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Tim Vandenack
Standard-Examiner Reporter
I write about Ogden, North Ogden, Roy, Weber County, immigration and development for the Standard-Examiner of Ogden, Utah. I knock on doors, scour government documents, crunch data, give voice to those left out. I follow the explosive growth -- and the ramifications of it -- that has characterized Weber County and beyond, one of the key issues facing the Wasatch Front. Communication in such rapidly changing times is of utmost import. I'm adept with social media, photography and numbers. I speak Spanish, make graphics, shoot videos.

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Looking forward, a few things give Great Salt Lake Commissioner Brian Steed optimism about the near-term prospects of boosting the lake’s water level or at least holding steady. Relatively high water...

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Compass Minerals will halt a planned lithium operation at its western Weber County facility that has drawn intense scrutiny and criticism from state officials stemming from its potential impact on the...
This screengrab of a map from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service website shows that the snow-water equivalent in the Weber River basin amounted to 150% of the 30-year average as of Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023.
This screengrab of a map from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service website shows that the snow-water equivalent in the Weber River basin amounted to 150% of the 30-year average as of Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023.

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The head of one of the key water suppliers in and around Weber and Davis counties is offering a very upbeat water projection going forward thanks to the heavy snowfall so far this winter. “We’re smili...
The photo from April 23, 2022, shows the dry bed of the Great Salt Lake at White Rock Bay around Antelope Island. (Photo: Tim Vandenack, Standard Examiner).

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Call it Antelope Island, but by no means is it an island. Same goes for Fremont Island, Stansbury Island, Gunnison Island and other smaller land masses — like Hat and Carrington islands — that used to...
In this undated photo, mineral harvesting ponds used by Compass Minerals cover the northeast corner of the Great Salt Lake. Multiple companies pump the mineral-rich water of the lake into shallow ponds and collect the byproduct after the water has evaporated. (Photo supplied by Compass Minerals)

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Compass Minerals is in talks with Ford Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution to supply the manufacturing giants with a key ingredient needed in the growing market for lithium-ion batteries for electric veh...

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OGDEN — It’s not just the declining water level. Some of the rocky structures in the Great Salt Lake — microbialites — are also telling the story of the water body’s worrisome decline. The upshot of t...
Tim Vandenack, Standard-Examiner
The Great Salt Lake near Antelope Island is photographed April 23, 2022.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Not every initiative to help bolster water levels in the drying Great Salt Lake is coming out of Utah. A pair of federal measures driven by Utah’s delegation to Washington, D.C., an...
Washington Terrace Mayor Mark Allen stands outside his home on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, in front of the park strip that he converted from grass to rocks. He tapped into the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District's Flip Your Strip program to complete the changeover, meant to help reduce the amount of water he uses for irrigation.
Washington Terrace Mayor Mark Allen stands outside his home on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, in front of the park strip that he converted from grass to rocks. He tapped into the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District's Flip Your Strip program to complete the changeover, meant to help reduce the amount of water he uses for irrigation.

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WASHINGTON TERRACE — As the drought lingers, threatening the availability of water for generations to come and the future of the Great Salt Lake, Washington Terrace Mayor Mark Allen is starting to not...
 

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