By Steve Kent & The Herald Journal
• Jan 14, 2021
Eric and Amy Watterson Flygare didn’t necessarily want to gain any notoriety by tromping through the snow in a field off U.S. Highway 89 near Franklin Basin on Saturday.
“This is all so embarrassing,” Eric said. “We were just out for a stroll. We didn’t want attention.”
Despite Eric’s protestations, however, the couple wasn’t just ambling they crafted a geometric pinwheel with a 300-foot diameter in the field with careful measurements and a couple pairs of borrowed snowshoes.
This story is made possible thanks to a community reporting partnership between The Herald Journal and Utah Public Radio.
As health departments across the state prepare to offer the COVID vaccine to all residents over age 70, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox announced Thursday that in
Flags flew half-mast across the state Utah on Monday at the request of Gov. Spencer Cox in honor of the U.S. capitol police officer Brian D. Sicknick who
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With long-term care facilities especially hard-hit by coronavirus fatalities, Utah leaders are trying to make sure they’re among the first to get the vaccine.
Roughly 40% of all COVID-19 deaths in Utah were individuals in long-term care facilities, according to Gov. Spencer Cox in his first weekly update as governor on Friday, which is why those in assisted living centers and nursing homes have been among top-priority distribution.
The vaccine’s rollout in assisted living and nursing homes is more than protection against the virus, it’s giving a taste of normal life once again, according to administrators of the facilities.
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There was brisk activity at area gun counters over the weekend, but it wasn’t necessarily sparked by last Wednesday’s storming of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump demonstrators. Store clerks say Cache Valley residents and their fellow Americans have been buying guns and ammo at a feverish pace since March, when the coronavirus pandemic hit home.
The run on guns and ammunition has left inventory of military-style rifles, most types of handguns, bullets in all popular calibers and reloading supplies not only depleted but at times nonexistent.
“We have had challenges getting guns and ammo. The supply has had a hard time keeping up with the demand, and we don’t really see that changing for the foreseeable future,” said Brandon Larsen of Al’s Sporting Goods in Logan. “We’re getting product, but it’s selling as soon as it hits the floor.”