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Weber County is a county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 census, the population was 262,223, making it Utah's fourth-most populous county. Its county seat and largest city is Ogden, the home of Weber State University. The county was named after a fur trapper John Weber.
Ogden is a city in and the county seat of Weber County, Utah, United States, approximately 10 miles (16 km) east of the Great Salt Lake and 40 miles (64 km) north of Salt Lake City. The population was 87,321 in 2020, according to the US Census Bureau, making it Utah's eighth largest city. The city served as a major railway hub through much of its history, and still handles a great deal of freight rail traffic which makes it a convenient location for manufacturing and commerce. Ogden is also known for its many historic buildings, proximity to the Wasatch Mountains, and as the location of Weber State University.
Weber State University is a public university in Ogden, Utah, United States. It was founded in 1889 as Weber Stake Academy and earned its current name in 1991.
KUEN, known as UEN-TV, is an educational television station licensed to Ogden, Utah, United States, serving Salt Lake City and the state of Utah. The station is owned by the Utah Board of Higher Education and part of the Utah Education Network (UEN), which provides connectivity services to the state's K-12 and higher education systems. KUEN's studios are located at the Eccles Broadcast Center on the University of Utah campus; its transmitter is located at Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains, southwest of Salt Lake City, and is extended by dozens of broadcast translators across the state.
Frank Jenne Cannon was the first United States Senator from Utah, who served from 1896 to 1899.
Flora Ann Millner is an American politician, and former university administrator. A Republican, Millner is a member of the Utah State Senate representing 5th District since 2023. She previously represented the 18th District starting in 2015. She was previously the 11th president of Weber State University from 2002 to 2012, having been appointed to that role after 20 years of serving the university as an educator and administrator.
Gregory S. Bell is an American politician, real estate developer, and attorney who served as the seventh lieutenant governor of Utah. A Republican, he was a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 22nd senate district in Davis County. Bell was appointed Lieutenant Governor effective September 1, 2009. He was elected to half a term November 2, 2010, and then elected to a full term November 6, 2012.
Allen Christensen is an American politician who served as a member of the Utah State Senate from 2005 to 2021. Elected in November 2004, he representing the state's 19th senate district in Morgan, Summit and Weber Counties.
The 18th Utah Senate District is located in Davis and Weber Counties and includes Utah House Districts 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 16. The current State Senator representing the 18th district is Jon Greiner. Greiner was elected to the Utah Senate in 2006 and is up for re-election in 2010.
Laurence Junior Burton was a U.S. Representative from Utah.
Steven "Randy" Watt is a retired colonel in the Utah Army National Guard, and a former commanding officer of the 19th Special Forces Group.
The Utah System of Technical Colleges was a system of public technical colleges in Utah. It was governed by a board of trustees appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Utah State Senate. In 2020, it was subsumed into the Utah System of Higher Education.
Franklin Snyder Richards was the general counsel for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the late-19th and early-20th century. He was closely connected with the defense against charges of polygamy of many leading LDS Church figures.
Occupy Salt Lake City was a collaboration that began on October 6, 2011 at Pioneer Park in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, and has included protests and demonstrations. The protests were based on the Occupy Wall Street movement that started in New York City on September 17, 2011. The Occupy Salt Lake City mission is to stand in solidarity with those also protesting in Wall Street, the United States, and around the world.
Stuart C. Reid is a former American politician and a Republican member of the Utah State Senate representing District 18 from 2011 to 2015.
Charles A. "Chuck" Wight is an American retired analytical chemist and academic administrator who had served as the twelfth president of Weber State University in Utah from 2013 until 2018 and later as the ninth president of Salisbury University in Maryland from 2018 until 2022.
David McKay (1844–1917) was a member of the Utah State Senate. He was the father of David O. McKay and Thomas E. McKay.
KOET, VHF analog channel 9, was a non-commercial educational television station licensed to Ogden, Utah, United States, which broadcast from 1960 until 1973. After 1962, the station was operated by the Ogden City School District and broadcast instructional programming for students in its schools. It also broadcast evening programming from National Educational Television (NET). In 1971, KOET merged with KWCS-TV, the station operated by the Weber County School District, on KOET's license. Two years later, however, Weber County pulled out, and the district was hamstrung by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s refusal to reclassify KOET as a commercial station in finding buyers for its license and facilities. The station ceased operating at the end of the 1972–1973 school year.
Matthew Gwynn is an American politician and law enforcement officer serving as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from the 6th district. Elected in November 2020, he assumed office on January 1, 2021.
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- ↑ Greiner out as Ogden's police chief. Standard.net. Retrieved on 2011-12-30.
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