🌱 Will Ogden Canyon’s new speed limits and truck rules actually cut crashes?

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In today's newsletter:

• Will Ogden Canyon’s new speed limits and truck rules actually cut crashes?
• How one Ogden girl turned her scary ER visit into hope
• How an Ogden youth shelter is quietly reshaping Utah’s homelessness story

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 88 and low of 59 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 83, low: 54.
• Friday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 88 and low of 66 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

1. UDOT safety changes in Ogden Canyon face first summer test (kjzz.com) — If you drive Ogden Canyon this summer, you’ll notice new safety measures from UDOT, including lower speeds in the Narrows, truck-length restrictions, and added warning and feedback signs. Canyon residents and business owners say conditions feel somewhat safer, though speeding cars and motorcycles remain a major concern while officials collect several years of data.
   

2. 'Savvy's Stuffies': Girl's ER visit sparks effort to support kids in difficult situations (localnews8.com) — A local family is brightening tough moments for kids at Ogden Regional Medical Center by donating stuffed animals through their nonprofit, Savvy’s Stuffies. Inspired by their daughter’s own ER visit, they’ve already delivered hundreds of teddy bears to Ogden and other hospitals, foster care groups, and law enforcement agencies to comfort children in scary situations.
   

3. Ogden group may have found a start to tackling homelessness in Utah (fox13now.com) — An Ogden-based group, Youth Futures, is showing how early intervention can keep local teens from becoming chronically homeless adults, with 82% of program graduates avoiding the adult homeless system. Former clients share how support, therapy, and life-skills training in Ogden helped them overcome addiction, incarceration, and years of housing instability.
   

4. Ogden Valley City faces $2.2M budget shortfall after incorporation (fox13now.com) — Ogden Valley City officials say the newly incorporated city faces a $2.2 million budget shortfall, which could mean steep tax hikes or new fees for valley residents. Leaders are negotiating with the state over property-tax authority while weighing service cuts and fee options, all of which could significantly raise annual costs for homeowners in this Weber County community near Ogden.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Found these sweet girls on the corner of 24th & Harrison.
  Would love to find their owners if anyone knows anything. (Nextdoor Nob Hill)
• I’m All moved out of my apartment, and got rid of a lot and I will be starting all over from having things to having nothing, but my new clothes for work and a few items like paper plates, snacks and water.
  Hopefully when I get there I will have enough money to find a bed, dressers and a couch. What a journey! I have a Long drive ahead. Lived in utah… (Nextdoor Sun Brook or near by)

• The Pictsweet Company posted a job opening for Sanitation Associate--Overnight [Part Time] ($17.75-$18.00/hour--Ogden, UT) in Ogden. Apply here.
• Capstone Logistics, LLC posted a job opening for Forklift Operator in Ogden. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ogden here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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