The Walmart superstore in North Logan is closed until 7 a.m. Wednesday for “additional cleaning and stocking,” according to a Facebook post by the store.
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Utah lawmakers will see a slew of bills this session addressing police behavior, including one that would prevent officers from using additional force against someone who s been subdued.
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Police reform will be a top priority when the Utah Legislature opens next Tuesday, and groups are pressing lawmakers to pass more than 60 expected bills.
Some key areas of focus include police accountability, use of force and police misconduct.
Molly Davis, policy analyst for the Libertas Institute, said after a summer of Black Lives Matter demonstrations across the state, lawmakers feel a sense of urgency for change.
She added many of the bills, some of which are likely to be combined, aren t public yet, and she predicted one that s likely to pass would ban no-knock warrants, a tactic that led to Breonna Taylor s death in Kentucky.
Former USU Physics Professor and co-founder of the Small Satellite Conference at Utah State University, Dr. Raymond Gilbert Moore, passed away December 28,
By Kat Webb & The Herald Journal
• Jan 18, 2021
Teachers and staff at Logan and Cache County’s school districts were able to sign up to receive their first doses of COVID-19 vaccinations this week.
“It’s a huge relief,” said Jessica Littlefield, a fourth-grade teacher at Cedar Ridge Elementary. “This was pretty exciting.”
Sky View High School’s Kaye Dawn Falslev said this is hands-down the hardest year she’s ever experienced in her 34-year career.
“From the time we went back to school until about Christmas break, it was brutal,” she said. “It was absolutely brutal. And it’s only slightly better as you move through it as you get a few more things, you know, online and that sort of thing.”