Author: Mariah Wheeler

UTAH – I am a 50-year resident of Utah, and the 2021 redistricting process will mark the sixth time I’ve observed it. This is the process that establishes the political boundaries for our Congressional districts, Utah Senate and House districts and State School Board districts. In 2006, I was privileged to be an observer at a national nonpartisan conference in Salt Lake City hosted by the Hinckley Institute, where I listened to many viewpoints on the need for redistricting reform. I am a passionate believer in citizen involvement in governmental processes and gathered signatures for Proposition 4 for the 2018…

OGDEN, Utah — A 29-year-old man was arrested following a traffic accident that left a woman dead in Ogden Sunday. Police arrested Bryce Owens on an unrelated warrant, but say he was impaired and driving while distracted when he allegedly struck other vehicles at the intersection of 12th Street and Washington Boulevard. Owens was reportedly traveling eastbound at a high rate of speed when he failed to stop at a red light, slamming into a Mitsubishi Lancer and sideswiping a truck. The Lancer was pushed into the intersection and its driver, a 39-year-old Box Elder County woman, was pronounced dead…