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A close up of a horse in the Ogden Pioneer Days rodeo arena with its owners ropes above it.

Celebrating Pioneer Day in Ogden

Tenaya Hyde, Reporter July 23, 2024

Every July 24 in Utah, it’s common to see businesses close so that workers can have Pioneer Day off. Ogden’s week-long celebration is unique. In 1934, Ogden Mayor Harman Peery wanted to bring in revenue...

Sean Lisonbee, owner of Morningstar Tattoo

Inked up in Ogden: National Tattoo Day with Morningstar Tattoo

Tenaya Hyde, Reporter July 16, 2024

July 17 is National Tattoo Day. Some celebrate by going down memory lane with their tattoos while others prepare to add to their body collage at a local tattoo shop. Local tradition, however, sees the...

The guide sign for hole eight stands surrounded by weeds. (AJ Handley/The Signpost)

Weber State University opens new disc golf course

Wiktoria Kolodziejczyk, Reporter July 9, 2024

Weber State University recently opened a new nine-hole disc golf course located southwest of Discovery Loop Trailhead in Ogden. This is great news not only for disc golf enthusiasts but also for Weber...

Seated audience enjoying the evenings concert.

Diplo headlines latest Ogden Twilight concert

Tenaya Hyde, Reporter July 9, 2024

Ogden City Amphitheater turned into a rave for all ages on the night of July 6 in the latest installment of the summer Twilight Concert Series. For the ninth year in a row, this summer concert series has...

Posters with the title Civil Rights and photos from the Civil Rights Movement during Jim Crow, hang above the Ogden Amphitheater during the Juneteenth Festival 2023.

J. Holiday comes to Ogden to celebrate Juneteenth

Grayden Guthrie, Contributor June 25, 2024

Early 2000s R&B singer J. Holiday came to Ogden to perform at the 35th anniversary of Ogden’s Juneteenth Festival on June 17. J. Holiday, along with other attending local performers, praised the...

A barber pole attached to the outside of Moores Barbershop.

Ogden’s Barber and Braid Battle

Wiktoria Kolodziejczyk, Reporter June 11, 2024

Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, marks the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. Though the day was established as a national holiday only three years ago by President Joe...

Various colored ribbons hang above the Dumke Arts Plaza.

From Where The Air is Different: New exhibition in Dumke Arts Plaza

Tenaya Hyde, Reporter June 11, 2024

Red, green, blue and every color in between now cover Ogden’s Dumke Arts Plaza with its new exhibition, titled “A Dream That Comes in Color.” Hundreds of thousands of ribbons tied to the fencing...

Emma Hurst in a still from the short film Cleo, which was submitted to the festival.

WATIF to host its first film festival

Megan Swann, Section Editor April 2, 2024

A new film festival is rolling into Ogden on April 6, and this one is solely created by Weber State University students. Weber’s Advisory Team for Innovative Film Production will be hosting its first-ever...

Mayoral Candidates (left to right) Angel Castillo, Jon Greiner, Ben Nadolski and Taylor Knuth at the Two Bit Street Cafe meeting and greeting Ogden citizens and community members.

Planeando un Futuro para Union Station

Mariano Martinez Martinez, Translator June 27, 2023

Los ciudadanos de Ogden se reunieron en el Two Bit Cafe de la calle 25 el 17 de junio para escuchar lo que los candidatos a la alcaldía en las próximas elecciones tenían que decir acerca de Union Station. Qué...

Joe and Thelma McQueen sitting together.

Celebrating Juneteenth in Ogden

Brisa Odenthal, News Editor June 13, 2023

On June 17 and 18, people all around the United States will celebrate Juneteenth, a federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. To celebrate, the city of Ogden will be...

A Red-Tailed Hawk peeking through her enclosure.

Ogden’s wildlife rehab rescinded

Sky Mundell, Asst. News Editor June 13, 2023

Since 2009, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah has operated in Ogden as the only facility in Northern Utah of its kind, providing residents of Ogden and beyond a place to bring wild animals...

Benjamin Esss essay written on the wall on the third floor of the McKay Education building.

Decoration before deconstruction: Saying goodbye to the McKay Education Building

Kennedy Camarena, Photography editor April 11, 2023

As the spring 2023 semester comes to an end, Weber State University students studying within the McKay Education Building are finding themselves saying goodbye to the structure, which is set to be demolished...

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