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Among the stars who died were two Broadway legends, a TV star and an Italian actress. Fans are mourning six entertainers and notable figures who passed away this week.

The Witches Dance is a Logan tradition, and for the first time it will be held on Center Street in conjunction with the city’s Halloween Festival this Saturday at 4

RUSHVILLE – Spring seems to be bringing out the best in the students at Rushville Consolidated High School as another week provided numerous nominations for the Lion’s SHARE awards.

By Kat Webb & The Herald Journal • Mar 15, 2021 In the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic is a more silent epidemic: mental health and suicide. Health advocates in the county are hoping to promote resilience and awareness of suicide prevention resources in March.   The effort comes after roughly a dozen deaths by suicide were handled by the Cache County Attorney Office’s Victim Services from December through February, though the state medical examiner has not released confi...

COVID-19 vaccinations through the Logan City Fire Department are no longer exclusively for Logan residents, thanks to a partnership with the Bear River

An outbreak of salmonella in songbirds has made its way from the West Coast to Utah, and officials are asking locals to remove or clean any bird feeders

By Kat Webb & The Herald Journal • Mar 8, 2021 To accompany its new mechanical water treatment facility, Logan has designed an environmentally friendly plan to compost the biosolids, but residents say the planned site is too near “the gateway to Benson.” “We already have the sewer system there, there’s Gossner’s, and we have their polishing ponds,” former-Judge Thomas Willmore said at the Cache County Planning Commission meeting on Thursday. “There are other pl...

Gov. Spencer Cox announced Cache County is moving to “Moderate” in the Utah’s COVID-19 transmission index on Thursday.

By Kat Webb & The Herald Journal • Mar 1, 2021 Cache County Council’s decision whether to allow wineries has been delayed once again with growing concerns of cultural shift, but little evidence has been found of negative consequences in other counties. “I look at this as a cultural change to this valley,” said Council Member Dave Erickson. “Is Cache Valley ready for this cultural change? … And maybe we are. We’ve talked about the economy changes, about inviting o...

By Kat Webb & The Herald Journal • Feb 22, 2021 Nearly every year, Utah lawmakers seek to change how educators approach sexual education in public schools. The newest proposed legislation on the topic, House Bill 177, would require the topics of “consent, including what does not constitute consent; sexual violence behavior prevention; and sexual assault resource strategies,” according to the bill’s text. Lawmakers previously voted down the bill before a substitute vers...