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The bitter taste of money Al Kulan struck it rich in the Yukon. Art Jellinek could have. Kulan lived to regret it. Jellinek died to escape it. This is their story December 1 1967 CATHERINE BRESLIN The bitter taste of money CATHERINE BRESLIN December 1 1967 The bitter taste of money Al Kulan struck it rich in the Yukon. Art Jellinek ...

Scheduling dilemma: Nevada Joint Union struggles to find eligible competitors amid varied COVID-19 tiers “We want our kids back on the court, in the pool, on the field—whatever it might be,” NJUHSD Athletics Director Scott Savoie said. By Rebecca ONeil | Staff Writer As the spread of coronavirus in Nevada County slows, high school athletes are poised to reconvene for practices and games this spring. However, it’s unknown exactly when some those games will start. Students and parents fro...

The health department reported 1,211 new cases on Saturday, as well as five new deaths caused by COVID-19, including three women and two men, all but one of them over age 65. The total number of people in Utah who have contracted the disease since its emergence in late 2019 is 353,700. In addition, it has killed 1,733 people in Utah.

Carl Fisher: Cottonwood Canyon gondola would be an expensive boondoggle There are other things that Utah should spend its money on. (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The ski slopes draws a steady stream to Big Cottonwood canyon during a recent weekend morning. By Carl Fisher | Special to The Tribune   | Feb. 4, 2021, 9:30 p.m. It doesn’t have to be either/or. Utahns could enjoy tax cuts, fund education and solve many other problems too. Problem is, Utah’s governor and Legis...

Credit Pixabay If it flies like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, but there’s hundreds in a maelstrom whirlpool whose torrent of wingbeats make your ears mute and skull hum, it must be a Great Salt Lake tornado a la duck. This past waterfowl season, I saw them out in some of the flats not yet trammeled by cover brush in the wetlands which drain the Bear River to the Great Salt Lake. The experience was possible because my friend, a well-seasoned duck hunter, had “a spot” he wanted to chec...

Jacob Knox took third place for $1,000. Judah Good earned 2nd place and received $3,000. The Sierra Economic and Science Foundation (SESF) sponsored their 15th annual TechTest , despite the unusual circumstances created by the pandemic. Twenty-one students from Nevada Union, Bear River and Ghidotti High Schools logged in to a virtual testing room to compete for the highest score in a three-hour test of their math and science knowledge and critical thinking skills. High school students were elig...

  The year 2020 was not a good one for a lot of us, and certainly not for the unfortunate souls and families impacted by the coronavirus. However, there is some good news on the local conservation front. One is that the Bear River between Rollins Reservoir and Lake Combie is still flowing unimpeded by the proposed Centennial Dam. Second, there are positive changes at the Nevada Irrigation District. To recap, the proposed Centennial Dam is a 275-foot-high dam with a 110,000 acre-feet capacity, ...

Anderson Ranch Dam  The Idaho Water Resource Board reviewed the critical actions needed to move forward with a 6-foot raise of Anderson Ranch Dam in its January meeting, and in one of the necessary steps, it hired a financial consultant to help with financing the non-federal portion of the $83 million projects, officials said Monday. In its briefing to the Board, Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) officials said two critical milestones have been met. First, the Secretary of Interior determ...

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By Kat Webb & The Herald Journal • Feb 1, 2021 For members of the Northwestern Band of Shoshone Nation, Jan. 29 is an emotional day — a day of remembrance for the hundreds of ancestors who lost their lives 158 years ago near Preston, Idaho. On Friday, they held a memorial for those victims of the Bear River Massacre overlooking the very land they were murdered on.   “Welcome to our land,” said Darren Parry, one of the band’s seven council members. “This is the fir...