Arts + Culture

Meet the Shelley Family!

Taking Care of Business (At Home and on the Lawn) Article by Katrina Hammond If you’re looking for a “bright spot” in Weber County, look no further than Brian and Tami Shelley. As the heart and soul behind The Poop Butler, this couple is turning their lifelong passion for pups into a vital community service. The Shelleys’ story is one of enduring partnership—high school sweethearts who have been together for more than 35 years. Though they recently moved back to Ogden from West Valley City...

Health + Wellness

Kindness Chronicles: I Love You, Bro

One Embrace Sparked a Movement to Help Break the Silence Article by Evana Mauriz A chance encounter atop a Utah overpass altered the trajectory of two strangers forever.  In 2022 Joe Tuia'ana, a local father on his way to a basketball game, came across a man in the midst of a mental health crisis. Rather than continue driving, he stopped, stepped out of his car, and approached him with open arms and a simple statement: “I love you, bro!” That moment of direct, unguarded human connection...

Fitness

From Clinic to Summit

The Power of Uninterrupted Presence in a Distracted World Article by Evana Mauriz Pediatrician Dr. Jonathan Williams of Ogden Clinic finds that working with children offers a daily reset that influences the way he approaches both medicine and life. In his practice, children are a constant source of joy that makes it nearly impossible to stay in a bad mood. “You can try to be grouchy as a pediatrician, but then a four-year-old will say something funny or do something funny, and then you're...

Arts + Culture

Bearing Witness

The Photographic Work of Nicholas Ioan Lazaroae Article by Staff | Photography by Nicholas Ioan Lazaroae Nicholas Ioan Lazaroae (b. 1999) is an award-winning Romanian-American photographer based in Ogden. His work is held in private, public, and corporate collections across the U.S., including Park City and Ogden Valley in Utah, as well as internationally in Luxembourg and Romania. Lazaroae’s practice serves as a means of introducing people to one another by bearing witness to the range of...