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Archive for the ‘Opinion’ Category

Animal control works with humane society to solve problem of stray cats and dogs

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Animal control works with humane society to solve problem of stray cats and dogs

By Kara Kawakami LOGAN--Animal control officers keep the streets of Logan safe from biting dogs and feral cats. Any given day on the Logan City Police Department’s blotter, there is at least one report of a stray animal or some kind ...

Probation violation lands woman back in court

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Probation violation lands woman back in court

By Seili Lewis LOGAN--Chelsea Lee Kerr, 19, of Provo, was sentenced to meet the requirements of her probation in 1st District Court Tuesday. Judge Thomas L. Willmore ruled that Kerr must try once more to meet the requirements of her probation, which ...

Press coverage of woman candidates biased, student researcher finds

Monday, November 23rd, 2009 Posted in Opinion | 2 Comments »

LOGAN--For journalism major Kate Reeves, the timing of Sarah Palin's national tour last week to promote her new book couldn't have been better. And the national news media cooperated, too, focusing a generally mocking eye once again on the former ...

Nibley is first city to reap reward of county road sales tax money

Monday, November 23rd, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Nibley is first city to reap reward of county road sales tax money

By Benjamin Wood NIBLEY--Cache County Executive Lynn Lemon visited the City Council meeting Nov. 19 to present a $658,000 check for the recently completed construction on 3200 South. Lemon called the project a "worthy purpose" and said the funds came from ...

Man pleads guilty to third DUI

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 Posted in Opinion | 2 Comments »

By Heidi Hansen LOGAN— Hans Peter Arendsten, 27, of Logan, charged with two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, pleaded guilty Monday in 1st District Court to the first charge in exchange for having the second charge ...

Golden Spike—USU junior wins regional public relations competition

Saturday, November 21st, 2009 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »

By Kevin Mouritsen LOGAN—She’s the best in the state, and Courtney Schoen Lewis has the Golden Spike Award to prove it. The Utah State University junior from Texas won those bragging rights after being named Utah Public Relations Student of the Year ...

Student pleads guilty to theft of friend’s camera, possession of drug paraphernalia

Friday, November 20th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Student pleads guilty to theft of friend’s camera, possession of drug paraphernalia

By Cassidee Cline LOGAN--A Utah State University student pleaded guilty to charges of theft and possessing drug paraphernalia Wednesday in 1st District Court. Jeremy Jase Torres, 20, admitted to stealing a bike and selling it on KSL.com, stealing a camera from ...

Sub for Santa needs more Cache Valley helpers

Friday, November 20th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Sub for Santa needs more Cache Valley helpers

By Brendon Butler LOGAN--The non-profit Sub for Santa program hopes to help nearly 1,500 needy children with gifts this Christmas, said director Connie Bodily, but now the program is almost out of sponsors and may have to refer needy children to ...

Rwandan president honored by USU for rebuilding country after 1994 genocide

Friday, November 20th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Rwandan president honored by USU for rebuilding country after 1994 genocide

By J.P. Rodriguez LOGAN – Rwanda’s ambassador to the United Nations, Eugene-Richard Gasana, accepted the Presidential Merit Medal on behalf of Rwandan President Paul Kagame at Utah State University yesterday. He addressed an audience of faculty and students at the Taggart ...

Search warrant results in arrest of three North Logan residents

Friday, November 20th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Search warrant results in arrest of three North Logan residents

By Brendon Butler LOGAN--Three young North Logan residents woke up Wednesday morning at their home on 395 E. 2700 North to a surprise visit from agents from the Cache-Rich Drug Task Force. Edward H. Rutan, 22, Felix O. Parda, 19, and ...

Hyrum adopts NIMS as incident-management policy

Thursday, November 19th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Hyrum adopts NIMS as incident-management policy

By Heidi Hansen HYRUM—A resolution to adopt the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as Hyrum’s official incident code of conduct was unanimously approved by the City Council Thursday. Blake Christensen, Hyrum city’s safety officer, who spoke in favor of the resolution, said ...

An unwatched pot always boils—and sometimes catches fire

Thursday, November 19th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on An unwatched pot always boils—and sometimes catches fire

By Kelly Greenwood LOGAN--Someone’s been cooking up a storm—or a fire, for that matter. Logan City Police and the Logan Fire Department responded to a call today at 11:55 a.m. at 755 E. 700 No. in Logan, where someone had left ...

Paradise council approves money for fire department radios

Thursday, November 19th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Paradise council approves money for fire department radios

By Seili Lewis PARADISE--The fire department is getting ready to give up their old radios and trade them in for new, interoperable 800-megahertz radios. Fire chief Troy Fredrickson brought a memorandum from Cache County to the mayor at the last Town ...

Noise ordinance finally passed by Paradise council

Thursday, November 19th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Noise ordinance finally passed by Paradise council

By Seili Lewis PARADISE--The votes are in: The new noise ordinance with its alterations and a motion to purchase a sound meter passed on a 3-2 vote. Town Council members discussed the proposed noise ordinance yet again last night and finally ...

H1N1 vaccine for toddlers now available at BRHD

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on H1N1 vaccine for toddlers now available at BRHD

By Kara Kawakami LOGAN--H1N1 vaccinations are available to children at the Bear River Health Department (BRHD) as well as through school clinics. On Nov. 17, the health department started vaccinating 6-month through 35-month-olds and will continue to do so until ...

Preston man sentenced for brandishing weapon

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Preston man sentenced for brandishing weapon

By Benjamin Wood LOGAN--Wesley Rich, 30, of Preston, Idaho, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in 1st District Court Monday. The case involved an altercation near ICON Health and Fitness in August. Rich received a $200 fine and has 60 days to enroll ...

Owners of Richmond’s haunted mansion will work with city, try to bring building up to code

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Owners of Richmond’s haunted mansion will work with city, try to bring building up to code

By Dan Fawson RICHMOND--The hotly debated future of the oldest living factory in the state of Utah remained undecided following Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. Originally a cheese factory, and most recently home to the Haunted Mansion, the 106-year-old building at 130 ...

No apologies likely forthcoming in congressman’s stand-off with USU prof

Sunday, November 15th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | 2 Comments »

By J.P. Rodriguez LOGAN–Utah State University professor Robert Davies said he does not expect an apology from state representative Mike Noel (R-Kanab). A Herald Journal editorial Nov. 8 said Noel should apologize to Davies after Noel told USU President Stan Albrecht ...

Cobblestone annexation has Mendon council’s attention

Saturday, November 14th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Cobblestone annexation has Mendon council’s attention

By Kade Delis MENDON—The proposed annexation of Cobblestone Road is becoming more possible, the City Council reported on Nov. 12. Cobblestone is a road outside of the Mendon city boundaries that is home to over 30 residents. Homeowners of ...

Former haunted house in Richmond will be moved, expanded for 2010 spooky season

Saturday, November 14th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Former haunted house in Richmond will be moved, expanded for 2010 spooky season

By Dan Fawson RICHMOND--With the Halloween season officially over, many Cache Valley residents may have wondered about the absence of a spooky Richmond landmark. The Haunted Mansion, formerly located at 500 W. 200 South, was denied a business license from the ...