Author: Mariah Wheeler

OGDEN, Utah – The Utah Department of Health on Monday released its list of free rapid antigen testing sites across the state for the week ending Jan. 30. The tests are free for anyone over the age of 5, even those without symptoms. Residents are asked to register online beforehand. “If you do not register online or can’t register online, you will be able to register at the site but it will take longer for you to be tested,” according to the UDOH. TestUtah sites Beaver County Milford High School, 62 N 300 W, Milford (drive-through), Friday, 1/29 – 12 p.m.…

OGDEN, Utah — The Ogden branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Utah organized a Martin Luther King Jr. Day rally against racial injustice on Monday. Roughly 25 cars congregated with social distance in the Utah city to say that the problems that resulted in the civil rights movement King died for remain entrenched in American society today. “We just can’t pretend racism doesn’t exist,” said Betty Sawyer, the president of the Ogden NAACP. “It does.” The gathering Monday came about seven months after widespread demonstrations occurred in Utah and nationwide over the police killing…