Cottage and villa getaways for spacious family holidays
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March 16, 2021
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Craving a family getaway but want to ensure you have dedicated private space? Consider a cottage or cabin rental to ensure your family has plenty of room to roam while enjoying a popular destination.
From private whole-home rentals to cottages and villas backed by leading resorts, we’re sharing some of the best getaways for families seeking a spacious holiday retreat. Whether you prefer skiing winter slopes or lounging under palm trees, read on to discover your next perfect getaway with the added privacy and space of a family-sized rental.
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The Mexican Hat Disposal Cell holds radioactive material from a uranium mill located nearby which operated from 1957 to 1965, and from another uranium mill site 15 miles southwest, near Monument Valley.
Utah lawmakers want Congress to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, or RECA. It’s a federal program meant to help those suffering the effects of nuclear testing or uranium mining.
RECA is set to expire in 2022, despite ongoing radiation exposure and hundreds of pending claims.
“It’s not an old, dead issue now,” Owens said. “There are still ongoing claims. There’s probably thousands of people out there who don’t know they have a claim yet or who should be entitled to compensation.”
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Of the roughly 380 patients served by the Navajo Mountain Community Health Center just north of the Utah-Arizona border, more than half have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
“Statistically, with their population, they’re probably the most vaccinated community in Utah, or around there,” said Byron Clarke, chief operations officer for Utah Navajo Health System (UNHS), which oversees the clinic.
The clinic’s medical staff eight Diné women worked to inoculate around 60 elders in early January. The staffers have since vaccinated 140 additional people, most of whom are 50 and older, according to clinic manager Revina Talker.
A push to bring Wi-Fi to students on the Navajo Nation is made urgent by the pandemic
Crews are working hard to bring internet to 500 homes scattered across rough, mountainous terrain.
(Zak Podmore | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tower technicians Nathan Berry, above, and Jory Christiansen work to bring internet to students in the Navajo Nation community of Halchita on Dec. 8, 2020. The tower was installed this fall with CARES Act funds and will receive a signal from a larger tower on distant Raplee Ridge.
Monument Valley
• On a windswept hill atop a nondescript mesa in San Juan County, Aaron Brewer, education technology director for the San Juan School District, looked out over half of southern Utah.