$1.50 Aug. 11, 2023 | Vol. 2 Iss. 32
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MORGAN COUNTY NEWS
Joshua Sargent fills Administrative Assistant role.
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Rodeo rides into town
NEWS BREAK Massive storm affects East Coast
More than 300,000 homes and businesses were still in the dark Tuesday morning after massive storms pummeled much of the east coast leaving two people dead, homes without roofs and drivers stranded for hours. One person is reported to have died in Alabama as the result of a lightning strike, and a 15 year old in South Carolina was killed when a tree fell on him due to high winds. Many areas of the eastern seaboard experienced hours of power outages during the event. The storms that hammered Philadelphia all the way down to Atlanta on Monday have tapered off. But, when considering all levels of risk, 40 million people in the Plains, the Southeast and New England are now at risk for severe weather Tuesday.
Report claims breast cancer overdiagnoses
RIDERS CARRYING THE STARS AND STRIPES mark the opening of the Morgan County Rodeo.
Photo by Roger V. Tuttle
Morgan County approves ‘Man Cave Subdivision’ in Mountain Green Attachment A: Vicinity Map
By Linda Petersen
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he Morgan County Commission has given preliminary plat and site plan approval for a commercial subdiviTC sion known as the “ROAM Man Cave Subdivision” at 4950 West Old Highway QUEEN’S GARDEN RD Site Road in Mountain Green. This is northeast of the intersection of Old Highway Road and a new road, Queens Garden WAY RD OLD HIGH Road. The new road was installed earlier this summer. The development would be accessed from Old Highway Road and Queens Garden Road. The development would provide 14 condominium units, also known as “commercial flex spaces,” on 1.45 acres. The units would range in size from 1350 to 1700 square feet and would each inTHIS MORGAN CITY map indicates the location of the ROAM Man Cave Subdiviclude a half to three-quarter bathroom sion. Commercial Flex Space Units Site Plan 7|P a g e and sink. Despite the term “condomini- ROAM Courtesy image/Morgan City August 1, 2023 um” these are not proposed as residenc- Application #23.027 es, something Commissioner Blaine “You may have both in a single unit; whether they would want to purchase the Fackrell queried. an office in front and storage or light unit.” “It’s a form of property ownership manufacturing in back,” McConnell CW lands has 13 acres of more traunder Utah law so you create units unelaborated. ditional retail space west of this project, der the Utah Condominium Act and Two parking spaces will be provided she said. “These are more flex units. those units are called condominium,” per unit with some additional parking. We’re trying to appease a niche demoCommissioner Robert McConnell said All of the parking spaces will be owned graphic of people; that’s why we only responding to Fackrell’s question. by an owner’s association, Christensen have 14 units. This is just a small snippet The ‘flex” term is “commonly used said. Fackrell expressed concern there of our ROAM development.” in industrial development because a lot would not be enough parking for cusAnother issue Fackrell brought up of the developments don’t represent a tomers or employees. was that some of the proposed trees in typically industrial-looking building, but “When we sell these we’re not finthe project might not be drought-resisthey can be used for a public storefront ishing out the interior of these units, so tant; he recommended that CW Lands like an insurance office or they can be whoever finishes out these units, dependlook into that. The commission approved used for like a contractor’s office. So it’s ing on what use they intend to program the site plan with the provision that the really a flex space that can be used for into the unit, they’ll have to comply with developer follow Fackrell’s recommena wide variety of commercial uses,” deparking standards,” Christensen said. “It dation. veloper CW Lands’ representative McKwould be up to the buyer to determine enna Christensen said.
In the US, about 240,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women every year, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates. Health care providers and patients alike are usually inclined to pursue treatment to stop the disease. But some experts say that it isn’t always necessary to treat breast cancer in older women with aggressive therapy. The report does not state that breast cancer cases are mistaken but it states that many of the diagnoses are of cancers that would not become medically dangerous but are treated anyway. Experts believe that more refined tests, which are in development, will help mitigate the overdiagnoses in the future, though they advise women to continue to be screened.
Moscow murder suspect suggests possible defense
Lawyers for Brian Kohberger, arrested on suspicion of having killed four University of Idaho students in November of 2022, have indicated that they plan to present evidence that the defendant was “on a solo drive” at the time of the murders. Camera footage of a car matching Kohberger’s, as well as cell phone pings, place him in the area of the murders. Familial DNA also links Kohberger to a knife sheath found at the murder scene.
Stickers aim to improve teen driving
An Idaho company called “How’s My Teen Driver?’ has launched, with the intention of increasing the safety of teen drivers on the road. The company provides parents with a sticker for the rear of the car. The sticker includes a phone number and QR code which other drivers can use to report the behavior of teen drivers, both positive and negative. While the company representatives explained that teen drivers have been resistant to the stickers, parents have reported positive changes in their teens’ driving behavior.