• Hill AFB teen wins regional Youth of the Year award

    Recently recognized as the Military Region Youth of the Year, 17-year-old Ashley McCarty, of Roy, admits she would have laughed if someone suggested five years ago she would one day be representing military youth in the region.Several years ago, McCarty was extremely shy, but enjoyed participating

  • Facts about this year's flu vaccine

    What’s new with the flu vaccine this year?The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices) voted that the live attenuated influenza vaccine, also known as the “nasal spray” flu vaccine, should not be used during the 2016-2017 flu season.Every year the CDC

  • Reservists wrap annual tour in Hawaii

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – About 100 Air Force reservists from the 419th Fighter Wing returned Aug. 20 from two weeks of annual tour training in Hawaii.  Airmen from the medical, security forces, logistics readiness, and force support squadrons worked with joint service counterparts at military

  • West Nile Virus

    On Aug. 16, Salt Lake County health officials announced the first human case of West Nile virus infection in the state for 2016. Locally, health officials from Davis County and Hill AFB have confirmed the presence of the WNV in a few mosquito specimens collected this year.