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After more than five years of work, the Woodruff Neighborhood 10-year Plan highlights the need to manage growth while preserving green or open space and

By Kat Webb & The Herald Journal • Feb 11, 2021 A committee looking into the subject has recommended that Logan could help its residents feel better represented on the Municipal Council by implementing voting districts, but for most current council members, the report raised more questions than it answered. “I just think I think equitable representation is a goal that we should strive for,” said Keegan Garrity, a neighborhood council representative on the Voting District...

On Jan. 21, Reta Wallis returned home from work to find the Black Lives Matter sign in a planter against her house smoldering and an individual fleeing

The proposal for federal Natural Resources Conservation Service funding was submitted by the Cache Water District.   One option would pipe and pressurize canals — in Logan, North Logan and Hyde Park — serviced by Crockett Avenue Irrigation and Distribution, Inc, which could leave the existing open canals, like those on the Island in Logan, to help mitigate flood risks.   This story is made possible thanks to a community reporting partnership between The Herald Journal and Utah Public Radi...

Four locals have thrown their names in the hat to fill the open seat of Cache County executive.

By Kat Webb & The Herald Journal • Jan 18, 2021 Teachers and staff at Logan and Cache County’s school districts were able to sign up to receive their first doses of COVID-19 vaccinations this week. “It’s a huge relief,” said Jessica Littlefield, a fourth-grade teacher at Cedar Ridge Elementary. “This was pretty exciting.”   Sky View High School’s Kaye Dawn Falslev said this is hands-down the hardest year she’s ever experienced in her 34-year career.   “Fr...

Ashley Rohde - Science Reporter Science is incredible! As a PhD student at Utah State University, I have the honor to spend my days asking questions and testing hypotheses about how the world works.  I am trained as a conservation ecologist and I work mostly with insects. During my time at USU, I am working with bumble bees and solitary bees native to the western USA, some of our most important pollinators! Before I came to Utah, I earned a M.S. degree in biology from Boise State University, w...

Credit Eli Lucero/Herald Journal With long-term care facilities especially hard-hit by coronavirus fatalities, Utah leaders are trying to make sure they’re among the first to get the vaccine. Roughly 40% of all COVID-19 deaths in Utah were individuals in long-term care facilities, according to Gov. Spencer Cox in his first weekly update as governor on Friday, which is why those in assisted living centers and nursing homes have been among top-priority distribution.   The vaccine’s rollout i...