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Ogden needle-exchange program for drug users in the works, advocates say

OGDEN — A needle-exchange program meant to minimize the spread of disease among drug users will be coming to Weber County, replicating a program launched last December in Salt Lake City.“The plan has always been to provide syringe exchange throughout the state, said Mindy Vincent, executive ...

No-burn alert issued for Weber, Davis, Box Elder counties on Sunday

SALT LAKE CITY — Smoggy skies will start off the New Year in Northern Utah this Sunday.The <a href="http://www.deq.utah.gov/" target="_blank">Utah Department of Environmental Quality</a> has issued a mandatory no-burn alert for Sunday, Jan. 1, in Weber, Davis, Box ...

Yogis bond, stay active in chair yoga class

OGDEN — Yoga instructor Allison Berlin said there was a time when she thought the older people of the world weren’t stressed out.Then she started working with a group of older women, teaching a once-weekly chair yoga class.“You’re still worrying about your kids, or grandkids, or ...

Health department: Opioid abuse is a Utah epidemic

According to the <a href="http://www.health.utah.gov/" target="_blank">Utah Department of Health</a>, opioid abuse is an epidemic in <a href="http://www.opidemic.org/" target="_blank">Utah</a>.“Drug poisoning deaths have outpaced deaths ...