Author: Mariah Wheeler

OGDEN, Utah — Gov. Spencer J. Cox has signed his first piece of legislation of Utah’s 2021 General Legislative Session. It’s a resolution to recognize the public service of Utah state Rep. LaWanna “Lou” Shurtliff, who died on Dec. 30, less than two months after her Nov. 3 re-election to her state representative position. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein: WHEREAS, LaWanna Miles “Lou” Shurtliff was born in 1935 in the small Star Valley community of Smoot, Wyoming; WHEREAS, during her childhood years LaWanna “Lou” Shurtliff learned the value of hard work, spending…

OGDE, Utah – “Can you hear my voice right now, kind of scratchy?” said Two Rivers High School history teacher Bryan Hatch over the phone. “That’s asthma.” The illness, which he was diagnosed with two years ago, has made Hatch extra nervous about the possibility of contracting COVID-19. Nevertheless, he and his wife still weren’t sure at first whether they would get a vaccine against the virus.