Clarissa Casper

Logan

Cache Valley Reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune

Articles

A Bear Lake namesake returned recently. Then it was struck and killed.

3 days ago | sltrib.com | Clarissa Casper

In the 16 years Andrew Stokes has lived near Bear Lake, he can't recall a single instance of a bear being struck by a vehicle near its turquoise-blue waters. As the Idaho park manager for Bear Lake State Park, Stokes says he hasn't even heard of many visitors encountering black bears - animals once so common the lake was originally called "Black Bear Lake," before trapping nearly erased them from the area by the early 1900s.
This Utahn wants those stained onesies you're trashing

4 days ago | sltrib.com | Clarissa Casper
Utah woman sets out to save thousands of onesies from the landfill

4 days ago | upr.org | Clarissa Casper

To Delainey Ashbrook, a poop-stained onesie isn’t trash — it’s a canvas. And to get more people on board with her philosophy, the 24-year-old thrift store founder is starting a new movement she calls the 10,000 Onesie Project. At Erthaware, her earth-conscious shop, her goal is to collect and repurpose 10,000 used baby onesies — many stained, worn, and headed for the landfill — and give them a colorful second life.
A former Utah dairy farmer acquired 1,000 artworks for this museum. See his top 10 gets.

1 week ago | sltrib.com | Clarissa Casper

When the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art opened its doors in 1982, its galleries were nearly empty. The earliest exhibitions at the Logan museum included the expected - Western landscapes, Navajo blankets and cowboy and Native American illustrations. But George Wanlass - the great-nephew of museum founder Nora Eccles Harrison - knew the space needed something more.
This Utah town was scared that tourists wouldn't come this summer

1 week ago | sltrib.com | Clarissa Casper

Logan * Last year, Michael Piper traveled here from Phoenix, Arizona, to spend his summer living like a true Cache Valley local - hiking up Logan Canyon, dining along historic Main Street and attending every performance of Michael Ballam's Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre's season. "I loved it," Piper said.
Homelessness in Cache County has doubled since its warming center opened

1 week ago | upr.org | Clarissa Casper

The warming center inside a Logan church closed for the season in April after its busiest winter yet, as more people than ever turned to it for help. In three years, the number of people coming inside on the coldest nights of the year has doubled — from about 100 in its first season to 207 this past one. “Things aren’t getting easier for people and housing continues to be a challenge,” said Jayme Walters, director of the William A. Burnard Warming Center.
How LED lights can help birds avoid fatal run-ins with windows

1 week ago | kuow.org | Clarissa Casper

How LED lights can help birds avoid fatal run-ins with windowsShining ultraviolet lights on windows can substantially decrease the number of birds that fly into them and die, new research at Utah State University shows.
Utah's biggest house has no buyers, so the Disney-themed mansion is going to auction

2 weeks ago | upr.org | Clarissa Casper

Utah’s largest home, a sprawling Disney-themed mansion originally listed for $34.5 million in December, has yet to find a buyer willing to meet that price. Now, the unique property is heading to auction.
New art education center opens at USU art museum

3 weeks ago | upr.org | Clarissa Casper

For the past 11 years, Katie Lee-Koven, who serves as director of the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, has had one goal: to make the museum not a hidden gem — but a place that’s celebrated and welcoming for everyone. And now, she says that vision has come to life. Last month, the museum officially opened the Wanlass Center for Art Education and Research. The new facility will expand the museum’s academic and community outreach.
This canyon was nearly filled with rooftops and yards. Now, it will remain open forever

3 weeks ago | upr.org | Clarissa Casper

Mark and Gina Thompson recently finalized a deal to purchase 300 acres of land that could hold scores of new homes in a striking valley in Sardine Canyon — and have promised to do absolutely nothing with it. The land, once slated for development, will now remain wide open — a sanctuary for migrating elk, deer and moose.