Roy Burton

OGDEN -- After unprecedented back-to-back trips to the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, Weber State is looking to stretch a double into a triple.

To reach the FCS playoffs for a third straight year, coach Ron McBride's young Wildcats have to step up to own the tradition, as well as overcome a Big Sky Conference schedule bookended by tough road games at Boston College and Texas Tech. Weber State opens the season Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at BC's Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Mass.

OGDEN -- With a week to go before flying east to Boston for the season opener, Weber State continues sorting out position battles while getting in game-prep mode.

The Wildcats began implementing their Boston College-specific game plans Wednesday in the broiling heat of a 90-plus degree afternoon at the practice field.

Congressman Rob Bishop said he would support term limits for Congress and federal judges and said border security must be the first priority of immigration reform during town hall meetings Wednesday in Davis and Weber counties.

A lightning-ignited fire that torched 50 acres in Box Elder County continued to burn Monday night as county fire officials prepared to turn responsibility over to Caribou-Targhee National Forest Service authorities.

ROY -- Two men are facing drug charges after a monthslong investigation into a methamphetamine distribution ring in Weber County.

WEST POINT -- City Councilman Jerry Chatterton and wife Teri are expected to make a full recovery after a serious ATV accident.

OGDEN -- There were perfectly functional bridges nearby to cross the Weber River high and dry, but that wasn't what competitors in the inaugural Hurt in the Dirt race were there for Saturday.