LOGAN—Rockin’ Dick Clark dies at 82. Logan city may close Willow Park Zoo—where will the critters go? Local party politics from the Cache County GOP convention: In local politics, individuals really matter. Proposed truck stop in Wellsville has neighbors up in arms. Latest on Florida’s George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin case. Footballers and other USU men Walk […]
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DENVER—Utah 4-year college journalists dominated this year’s Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Award competition, collecting more than half the honors awarded to colleges and universities across the four-state region. Of the 83 prizes for the best student journalism in the Intermountain West region of Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico, Utah collected […]
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By Tmera Bradley LOGAN -– Charged with a first-degree felony of forcible sodomy, Hal Lavaun Weston, 46, of Laketown, appeared in 1st District Court Monday. Weston’s attorney, Shannon Demler, said they have no resolution to the case and asked Judge Clint Judkins for a two-day trial. The pretrial is scheduled for Aug. 13 and a […]
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By Chris Lee RICHMOND — Zumba might be taught in the park and occasionally in the Community Building in Richmond. Rebecca Gathercoal, who teaches Zumba at Park School, asked the City Council if she would be able to use the Community Building for an hour once a week for Zumba With Rebecca. She said she […]
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By Tara Alvey HYRUM — It is not uncommon for towns and cities to put on their own celebration for Independence Day on July Fourth, however, Hyrum takes the meaning of an Independence Day celebration to a whole new level. Hyrum’s Fourth of July celebration is known as the Star Spangled Celebration. The annual celebration […]
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LaPlante’s stories on ‘mingi’—Ethiopian infanticide—win Ancil Payne Prize from UOregon EUGENE, Ore.—Journalists Matthew LaPlante of the USU Department of Journalism & Communication, and Rick Egan of The Salt Lake Tribune are winners of the 2012 Ancil Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism. LaPlante and Rick Egan will share a 2012 Ancil Payne Award for Ethics […]
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LOGAN—Top news from Hard News Café staffers collected into one handy news digest, including: • Aggie Journalists Win Big at Regional Conference, by D. Whitney Smith • Van Crash: Remembering that awful day in text, photos, video—and the new memorial plaza, by Allie Jeppson • Local Courts & Cops • Aggie TV News video • […]
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By D. Whitney Smith DENVER—Utah State University journalism students cleaned up at the Society of Professional Journalists 2012 Mark of Excellence Awards at the Region 9 Conference in Denver this weekend. USU student journalists came home with 17 awards for some of the best work in the four-state region, including nine first-place awards. JCOM junior […]
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LOGAN—The Aggie TV News team talks to members of USU fraternities about last fall’s underage alcohol arrest. Other stories: Fundraising beyond one’s self, the BYU student video of being gay and Mormon, “It Gets Better,” Baby Animal Days in Wellsville, the power of a Smoothie, a viral “Just Be Friends” video, fundraising for smiles, how […]
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By Allie Jeppson LOGAN—It was just over six-and-a-half years ago, on Sept. 26, 2005, that tragedy struck Utah State University—eight students and an instructor on their way home from a fieldtrip in Tremonton were killed when a tire blew on their 15-passenger van. • See KSL coverage of the 2005 crash The nine victims are […]
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Citizens have an obligation toward civility. As the president wisely observed, ‘When we can no longer even engage in a conversation with each other over things that really matter, we lose something about ourselves and the democratic process in which we believe.’ By Helen Cannon By writing this essay I don’t expect to persuade anyone […]
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DENVER—USU journalists were tearing up the annual Top of the Rockies competition for journalistic excellence among professional journalists at the annual regional conference of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) on Friday night. • 2011-12 Student Mark of Excellence Awards to be Announced Saturday afternoon. Stay tuned! 2011 JCOM alumna Storee Powell is bringing home […]
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Story and photo by Sean O’Sullivan LOGAN – A logic and religious history-based argument may leave Mormons questioning whether or not they should be eating meat. Chris Foster, professor of philosophy and logic at Utah Valley University, came to Utah State University Thursday to explain his reasoning behind becoming a vegetarian, and why he feels […]
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By Sean O’Sullivan LOGAN – A Logan woman was sentenced Tuesday in 1st District Court to between one and 15 years in state prison for dealing methamphetamines. Guadalupe Ruiz will spend one year of her sentence in the Cache County jail, after which she will have a review. She will then be placed on a […]
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By Josh Ruggles LOGAN — Three Utah State University students were arrested April 10 on suspicion of possession of marijuana, after the Cache-Rich County task force raided their dorm room at Bullen Hall. The raid began at around 7 a.m. catching all residents at home, and resulted in the arrests of Grant Harrington, 19, Jacob […]
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By Rebecca Holliday LOGAN—Entrepreneurship Week was full of events aimed at encouraging and fostering entrepreneurship among students at Utah State—workshops, guest speakers, competitions, socials and even a flash mob. Some of the speakers included RC Willey’s Bill Child, David Bell and Ian MacMillan from the Wharton School of Business, and AC Green, NBA star with […]
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By Sean O’Sullivan RIVER HEIGHTS — Water reconnection fees for River Heights residents who lose water service for nonpayment of the bill are about to become significantly lower. Tuesday, the River Heights City Council decided to reduce the cost of reconnecting water to $25 for the first offense, and then $50 for every subsequent offense. […]
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By Josh Ruggles LOGAN — A Logan man was sentenced in 1st District Court Monday to spend 15 years to life in prison for the aggravated sexual abuse of a child. Efrain Marty Ruiz will likely live out his remaining years behind bars, after being convicted of molesting and raping a teenaged girl for three […]
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Story and photo by Sean O’Sullivan RIVER HEIGHTS -– A bright, sunny day and happy children seem to go hand in hand; especially if candy is involved. Saturday morning the River Heights Lions Club held its annual Easter egg hunt. “You spend about an hour and a half making the bags of candy, probably an […]
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Story and photo by Shannon McCleve WELLSVILLE — Through rain, snow, cold and high winds the American West Heritage Center held its annual Baby Animal Days last weekend. Staci Nelson, Logan, took her children as she has done for the past five years. She said her three children get a little nervous about the animals […]
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