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Program helps train certified nursing assistants amid pandemic shortage

Finding health care workers quickly during the pandemic became a pressing need, so Ogden Regional Medical Center started a hire-and-train program for new certified nursing assistants. “COVID created an undesirable circumstance where a lot of health care workers left to take other job opportunities,” said David Perkins, chief nursing officer at Ogden Regional. “A lot of people found it to be unsettling and they left the market to take on other jobs that had more of a known direction or outcome.” The five-week program, entitled StarTech, includes three weeks in the classroom and ...

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Orem closes park bathrooms early due to TikTok vandals, school districts attack too

Sports

Taking a look at what BYU football accomplished in the first half of the season

Coaching ties force adjustments at BYU football plays at Baylor

Corner Canyon, Springville earn top seed in 6A and 5A playoffs

Set streak ends at 27 but No. 8 BYU rallies past LMU

Business

Sunday Drive: Is it a minivan or not? The new 2022 Kia Carnival

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Osmond Marketing changes name to Stage Marketing

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Obituaries

Dana Kaye Gehring Hayward

Mitchell Lee Banks

Kenneth E Nielsen

Gary Leo Smith

Lifestyles

Money Matters: Starting a business? Here’s the financial data you’ll need to track

BYU: Marriott students create sustainable change

Savvy Senior: How to find a better Medicare prescription drug plan

Garden Help Desk: Aphids causing problems for variety of plants

Opinion

Lowry: The U.S. supply chain makes no sense

Harrop: A jerk and his job may soon be parted

Stossel: Let life resume

Guest: United States not as indivisible as it once was

Entertainment

Horoscopes for Thursday, Oct. 7

Happy Birthday: Set high goals, and stretch your imagination to include things you have only dreamed about doing. You will find a way to far exceed your expectations. Plunge into the unknown, gather information and pour your energy into doing the extraordinary and mastering skills that will ...