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Eli Lucero/The Herald JournalDemolition for the Emporium building on Main Street in Logan has begun as the Center Block plaza project continues. -
Frank Schulenburg/wikipediaWildfire smoke combined with Utah’s inversions complicates the state’s air quality issues. Because of the Wasatch Front landscape and how air moves across it, polluted air sometimes accumulates in Utah’s valleys and basins.
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During the second week of the legislative session, a new education bill was released Tuesday afternoon. -
Rep. Angela Romero has sponsored a bill in the 2022 Legislative Session that would allow people to include their pets in protective orders when leaving domestic abuse situations. She said protecting pets protects people.
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With wages so low for disability workers, long-term care centers are unable to provide the care disabled people need. Last week, at the State Capitol, a multi-agency press conference took place to raise awareness of the disability workforce crisis.
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The Cache County School District has decided to shorten elementary and secondary school days in order to better assist absentee students and staff.
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Kathy Moore, former Park City School District teacher, filed a lawsuit last week following alleged sexual harassment incidents occurring at Parley’s Park Elementary School in December 2020. Moore claims that the district is now retaliating against her.
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Utah gov. Spencer Cox has increased funding for University of Utah’s reading clinic in an effort to raise support for struggling readers and to provide professional development for educators.
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The Wellsville City Council voted to approve preliminary plans for the Bridle Path Estates project located at approximately 7625 S. Highway 89/91 to move forward.
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Following the mask mandates in Salt Lake and Summit counties being overturned, thousands of Utah students are headed back to classrooms on Monday.
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Utah Lake has been at the center of controversy because of a project planning to dredge and build islands on the lake. Supporters say it’s restoration, critics say it’s harmful development.
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A bill sponsored by Sen. Lincoln Fillmore was introduced into the Senate on the first day of the Utah General Legislative Session. This bill would create college savings plans for kindergarteners in inter-generational poverty.
