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Helicopter crew fly around the clock to gather water to fight the Weber County wild fires.
 Sept, 5, 2017
(Erik Bremer/ Signpost) Photo credit: Erik  Bremer

Weber fire causes evacuations, Dee Events Center named relief center

Cydnee Green September 7, 2017

A fire erupted on the morning of Sept. 5 in the mouth of the Weber Canyon in Uintah, causing the evacuation of over 900 community members, the closure of two main interstates and a loss of multiple housing...

SANTA CLARITA, CA - JUNE 26, 2017- Firefighter squad boss Matt Davidson talks with fellow firefighters from Bear Divide Hotshots as they work on burned hills to gain complete containment on Monday afternoon June 26, 2017 of a wildfire that is burning in the Placerita Canyon area of Santa Clarita after it spread across 870 acres and briefly triggered power outages and mandatory evacuations for nearby residents on Sunday. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Do you know your current events: July 4

Ashton Corsetti July 3, 2017

1. The Supreme Court reinstated President Donald Trump’s travel ban on June 25: a) Fully b) Partially c) Not at all 2. The Mexico border wall would take more than __ years at the planned...

Students, staff, and faculty wait outside the Shepherd Union building after having been evacuated by a fire alarm on Jan. 25, 2016. (Emily Crooks / The Signpost)

Shepherd Union evacuated

Emilee Atkinson January 25, 2016

Students, staff and faculty were evacuated from the Shepherd Union Building around 3 p.m. on Jan. 25. As the fire alarm rang, students filed out into the cold wondering what happened. The alarm interrupted...

Five Crazy Headlines: Hiring executioners, meth cakes and graham cracker assault

Michael Grennell October 18, 2015

HELP WANTED: Seeking individual for light desk work and possible execution How would you like a government job where your only task is some light paper work? If you’re willing to potentially execute...

Fire leads to evacuation of Kimball Arts building

July 17, 2015

Fire officials were called to the Kimball Visual Arts building Thursday night due to a fire in the building's woodshop. Around 8 p.m. campus officials, firefighters and students surrounded the Kimball Arts...

Late night fire displaces 20 at apartments near Dee Events Center

January 27, 2015

A fire broke out at the Brentwood Apartments, located near the Dee Events Center, shortly after 10:30 p.m. Monday, leaving 20 people displaced. Ogden Deputy Fire Chief Eric Bauman said that the fire...

Ogden community gets closure with No Regrets box

October 7, 2014

Earlier this year, the Nurture the Creative Mind foundation set up a box on 25th Street, allowing the citizens of Ogden to collect and input all their regrets. On Saturday the foundation burned the...

Fire destroys historic Brigham City mill

July 5, 2014

One of Brigham City's oldest historic buildings, the Baron Woolen Mill was destroyed in a fire Sunday. The fire started around 9 p.m. Fire departments from neighboring Tremonton, Willard, Corrine and...

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