Clarissa Casper
UPR/The Salt Lake Tribune Northern Utah ReporterClarissa Casper is UPR/ The Salt Lake Tribune's Northern Utah Reporter who recently graduated from Utah State University with a degree in Print Journalism and minors in Environmental Studies and English.
For two years during her undergraduate career, she worked at Cache Valley's local newspaper, where she developed a love for local journalism covering government, business, and features.
Clarissa also writes creative non-fiction inspired by the environment and will be pursuing a master's degree in creative writing at USU beginning this fall. When she isn't writing, she is birding.
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Dark skies in northern Utah help millions of birds migrate safely each year. New lighting rules in one growing city aim to preserve those skies. -
After two officers were killed responding to a domestic disturbance call, a northern Utah nonprofit is speeding up plans to provide safe housing for survivors of domestic violence. -
Tremonton-Garland Police Department Officer Eric Estrada and Sgt. Lee Sorensen were killed in the line of duty Aug. 17. -
Logan is considering reducing the required distance between new development and rivers or wetlands from 100 feet to 25 feet. Some residents worry the change could harm the city’s waterways. -
Services will honor Sgt. Lee Sorensen and Officer Eric Estrada, who were killed in the line of duty in Tremonton. -
Weather sensors designed and built in Logan are now collecting real-time data on Mount Everest and Mount Aconcagua. -
A man is in the Box Elder County Jail, accused of shooting at officers in Tremonton Sunday night, killing two and injuring another and his police dog. -
Efforts to eradicate the invasive Eurasian watermilfoil in Bear Lake have fallen short. -
Cache County's most populous city will pick a new mayor in November. -
Rapid development, population growth, and increased tourism around Bear Lake are raising concerns among residents.
