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Editorâs Note: The following story was supported by funding from The Water Desk, an initiative of the Center for Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado, and was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Herald Journal, The Spectrum, The Daily Herald and The Standard Examiner.
Bret Christensen heads a water company older than the state of Utah. The Richmond Irrigation Company was founded in 1889. His father was president of the company before him and his grandfather was the first to put gravity pressurized irrigation into Cache Valley decades before that.
Christensen spoke casually with a reporter on the phone while at the same time giving directions to employees at a worksite and hammering on a water pipe. He was only flustered when asked how long he had been in the business.
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DOH and DHS present merger update to legislature Patrick Jones | May 18, 2021
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The Utah Department of Health (DOH) and the Utah Department of Human Services (DHS) gave an update on the merging of the two departments to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee today in their first meeting since the end of session.
Richard Saunders, executive director of DOH and Tracy Gruber, executive director of DHS discussed their plan to meet the December 1st deadline, which requires the departments to present a completed implementation plan to Gov. Spencer Cox.
The two departments have created a Steering Committee with seven voting members and 29 active members who are a part of DOH, DHS and the Department of Workforce Services (DWS). According to Saunders and Gruber, this committee’s purpose is to guide the transition plan with voices from all those who are affected.