North Ogden Divide Canyon Road, near 3100 North.

It takes a lot of work in the spring to clear snow from Utah's high mountain passes.

A convicted child molester is now facing a possible prison stint, accused of wielding a long rifle in the heist of an Ogden credit union last month.

The 90-plus degrees forecast for Monday has authorities issuing strong words of caution for people to keep themselves, their children and any pets a safe distance from snow-fed streams and rivers.

Several police departments and members of the FBI found and arrested a man Thursday who police say was responsible for robbing a Wasatch Peaks Credit Union on April 6. A man with a rifle entered the Wasatch Peaks Credit Union near near 3012 South and 1900 West in Ogden and ordered the employees to give him money.

Erin Francom, wife of Ogden City Master Officer Jared D. Francom, holds her daughter Hailey at the annual Law Enforcement Memorial Service in Salt Lake City on Thursday, May 3, 2012.

Ogden a The Weber County Commission approved a consulting contract Tuesday with Bonneville Research to develop a project area plan and budget that could allow future tax revenues to flow back into the Summit Mountain Holding Group's Powder Mountain development.

Millerberg's attorneys wanted the trial moved to Summit or Salt Lake county, arguing that pre-trial publicity about the case will make it impossible for Millerberg to get a fair trial in Weber County.

Haines police and Alaska State Troopers assisted Ogden, Utah police in apprehending Stephen Ellenwood after he eluded law enforcement on a foot pursuit through a wooded Haines neighborhood.

Brigham City A Sentencing has been postponed for a former Box Elder County sheriff's deputy accused of sexually assaulting women during a series of traffic stops.

Critics of the West Davis highway say Utah's transportation agency has its head stuck in the last century with its plans to build the corridor through the heart of farming country, wetlands and communities that will have to choke on the exhaust from tailpipes.

Today, the lofty $40 million party purchase became official. Here's an email the four 20-something founders sent to members this afternoon: We are excited to announce that Summit has officially purchased Powder Mountain, the largest ski mountain in the United States.

Eric Millerberg who is accused of killing a 16-year-old Alexis Rasmussen and hiding her body in a remote area of Morgan County says the jury pool in Weber County is tainted by extensive media coverage and is asking the trial be moved to either Salt Lake or Morgan Counties.

From the Standard-Examiner : "In November 2012, Love ran for a congressional seat in Utah's 4th District, but lost to Democratic incumbent Jim Matheson by 768 votes.

Lawyers for former Utah death row inmate Doug Lovell are asking a judge to throw out his previous sworn testimony about how and why he strangled a South Ogden woman in 1985.

Bricklin Bertagnolli said the hive had been there since 1996, but the family had decided to leave it alone since the bees never bothered anyone.