Paradise considers contracting with sheriff’s office for animal control
Thursday, April 14th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Paradise considers contracting with sheriff’s office for animal controlBy Brandon Hadley PARADISE--The Town Council met with Sheriff Lynn Nelson and Deputy Brian Locke of the Cache County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday to discuss an animal control contract and get a feel for how the CCSO influence in town differs from ...
North Logan man sentenced on heroin charge
Thursday, April 14th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on North Logan man sentenced on heroin chargeBy Emily Pannell Johnson LOGAN—A North Logan man was sentenced in 1st District Court Tuesday for possession or use of a controlled substance, heroin. Christopher Robert Larsen, 22, was sentenced to serve up to five years in the Utah State Prison by ...
Sheriff tells River Heights council crimes against children are up
Thursday, April 14th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Sheriff tells River Heights council crimes against children are upBy Lis Stewart RIVER HEIGHTS—The Cache County Sheriff’s Office saw a county-wide increase in sex offenses, drunk driving arrests, and crimes against families and children in 2010, Sheriff Lynn Nelson told the City Council Tuesday night. “We’ve seen a huge increase ...
Fierce weather no roadblock for My Chemical Romance faithful
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Fierce weather no roadblock for My Chemical Romance faithfulReview by Max Parker Dahl, photo by Ben Hansen SALT LAKE CITY -- The line started at 5 a.m. Heather Graham stood through snow and sleet and hail for 14 hours, watching endless heads bob and shuffle behind her, topped with ...
Aggie PR student named best-in-state, continuing USU dominance
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »BULLETIN! SALT LAKE CITY—A Utah State University student was named the Best PR Student in Utah this morning following a competition among college and university public relations students from across the state. Senior Natalie Curtis was one of six finalists in the ...
Aggies bring home 12 Excellence Awards from regional journalism conference
Sunday, April 10th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | 3 Comments »SALT LAKE CITY—Student and professional journalists from four states convened on Utah over the weekend for the regional annual conference of the Society of Professional Journalists. Among the highlights of the two-day meeting were the annual Mark of Excellence Awards, given ...
Wellsville residents, city council, at odds over flooding
Saturday, April 9th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Wellsville residents, city council, at odds over floodingBy Noelle Johansen WELLSVILLE -- An extra 2.4 million gallons of water and sewage is being pumped into the sewage lagoons north of Wellsville, and a solution for the massive inflow of water is being sought by the City Council. “Extra ...
Free at last: Released from probation, man says he’s moving on
Saturday, April 9th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Free at last: Released from probation, man says he’s moving onBy Rhett Wilkinson LOGAN -- After eight years of juvenile detention, brief adult jail time and an extensive series of fines, Jeremi Todechine was released from both probation and a remaining driving-related fine after a ruling in Logan Municipal Court April ...
Fire department rescues girl who climbed too high
Friday, April 8th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Fire department rescues girl who climbed too highBy Kate Rouse LOGAN --An 8-year old girl was rescued by the Logan Fire Department Tuesday afternoon when she climbed a tree near Willow Park and got too scared to come down. Logan Police Lt. Brad Franke said the girl was stuck ...
Millville P&Z wants simpler application form for permits
Friday, April 8th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Millville P&Z wants simpler application form for permitsBy Mariah Noble MILLVILLE -- Dan Hunsaker intends to build residential homes on two lots in the Millville Meadows development. He attended the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Thursday night to get approval for his plans, which the commission granted. Hunsaker also ...
North Logan firefighters deserve a raise, chief says
Friday, April 8th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on North Logan firefighters deserve a raise, chief saysBy Emily Pannell Johnson NORTH LOGAN—Fire Chief Jon Keller told the City Council that his hope for the coming year is to give his 36 firefighters a raise to $8 per hour. Although each firefighter receives an additional 25 cents per ...
Japan still epicenter of students’ attention as America’s interest wanes
Friday, April 8th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Japan still epicenter of students’ attention as America’s interest wanesStory & Photos by Shirrel Cooper LOGAN—Kosuke Nakamura can feel interest is waning. He can see it when he collects donations. It’s apparent when he watches the news. But for this Utah State freshman who is majoring in agricultural business, the catastrophic ...
Ex-Aggie journalist, now BYU law prof, to discuss Supreme Court, press
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »LOGAN—A “civics education emergency of the highest order” involving the public, the press and the Supreme Court exists that threatens constitutional law in this country, says a former Aggie and current BYU law professor. RonNell Andersen Jones, a 1995 USU ...
Roadblock in Logan Canyon results in 34 citations and arrests
Sunday, April 3rd, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Roadblock in Logan Canyon results in 34 citations and arrestsBy Stephanie Zollinger LOGAN -- Organized roadblocks save lives. “I think we do the public a service,” Cache County Sheriff's Lt. Chad Jensen said. Ten officers from five organizations, including the Sheriff’s Office, Logan City Police, Utah Highway Patrol, Parks and ...
Opinion: Despite assurances, looks like newspapers are dying to me
Sunday, April 3rd, 2011 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »Column & Photo by Shirrel Cooper LOGAN—I have been a journalist since I was 15 and joined my junior high newspaper class. I have attended conferences about journalism, taken classes on how to be a better reporter, worked for various newspapers, and ...
Review: Dr. Horrible is anything but—Web attraction plays at Black Box
Sunday, April 3rd, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Review: Dr. Horrible is anything but—Web attraction plays at Black BoxBy Jess Allen LOGAN—When Dr. Horrible went to college, things changed. The anticipation in the air was thicker than pancake batter as every seat was filled to maximum capacity in the small Black Box Theatre in USU’s Chase Fine Arts Center. I first ...
UDOT’s proposed road closures in south Cache County don’t sit well with many
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on UDOT’s proposed road closures in south Cache County don’t sit well with manyBy Rhett Wilkinson LOGAN -- Shut down some intersections to provide a safe line of sight when entering a highway, or dangerously squeeze tractors and other large vehicles through detoured backroads? People of Cache Valley had much to say regarding the ...
A colorful weekend that I can’t quite wash out of my hair
Friday, April 1st, 2011 Posted in Opinion | 2 Comments »Column and Photos by Emily Landeen SPANISH FORK, Utah—I have never purposely dyed my hair, and yet for the last few days it has had a strange pink tint to it. This is thanks to my weekend at the Holi Festival ...
EIS for canal reconstruction above Logan’s Canyon Road presented at multi-council meeting
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on EIS for canal reconstruction above Logan’s Canyon Road presented at multi-council meetingBy Lis Stewart LOGAN—The long-awaited draft of the environmental impact statement for the Logan Northern Canal Reconstruction Project, which would restore delivery of irrigation water via the Logan Northern canal, was presented Tuesday night at a joint meeting of the Cache ...
Opinion: HB477 could have had many negative consequences
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Opinion: HB477 could have had many negative consequencesBy Storee Powell CacheValleyDaily.com The recent repeal of HB477, the controversial 2011 Utah Legislative bill that rewrote the Government Records Access Management Act (GRAMA), is perhaps more of a relief than Utah knows. “I think there are a lot of unintended consequences from ...