By Max Parker Dahl Emotions run high in the latest Dixie Chicks video documentary, but fans privy to the personal details that shaped what are arguably the best songs of the Chicks’ career share the band’s tears. “Arguably” because these songs are almost exclusively from their Taking the Long Way release, and also because of […]
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By Allee Evensen LOGAN — A call from Logan High School to the Logan City Police Department last week led to the arrest of one juvenile. Friday morning, the high school administration requested canine back up from the narcotics division of the police department, Sgt. Derek Dickey said. He said the school occasionally asks for […]
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Story & photos by Allie Jeppson HEBER CITY — Hidden behind Utah’s Mount Timpanogos is the quiet little valley town of Heber City, where friendliness is a tradition and recreational activities are never lacking. Although it is surrounded on both sides by two heavily populated areas, Salt Lake City and Provo, Heber maintains a small-town […]
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By Rouchelle Brockman RICHMOND — Chris Purser hefts a bulky black binder onto her desk and begins shuffling through the yellowed pages pointing out the locations of various graves. “It’s a very primitive system,” says Purser, who is secretary of the city’s cemetery board. A system that will be obsolete by the end of 2012, […]
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By D. Whitney Smith LOGAN — With burglaries in the valley up from past years — Thanksgiving week alone saw nine residential and six vehicle burglaries — police are warning residents, especially those who will be leaving the area for the holidays, to lock up. “It’s absolutely an at-risk time of season,” said Lt. Brad […]
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By Mandy Morgan LOGAN — The Cache County Planning and Zoning Commission reached no conclusion Thursday night concerning a conditional use permit for a proposed ski resort in Richmond. Chairman J. Clair Ellis said because no official plan had been compiled and completed, with every part of the master plan finalized, it was not possible […]
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By Katrina Warburton LOGAN—A new eatery on the east side of the Utah State University campus is celebrating a booming first week of business. “It’s been going really well,” said Katie Marchant, manager of Artist’s Block Café and Bakery on the bottom floor of the Fine Arts Building. “We’re super busy from 11 a.m. to […]
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Story & photo by Allie Jeppson WELLSVILLE – Five residents celebrate Christmas by decorating Main Street with homemade, hand-painted decorations displayed directly across from the city offices, an annual tradition in its 18th year. Becky Bates, Carolyn Cooper, Leesa Cooper, Margo Pierce and Arlene Hall first started painting decorations as a service project for the […]
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By Mandy Morgan WELLSVILLE — A pleasing conclusion was reached for Krisanne Smith at the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Wednesday, as she was granted a conditional use permit for her in-home business. Smith had requested the permit to sell cookies from her home, Chairman Loyal Green said as her case was introduced to the […]
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By Rouchelle Brockman RICHMOND — The teenagers in this rural city may soon have an alternative to playing video games after school, if all goes according to plan for Richmond resident Paula Gilbert. Gilbert is organizing a youth center or program that may provide adolescents primarily from the sixth through ninth grades with daily opportunities […]
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By Max Parker Dahl LOGAN—TV news anchor-turned-PR executive Amanda Butterfield spoke to students, staff and alumni Wednesday night for the premier event for the Communicators Guild, the new student association of the Journalism & Communication Department. Despite poor weather and many campus events (including a basketball game) vying for attention, 50 students, 11 alumni and […]
By Lindsay Nemelka and D. Whitney Smith LOGAN — Waiving her right to counsel, a defendant facing a minor in possession charge entered a guilty plea in abeyance Tuesday morning in 1st District Court. Shaulynne Rae Leonard, 19, was sentenced to six months probation, two days in the work diversion program — in lieu of […]
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JCOM grad Amanda Butterfield tells USU students why she jumped ship from TV to career in public relations By Allie Jeppson LOGAN – Former KSL-TV news anchor Amanda Butterfield visited campus Wednesday to talk to Utah State University journalism, broadcasting and public relations students about her career as a news anchor and her recent transition […]
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By Kristi Ottley LOGAN – Lively music, spectacular entertainment, and tantalizing food and goodies contributed to the traditional Christmas atmosphere that was present during the two-day Novemberfest Arts and Craft fair. “Novemberfest is a kickoff for the community to a traditional Christmas,” said founder and Logan resident Charlene Watts. This year marked the 28th year […]
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By Rouchelle Brockman LOGAN — A couple awoke this morning to find both their vehicles had been burglarized, two more of approximately 60 vehicle burglaries that have occurred in Logan since Oct. 1. This is nearly double the 35 reported vehicle burglaries that occurred between October and mid-November last year, according to police records. “We […]
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By Rhett Wilkinson LOGAN—Former KSL-TV broadcaster and 2001 USU alumna Amanda Butterfield will be on campus Nov. 30 to speak to USU JCOM students, alumni and members of the community in a reunion and networking event for the newly created Journalism and Communication Department student organization, The Communicators Guild. JCOM alumni and friends are invited […]
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By D. Whitney Smith PARADISE — Mayor Leland Howlett says he believes FEMA has unfairly and inaccurately mapped dozens of properties inside a flood-risk area that doesn’t exist. Residents voiced concerns at a special public hearing Nov. 16, some of them urging the Town Council to apply for a federal program designed to subsidize the […]
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By Allie Jeppson WELLSVILLE – A new fire truck for the city has finally been chosen and approval to purchase the vehicle was given at Wednesday’s City Council meeting. The motion to purchase the truck, with a stipulation that the contract and financial statements were to be reviewed by the city attorney, passed unanimously. Although […]
By Kristi Ottley HYRUM – The city’s Youth Council will be undergoing somewhat of a makeover with changes that are going to be implemented to the current makeup of the council. Interviews for Hyrum’s Youth Council were conducted earlier in the week by Councilwoman Stephanie Miller. The city had 20 youth apply for the council […]
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LOGAN—A USU mathematics professor has been named the best professor in Utah for 2011 by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Dr. James Cangelosi, director of the Utah Mathematics Endorsement Project, a program to train Utah K-12 teachers in mathematics, was named the 2011 CASE and Carnegie Professor of the Year Thursday […]
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