After recount, Cox confirmed as victor in Hyde Park mayoral contest
Saturday, November 14th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on After recount, Cox confirmed as victor in Hyde Park mayoral contestBy Dana Ivins HYDE PARK--After a close and unpredictable race, Bryan Cox won the mayoral election by three votes following a recount Friday. Tom Price requested the recount Thursday morning, which resulted in one vote added to Cox’s total, making 436, ...
Many question proposal for expanded senior citizens’ complex
Saturday, November 14th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »By Brendon Butler LOGAN--If a local developer has his way, Logan's Senior Citizen's Center may be replaced with a new complex that includes 210 residential apartments for seniors with monthly rents as high as $3,000. The county planning commission has tentatively ...
Smithfield renews city’s contract with Comcast
Thursday, November 12th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Smithfield renews city’s contract with ComcastBy Katie Krusi SMITHFIELD–City Council voted Wednesday to renew the city’s franchise agreement with Comcast for an additional 10 years. The previous contract was for 15 years, but this time around the council felt a shorter contract would be in the ...
Graffiti may now cost artists up to $1,000 in Hyde Park
Thursday, November 12th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Graffiti may now cost artists up to $1,000 in Hyde ParkBy Dana Ivins HYDE PARK–A first-time graffiti ordinance designated as “citizen-friendly” by Mayor David Kooyman was approved Wednesday by the City Council. The ordinance defines graffiti as “any unauthorized inscription, word, figure, painting or other defacement that is written, ...
Hyde Park mayor’s race: Cox edges Price by 2, recount probable
Thursday, November 12th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Hyde Park mayor’s race: Cox edges Price by 2, recount probableBy Dana Ivins HYDE PARK--The city office building boasted many nervous, tapping toes as provisional votes were read and expected to determine the new mayor Wednesday. After a race separated by just one vote, the addition of provisional votes caused ...
Logan school board hears reports on classroom technology, ESL program
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Logan school board hears reports on classroom technology, ESL programBy Kelly Greenwood LOGAN--Presentations on technology in classrooms, the ESL Discovery program and other matters were in full swing at the Logan district Board of Education meeting Tuesday night. Instructional Technology Coordinator Mike Hansen began his presentation with a short film that ...
Sunshine Terrace reports on use of funds from Cache County
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »By Kara Kawakami LOGAN--Sunshine Terrace is getting an aquatic therapy pool, and thanked the Cache County Council for contributing funds on Tuesday. "There was a contribution for $63,000 from the county," Sunshine Terrace administrator Steven Tracy told the council. He expressed his ...
Logan Library circulation at all-time high, state grant money gone
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Logan Library circulation at all-time high, state grant money goneBy Chelsey Gensel LOGAN--The board of the Logan Library discussed changes to the building including meeting room rentals and accessibility, as well as budget changes, at their monthly meeting Nov. 10. Because the library now occupies the entire building at 255 N. ...
Plans for River Heights emergency water pump project put into action
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Plans for River Heights emergency water pump project put into actionBy Catherine Meidell RIVER HEIGHTS--As one of the last municipalities in Cache Valley to install an emergency water pump, River Heights City Council decided Tuesday they have waited long enough to tackle this project and are now taking it on ...
Suspect arrested in assault of housemate
Monday, November 9th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »By Catherine Meidell LOGAN--A man was arrested Saturday in his Logan home following a fight in which a woman received minor injuries to her face and forehead after being head-butted. Scott MacPherson, 26, was arrested by Officer Brad Hansen of ...
Bob Bennett a ‘Socialist’? Shurtleff on ‘taking back America’
Monday, November 9th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | 2 Comments »By Storee Powell Utah is undoubtedly one of the reddest states in America, if not the most conservative. For most people, Utah’s junior U.S. senator, Bob Bennett, would qualify as about as Republican as one can get. But not in Utah ...
For Utah’s AG, the second visit to USU is the charm
Monday, November 9th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on For Utah’s AG, the second visit to USU is the charmBy Storee Powell LOGAN--For a politician, there’s not much worse than scheduling a speech and nobody comes. That’s what happened to Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff the first time he tried to bring his statewide identity theft tour to Utah State University. “We ...
Recession-conscious charity event Nov. 21 to make blankets for orphans
Sunday, November 8th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Recession-conscious charity event Nov. 21 to make blankets for orphansBy Rebecca Hansen BRIGHAM CITY—An upcoming charity event will give people an opportunity to give to a good cause even in these difficult economic times. Erin Young, a Brigham City resident, is organizing a "Knit-A-Square" day on Nov. 21 at Just Bee ...
Nibley signs contract with county for emergency services
Saturday, November 7th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Nibley signs contract with county for emergency servicesBy Benjamin Wood NIBLEY—After some initial apprehension by Councilman Scott Larsen, the City Council voted unanimously to sign a contract with Cache County for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and First Responders. In other business, the council discussed purchase of land on ...
Mendon residents worried about library’s future
Saturday, November 7th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Mendon residents worried about library’s futureBy Kade Delis MENDON—The future of Mendon’s library has raised concern among town residents. The Mendon Cottage Library, located on 90 N. Main, and its lack of funding from the city, has raised so much concern among the residents that it was ...
Two plead guilty to felony drug charges
Saturday, November 7th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Two plead guilty to felony drug chargesBy Chelsey Gensel LOGAN--Gerald Baarsma of West Valley and Tawnie Tilleman of Kamas pleaded guilty to reduced charges in 1st District Court Nov. 3. Baarsma, 22, participated in a drug transaction Oct. 13 at the south Walmart store with a confidential informant ...
Hyrum weighs costs of irrigation water swap between canals
Friday, November 6th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Hyrum weighs costs of irrigation water swap between canalsBy Heidi Hansen HYRUM—A proposed irrigation project that would give the city access to more water was discussed in City Council Thursday, but it may come with a high energy price. “We would like to partially eliminate irrigation out of the O'Berry ...
Open house this weekend at Richmond’s new water treatment plant
Friday, November 6th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Open house this weekend at Richmond’s new water treatment plantBy Dan Fawson RICHMOND--The recently completed wastewater treatment plant will be officially introduced to the public tonight, as the city kicks off a two-day open house at the plant. The open house is scheduled to go from 5 to 8 p.m. tonight, ...
Two-car crash in North Logan sends driver to hospital
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Two-car crash in North Logan sends driver to hospitalBy Heidi Hansen NORTH LOGAN—Paramedics transported an injured woman to Logan Regional Hospital today after the car she was driving was broadsided by another car. The accident happened as she was turning left from a Chevron parking lot at 1936 N. ...
Smithfield man pleads guilty in domestic violence case
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Smithfield man pleads guilty in domestic violence caseBy Kara Kawakami LOGAN--Smithfield resident Joshua Lee Thalman, 28, pleaded guilty Nov. 3 in 1st District Court to three misdemeanors in a domestic violence case. He will be sentenced Nov. 30 at 9 a.m. The charges, assault by a prisoner, a class ...