Author: Mariah Wheeler

UTAH – As demand for the COVID-19 vaccine outpaces supply in Utah, younger people at risk of serious illness from the coronavirus don’t know when they can receive an immunization. Three-hundred and 20 days. “Honestly, I hate it,” said Kaytlin Beckett. That’s how long Kaytlin’s self-isolated during the pandemic. “This is not good for your mental health. Cancer is not good for your mental health but like, this is not good for your mental health,” said Kaytlin. Doctors diagnosed the 35-year-old attorney with leukemia one month before the pandemic. “I was talking to my doctor after the pandemic hit and…

OGDEN, Utah — Though an actual northward extension of FrontRunner and an ensuing transit station at Business Depot Ogden is likely still years in the offing, Ogden City now has the puzzle piece that will allow it to happen. On Tuesday night, the Ogden City Council approved an agreement between the city, the Utah Transit Authority and Weber County that will fund the purchase of an approximately 5-acre piece of property on west 2nd Street, immediately east of the Union Pacific rail tracks. The UTA board signed off on the agreement in September 2020, but the Ogden City Council had…