Nordic Valley Ski Resort Hosts the Largest New Year's Fireworks Display in Northern Utah!
Ring in the New Year at Nordic Valley with Family-Friendly Celebrations!
Eden, UT -- Celebrate the new year at Nordic Valley Ski Resort with the largest fireworks display and torchlight parade in northern Utah. On Dec. 31, enjoy skiing on the last day of 2018 - the resort is open from 9am to 6pm. Then at 6pm, Nordic Valley will feature a Torchlight Parade and Fireworks display with music, and fun giveaways. It's the perfect family-friendly New Year's celebration.
Nordic Valley just received half a foot of snow in the past 24 hours, and more is expected through the end of the year!
For more information about conditions and lift hours at Nordic Valley Ski Resort, visit NordicValley.com.
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Media may use these high resolution images of Nordic Valley's New Year's Eve fireworks and torchlight parade from previous years. Please use photo credit: Nordic Valley
Media contact: Sarah Abney | sarah@nordicvalley.com | (801) 361-0756
About Nordic Valley
Nordic Valley Ski Resort, located in Eden, UT and only 25 minutes from downtown Ogden, was first established in 1968. Nordic Valley offers beginner, intermediate, and advanced terrain for skiing and snowboarding with 140 skiable acres, 23 trails, four lifts, a terrain park, and snowmaking which covers 60 percent of terrain. The Utah ski area receives an average of 300 inches of snow annually, and has a 1,000 foot vertical. It also features a day lodge, rental shop and ski & snowboard school. In the summer, Nordic Valley offers a variety of activities for all ages, including lift-served mountain biking and hiking, an 18-hole disc golf course, a 400-foot long slip-n-slide, bungee trampoline, lawn games, Nordic Nights Saturday evening concert-series, and more.
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I thought you’d be interested in this timely flu data for Utah. Utah is currently the sickest state in the country this week with 5.7% of the population (over 182,400 people) experiencing flu-like symptoms - that is a whopping 96%+ increase from last week. The Salt Lake City area is getting hit the hardest in Utah, with 5.7% of the local population experiencing flu-like symptoms.
This data is from Kinsa, a company that is accurately seeing where flu-like illness is spreading in real time with the help of their smart thermometers. Kinsa has collected more than 10M (anonymous) temperature readings (averaged 40K per day last flu season) and the Kinsa Insights team, is now able to track outbreaks of the flu in real-time by studying aggregate data of where fever and other symptoms are popping up around the country.
Additionally:
· The national illness level is holding steady this week with 4.4% of the US population ill (over 14 million people).
· Florida is the 2nd sickest state this week and New Mexico takes the 3rd spot.
Kinsa's data is nearly perfectly aligned with the CDC's influenza data over the past 3 years but is available right away and with unprecedented geo-precision.
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The author of Utah’s 0.05 legal limit blood alcohol concentration (BAC) law will make himself available to members of the media at the Utah Department of Health, Cannon Building, 288 N 1460 W, SLC on Wednesday, Dec. 26 at 3:00 p.m. to respond to questions.
This will be the media’s only opportunity after Christmas to pose questions to Rep. Norm Thurston in person prior to the law going into effect on Dec. 30, 2018 as Rep. Thurston will be out of town starting Dec. 28 and unreachable thereafter.
Due to the passage of HB155 in the 2017 session, Utah will become the first state to lower its per se limit on blood alcohol content (BAC) from .08 to .05. Since 2013, the National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that all states make this change due to the broad deterrent effect. A recent study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine also conducted a thorough review of scientific evidence and concluded that such a move couple with a significant public media campaign could reduce driving after drinking, crashes, injuries and deaths. If all states were to follow those recommendations, some estimates predict a reduction in drunk-driving deaths of around 10%.
Who:
Representative Norm Thurston, District 64
What:
Media availability to answer questions prior to Utah’s 0.05 legal limit blood alcohol concentration law takes effect, Dec. 30, 2018.
