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Wild About Utah: Great-tailed grackles
My formal introduction to great-tailed grackles was on a birding trip to Box Elder County. We stopped at the Walmart parking lot in Brigham City where Dick Hurren took a cup of cat food and tossed it out in front of our parked car. Then we watched the grackles fly in. We joked, at the time, that grackles seemed to spontaneously show up at new stores. It’s almost as if they hitchhike on semis.
May 1st high not expected to exceed the mid-50’s, freeze warning issued for two counties
SALT LAKE CITY— This year, May is starting on a colder note in Utah. Additionally, the National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for two counties in the Beehive State. KSL Meteorologist Matt Johnson predicted the high will be 55 degrees Fahrenheit on May 1 in Utah’s capital...
Boys volleyball wins first set of season, drops match
The inaugural season of high school boys volleyball has been a trying one for Bear River, which went into its last home match of the season last week having yet to win a single set. On senior night, the Bears were able to put that narrative to bed as they...
Softball takes region loss on road; home games rained out
The Bear River softball squad was jazzed for a full slate of home games scheduled for Friday and Saturday, but Mother Nature had other plans. The Bears were slated to host Logan on Friday, then play a tripleheader on Saturday in Garland. All of those games were either canceled or postponed due to rain.
Head to Mendon in Utah for the biggest May Day around
We thought May Day was all but dead in Utah. Surprise! At least one town still goes all out. Thanks to readers Lynnette H. and Mark L. for alerting us. Driving the news: Mendon, a hamlet of 1,300 people in Cache County, has a May Day festival each year on the first Saturday of the month.
Giant golden railroad spike to honor transcontinental railroad workers visits USU
A giant, 43-foot, gold-leafed railroad spike monument made its way to Utah State University for the public to admire on Tuesday. The spike is making stops around Utah before becoming a permanent display at Golden Spike State Monument in Brigham City. The spike depicts scenes of various people that worked on or were impacted by the transcontinental railroad. It shows Chinese and Irish immigrant workers, the two largest groups of workers on the railroad, as well as others that worked on the railroad such as...
UHSAA releases final RPI, playoff brackets for baseball, softball, boys volleyball
LOGAN — Three spring sports had their playoff brackets set with the release of the final RPI ranking by the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) Wednesday morning. Local Region 11 teams across baseball, softball and boys volleyball now know the path to a 4A state championship. All three...
Bears baseball thumps Logan twice; third game of series postponed
The Bear River baseball team was all set to finish up the regular season on Friday, but the game was postponed due to rain. Still, the Bears managed to lock up a second-place finish in Region 11 with two easy victories over Logan earlier in the week. The third game in the series was rescheduled for Tuesday, April 30, after the Leader went to press.
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