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Another week brought two more lopsided victories for the Bear River girls lacrosse team, putting them within one win of clinching the Region 11 title outright and setting them up for a top position in the upcoming state playoffs. The Lady Bears continued a five-game home stand last week, hosting Mountain Crest and Sky View and blowing out both opponents by scores of 17-3 and 17-2, respectively. Against the Mustangs on Tuesday, Kierstead had five goals, Bailey Bjorn scored four times and Brooke ...

Deseret News Opinion: The myth of a green lawn is no match for the facts about Western water Share this story Laura Seitz, Deseret News It’s that time of year. Sprinklers and other domestic irrigation systems are springing up in front yards across the Mountain West. Brown lawns, dead from winter, seemingly turn green overnight, promising us the auspices of summer. Don’t let the sensations of the season dull the mind. Green lawns don’t belong in the arid West. Turf is an indoctrinated, r...

hooded mergansers as well as two cinnamon teals this week. KO Strohbehn took an evening drive along Antelope Flats heading toward Kelly and saw two lovely lady moose standing close to the road on the west; a huge herd of elk in the field south of Kelly Warm Springs (200-300) and 10 bison on a distant berm on the west side of Gros Ventre Road. Franz Camenzind always enjoys the two to three weeks around Earth Day, knowing that it’s the season when our wolf and Canada goose pair is nest...

Photo: Elias Funez It welcomed its new general manager Jennifer Hanson. And it declared a drought. Hanson, who previously served as Lincoln’s city manager, will be NID’s 15th general manager and the first woman to head the district in its 100-year history. Division 1 Director Ricki Heck said the board chose Hanson to replace interim General Manager Greg Jones because of her financial expertise — evident in a robust resume and several positive recommendations. The Board of Directors unanim...

Aug. 16, 1925 - April 27, 2021 MOUNTAIN IRON, Minn. - Duane Johnson, 95, Bear River, Minn., died Tuesday, April 27, in Diamond Willow Assisted Living. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m., followed by a celebration of life at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 15, at Mlaker Funeral Home in Cook, Minn. A reception will follow at the VFW. Military honors will be provided. Arrangements by Mlaker Funeral Home.   

SALT LAKE CITY — The COVID-19 vaccination rates in Utah look different based on the county. And this week, more high schools around the Wasatch Front are offering clinics for ages 16 and up to get a COVID-19 vaccine. It adds to the numbers of Utahs biggest still unvaccinated age group. The majority of Utahns over age 70 are fully vaccinated, but theyve been eligible longer. Utahns ages 16 to 49 have been eligible for the last month. Almost 880,000 Utahns are fully vaccinated. Thats 37% of the...

Bear River Families, The health and safety of our students and staff are our top priority. This email is to inform you of additional COVID-19 cases at Bear River as of (Monday, April 26) afternoon. Please note that these notifications will be delivered via email only from here forward. There will no longer be an accompanying phone message attached to these notifications. Student #1 – BR, last on campus 4/20 Staff #1 – BR, last on campus 4/14, no close contacts Student #2 – BR, last on ca...

Bear Lake’s sterile lake trout are headed to other Idaho lakes Biologists looking to determine whether the lake’s fertile non-native trout have been reproducing. (Photo courtesy of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources) Utah DWR fisheries technician Emily Wright displays a massive lake trout caught and released in Bear Lake during a gillnetting survey in 2019. | Updated: 2:19 p.m. Lake trout have owned the top rungs of the Bear Lake food chain for decades, ever since the long-lived pre...

Eric C. Ewert: The endless hucksterism worked. Utah is the fastest-growing state for the last decade Utah politicians are insuring the cancer of endless growth will continue unabated. (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ongoing development takes shape around Oquirrh Lake at Daybreak on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. Daybreak, the 4,100-acre master planned community in South Jordan, illustrates the idea of blending higher density housing and walkable community design with ample amounts of op...

Water Supply   This La Niña winter proved to be drier than hoped for across much of Idaho. Except for the Clearwater Basin, the lack of precipitation during March resulted in near to below normal snowpack across Idaho as of April 1. Across the state, current reservoir storage is on pace with the historical 30-year average storage level, indicating normal winter baseflow into reservoirs.   “Dry conditions in the Wood and Lost basin indicate water supply concerns for irrigators, dryland graz...