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Jacob Scholl

Statewatch Reporter

Jacob joined The Tribune as a statewatch reporter in 2022. He graduated from the University of Missouri, and he has worked at news outlets in Utah and Idaho. When he's not working, he enjoys hiking and sampling Utah's many breweries.

[Photo provided by Utah State University] Dirk Vanderwall, center, demonstrates the use of a stethoscope on a horse as students watch in an undated photo. Vanderwall will begin as the inaugural dean of the Utah State University College of Veterinary Medicine on July 1, 2024.

The West has a veterinarian shortage. Can this new college bring animal health care to rural Utah?

By Jacob Scholl | April 27, 2024, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A fence blocking access to the Logan trail system near Utah State University on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Logan City officials said negotiations with landowners who put up the fence have failed and the fence will remain in place.

Popular hiking trail near Utah State will remain fenced off. Here’s why.

By Jacob Scholl | April 26, 2024, 6:33 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Maverik Stadium at Utah State University in Logan on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Four years after the university settled with the federal government over mishandling sexual assault allegations, Justice Department oversight of Utah State will continue longer than expected.

Federal oversight of Utah State will continue longer than anticipated. Here’s why.

By Jacob Scholl | April 25, 2024, 9:52 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah State University in Logan on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024.

Years after serious issues, Utah State says students feel safe. Here’s what students and staff told us.

By Jacob Scholl | April 23, 2024, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Ogden-Hinckley Airport on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. Ogden City has been operating the airport at a millions-dollar deficit for over a decade, legislative auditors found in a new report.

Ogden-Hinckley Airport is costing taxpayers millions, legislative audit finds

By Jacob Scholl | April 18, 2024, 12:30 a.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Bryson Behm, Cache County's new interim clerk/auditor, photographed at the old county courthouse in Logan, on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Behm won't GOP delegations nomination on Saturday and won't face a challenger in November's clerk's office election.

Why these Cache County Republicans won’t see a challenger in their 2024 election bids for clerk and auditor

By Jacob Scholl | April 14, 2024, 1:05 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah State University President Elizabeth Cantwell speaks during her investiture ceremony at Utah State University in Logan on Friday, April 12, 2024.

New Utah State president celebrated, says she has ‘faith in the power of education to transform lives’

By Jacob Scholl | April 13, 2024, 8:33 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A fence blocks access to a Logan trail near the Utah State Campus, on Tuesday, April 2, 2024.

‘Private property’ or public trail? Hikers are fed up with a blocked path near Utah State campus.

By Jacob Scholl | April 5, 2024, 4:14 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) 1st District Court in Logan on Thursday, May 18, 2023.

Cache County election official accused of falsifying election documents makes first court appearance

By Jacob Scholl | April 1, 2024, 9:51 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Old Cache County Courthouse in Logan on Thursday, May 18, 2023.

Victim services director says Cache County attorney candidate threatened her for supporting his 2024 election opponent

By Jacob Scholl | March 27, 2024, 10:57 p.m.

(Jacob Scholl | The Salt Lake Tribune) A bus stop at the Cache Valley Transit Hub on March 20, 2024 in Logan. This year, lawmakers gave CVTD $5 million in public funding to help finish building a new headquarters building.

Free travel between Cache Valley and the Wasatch Front? Public funding could help make it happen.

By Jacob Scholl | March 27, 2024, 11:00 a.m.

(Cache County) Cache County Clerk/Auditor David Benson resigned from his position effective 5 p.m. Monday after less than a year in the job. Benson’s resignation comes roughly a month after the lieutenant governor’s office outlined over 30 issues with Cache County’s handling of its 2023 elections.

After months of turmoil, a top northern Utah election official steps down

By Jacob Scholl | March 19, 2024, 5:33 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Chris Wilson, R-Logan, at the Capitol building in Salt Lake City on Friday, January 20, 2023. Wilson and other northern Utah lawmakers said the 2024 legislative session led to water and energy infrastructure improvements for this year.

Cache Valley water and energy infrastructure to see millions in improvements this year

By Jacob Scholl | March 16, 2024, 11:00 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.

Utah communities say the Legislature is making it harder to become cities

By Jacob Scholl | March 9, 2024, 1:00 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah State University President Elizabeth Cantwell speaks during the Newsmaker Breakfast: The Value of Higher Education at the Thomas S. Monson Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. Cantell announced two new leadership hires on Thursday.

Educating for Utah’s future means big changes at Utah State, new president says

By Jacob Scholl | February 29, 2024, 10:02 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) First Judicial District Court in Logan, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023.

A Utah election worker allegedly falsified a state document. Now he faces a felony charge.

By Jacob Scholl | February 20, 2024, 4:55 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cache County offices 179 N Main St, Logan, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Read the Utah lieutenant governor’s office report alleging Cache County's election official falsified documents and broke Utah election laws.

Read: Utah Lt. Gov.’s office report alleges Cache County election officials falsified official records

By Jacob Scholl | February 13, 2024, 11:57 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cache County offices at 179 North Main in Logan on Thursday, May 18, 2023. A report from the Utah lieutenant governor's office alleges Cache County Clerk/Auditor David Benson mismanaged the county's 2023 general elections.

Cache County election officials falsified records, violated Utah election law, report says

By Jacob Scholl | February 14, 2024, 1:32 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cache County offices at 179 North Main in Logan on Thursday, May 18, 2023.

A disorganized Utah county messed up election paperwork. Now no one can agree who is to blame.

By Jacob Scholl | February 12, 2024, 10:14 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gricelda Arzaluz creates her own chocolate bar at Aggie Chocolate Factory in Logan on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024.

Utah’s newest Willy Wonka turns childhood memory into chocolate bar at Aggie Chocolate Factory

By Jacob Scholl | February 11, 2024, 1:36 p.m.

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