Author: Mariah Wheeler

OGDEN, Utah – Universities and colleges are mass testing students after the Utah System of Higher Education released a COVID-19 Intensive Testing Plan. This now replaces the previous requirement of testing students every two weeks. Weber State University and Utah State University are just a couple of the institutions rolling out re-entry testing for students and staff, following the holiday break. “Which we will do 5 days a week at about 5 hours a day all the way through from the fourth of January to the 22nd,” said Dane LeBlanc, the Director of Public Safety for Weber State University. The…

OGDEN, Utah– Imagine being a single mother of three working full time with no means of transportation. That was the situation for one Weber county mom, until her coworkers and a local charity came to the rescue. The woman had to borrow a relatives’ car just to get to her job and get her kids to school and doctors’ appointments but fortunately she works with a group of men and women who are used to helping people in tight spots:  the Weber County Sheriff’s Office, where she’s a records clerk who processes jail inmate files and court documents. “She’s worked…