Author: Mariah Wheeler

OGDEN, Utah – The Stay Safe to Stay Open Campaign is a campaign created for local businesses across Utah, but some small businesses in Ogden don’t feel like the campaign has helped keep their businesses afloat. The campaign consists of a set of rules that a business agrees to and advertises in order to let customers know it is safe to visit their business. According to the campaign’s website, stayopenutah.com, the rules of the campaign are “checking symptoms before work and stay home when sick, washing hands frequently, practicing social distancing including face coverings in close common areas, learning about…

UTAH – Plans are underway for Utah’s Department of Health to merge with the Department of Human Services and for the Department of Natural Resources to merge with the Department of Environmental Quality, FOX 13 reports. FOX 13 said it received emails to employees of each agency that outline the plans for the mergers. “The UDOH will likely look different in the future. Many of our programs, and the programs of other agencies, will likely be combined under the banner of one newly created Health and Human Services agency. Other programs will likely move to other agencies where similar services are…