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Avalanche danger high in Utah mountains amid snowstorm Replay Video UP NEXT All the fresh powder in the mountains may be tempting, but Utah avalanche forecasters are pleading with everyone to stay out of the backcountry.  Avalanche danger is high in the mountains across the state.  "The avalanche danger is HIGH and may rise to EXTREME as the storm intensifies. Natural and human triggered avalanches are likely over the next several days. Stay off of and out from under slopes steeper than 30 d...

By KAT WEBBFebruary 15, 2021 GMT LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Despite several council members concerned that it could increase rates of alcohol abuse and set the county down a “slippery slope,” a proposed change that would allow wineries in unincorporated areas of Cache County, currently “dry,” has received overwhelming public support. The alcohol ordinance has not been changed in more than 30 years, but several local farms approached the council in 2018 to propose changes to allow for wine and...

Avalanche danger high in Utah mountains amid snowstorm Replay Video UP NEXT All the fresh powder in the mountains may be tempting, but Utah avalanche forecasters are pleading with everyone to stay out of the backcountry.  Avalanche danger is high in the mountains across the state.  "The avalanche danger is HIGH and may rise to EXTREME as the storm intensifies. Natural and human triggered avalanches are likely over the next several days. Stay off of and out from under slopes steeper than 30 d...

‘Dry’ Cache county considers allowing wineries By Kat Webb | The Herald Journal via AP   | Feb. 15, 2021, 6:00 p.m. Logan • Despite several council members concerned that it could increase rates of alcohol abuse and set the county down a “slippery slope,” a proposed change that would allow wineries in unincorporated areas of Cache County, currently “dry,” has received overwhelming public support. The alcohol ordinance has not been changed in more than 3...

By Charles McCollum & The Herald Journal • Feb 15, 2021 Skyrocketing home prices in Cache County are rapidly transforming a local economy long celebrated for its low cost of living, and to hear real estate agents tell it, the trend is leaving young first-time homebuyers in the lurch. “It’s a serious problem,” said Grey Wilson of Dwell Realty Group. “Home prices have more than doubled in the last 10 years, and incomes really haven’t changed that much, especially whe...

Utah's latest coronavirus data released from the state Department of Health. The state set a record for vaccines administered.

Laura Seitz, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s largest health care provider, Intermountain Healthcare, said Friday that nine mass COVID-19 vaccination sites stretching from Logan to St. George are expected to begin operating March 1, along with smaller, drive-thru locations in rural areas of the state. The announcement comes as Utah reported 1,060 new cases of the coronavirus Friday and 11 additional deaths. Intermountain’s mass vaccination sites are still being finalized, according ...

Six of the deaths reported Friday occurred before Jan. 15; the rolling seven-day average number of positive cases per day is now at 1,025.

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Search and rescuers have safely extracted two snowmobilers who were stranded in a snowstorm in Utah. The recovery operation that finished Tuesday occurred after search...

| Updated: 2:34 p.m. While frowned upon in many states, the use of bait and trail cameras has become increasingly common for big game hunting in Utah. Some hunters are known to pile apples in the woods weeks before deer season and rig motion-activated cameras on trees. When a deer comes into view for a tasty sugar fix, the trail cameras snap a photo and moments later the image appears in the hunter’s text-message feed. The practice all but guarantees a successful hunt and Rep. Casey Snider w...