‘Ren’s gone. Now what?’: For this small Utah town, the death of their mayor still lingers

‘Ren’s gone. Now what?’: For this small Utah town, the death of their mayor still lingers

Ren Hatt wasn’t just the mayor of Green River. He was a teacher, an attorney — and, his father says, everyone’s friend. “You can feel [his absence] almost everywhere you go,” a community member said. “You walk in a room and you can feel it.”