...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
MST TUESDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously cold wind chills expected. For Eastern Box
Elder County, wind chills from 10 below to 20 below zero,
coldest near Tremonton. For the Cache Valley, wind chills as
low as 30 below zero.
* WHERE...Eastern Box Elder County and Cache Valley/Utah Portion.
* WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 10 AM MST Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed
skin in as little as 30 minutes.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Avoid outside activities if possible. When outside, make sure you
wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves.
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Logan football coach Bart Bowen stands on the sidelines as they play Bonneville (Idaho) on Aug. 25, 2022 in Logan.
Bart Bowen, Logan High School’s head football coach, was fired Tuesday morning.
According to Shana Longhurst, Logan City School District’s director of communications and public relations, the decision to let Bowen go was made by the school’s administration.
Longhurst didn’t share any reasoning for the decision beyond Logan High “just felt that this is a good time to move in a different direction.” She specified the decision to relieve Bowen of his duties was not necessarily tied to the coach’s performance.
“Just as other schools in our area, in our region, have made coaching changes, they just choose to go in a different direction at different times,” Longhurst said.
According to Bowen, the school didn’t provide him with any further reasoning for the decision.
“They just said they wanted to go in a different direction. They wouldn’t give me any details either,” he told The Herald Journal. “It’s frustrating that I was there for four years and that’s all they want to give me. I’ll miss the kids.”
Longhurst confirmed Bowen was not allowed to address the team, which she said was typical after coaches are let go.
Bowen disagreed. He was able to send his players a message in which he broke the news and told them he’d miss them.
“Typically coaches are allowed to meet with their teams when they leave,” Bowen told The Herald Journal. “LCSD is nothing but efficient when firing people.”
In October, The Herald Journal published a story about Sione Pauni, an LHS football player who was injured during a training session with the coach. Pauni said the injury was brushed off to the point where it became more serious. He eventually required surgery that put him in a wheelchair for a time.
Though officials at LCSD said state law prevented them from commenting on the specifics of the situation, The Herald Journal filed a public records request under the Government Records Access and Management Act for “any complaints, formal and informal, made against Coach Bart Bowen,” on Oct. 7.
According to LCSD Business Administrator Jeff Barben, the scope of the search the district undertook included more than 17,000 email accounts. 240 accounts were found to have a total 836 emails including Bowen’s name.
Yet, as said in an email from Barben, “none of those 836 emails contained complaints against Mr. Bowen. There are therefore no records which are responsive to your GRAMA request regarding Mr. Bowen.”
According to a statement provided by Longhurst, “following an interview process that will take place beginning in January, a new football coaching staff will be selected.”
In the meantime, LHS Coach Lloyd Mason will take charge in weight training and conditioning.
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