‘There are huge dog problems in the city of River Heights.’ By Lindsay Nemelka RIVER HEIGHTS — Of all the changes being made to city animal control laws, a cap on late registration fees isn’t one of them. Residents could end up paying enormous fines from previous years before they are issued a current dog […]
Tags: animal control ordinance, Planning Commission, revision, River Heights
Story & photo by Kristi Ottley LOGAN – Turnout pants, helmets and Self Contained Breathing Apparatus made up the attire that an instructor and student of the Firefighter Recruit Candidate Academy of Bridgerland Applied Technology Center chose to run the First Dam 5K Run in. Instructor Heath Banbury and student Ryan Ottley were joined by […]
Tags: BATC, Firefighter Recruit Candidate Academy, First Dam Run
‘I think those Beatles screwed up the whole world when it comes to men’s hair.’ – Casey Corbridge, Smithfield barber By Nick Bolinder SMITHFIELD – Casey’s Barber Shop has been a fixture on Main Street since 1973, but the barber is not named Casey. Seventy-seven-year-old Kendall Corbridge is the longtime owner of Casey’s Barber Shop. […]
By Kristi Ottley HYRUM – The Hyrum State Park could be at risk for with the possibility of the state parks budgets being cut. It is not known when the potential cut in funding of the parks could happen, or which parks may be considered for closure, but since Hyrum State Park was on the […]
Tags: budget cuts, city council, Hyrum State Park
By Rachel Kenley LOGAN- Nineteen-year-old Amanda Hubble was arrested on suspicion of assault and domestic violence in the presence of a child by Logan City Police Department early Friday morning. The counts are both class B misdemeanors. Hubble was contacted by officers after having been accused of domestic violence by a 22-year-old male from Logan. […]
Tags: Amanda Hubble, citation, domestic violence, Logan police
By Heidi Hansen and Cathy Morgan LOGAN—With the city of Logan’s population expected to double over the next 30 years, six brave souls have stepped up to help lead the city by running for Logan City Council. With three seats up for grabs, all the candidates—including one incumbent—hope to have the opportunity to lead residents […]
Tags: 2011 elections, Angela Fonnesbeck, Doug Thompson, Herm Olsen, Jeannie Simmonds, Karl Ward, Logan City Council candidates, Tom Jensen
‘Sustainability is not a hippie movement, it’s not a political movement, it’s an important part of society and we all have a role in it.’ – Krista Bustamante By Allie Jeppson LOGAN – Utah State University student involvement in sustainability continues to grow with the 8th Annual Utah Bioneers Conference that began Thursday. “We’re getting […]
By Mitch Figgat PROVIDENCE — It is a sometimes forgotten rule that a couple’s outfits should match. The rule was not forgotten by a group of Mountain Crest High School students Saturday night. Each couple has their own tailor made tee shirts. Some say just boy and girl respectively. Others recite a “don’t hate” mantra, […]
Tags: dance, Mountain Crest, Sadie Hawkins Day
‘They’re absolutely demanding that if you have a mortgage on a property that is in a designated flood area, you must have flood insurance.’ – Mayor Leland Howlett By D. Whitney Smith PARADISE — Patience levels crested Wednesday night after a two-hour Town Council discussion, concerning a federal flood-zone assessment that could cost Paradise residents […]
Tags: FEMA, flood insurance, flood map, Paradise, town council
‘I’m an extreme visual thinker. It seemed obvious to me to look at what the cattle were seeing.’ Story and photo by Rachel Kenley LOGAN – When Temple Grandin first began working in the animal agriculture industry, she got down into loading chutes “to see what the cattle were seeing.” People thought that was crazy, […]
Tags: agriculture, animal, ethical treatment, Temple Grandin
By Allee Evensen HYDE PARK — A 32-year relationship between Hyde Park and North Logan police forces may be on the chopping block next week. At Thursday night’s planning and zoning commission meeting, Mayor Bryan Cox announced that an “apples to apples” study has been completed, comparing the best policing options for the city, both […]
Tags: Hyde Park, North Park, planning and zoning, police department
By The Eagle Staff USU-Eastern PRICE—After several years of enrollment growth, Utah State University-College of Eastern Utah saw a drop in student numbers this fall. USU-Eastern’s 11.8 percent enrollment decline is in contrast to the upward trend of Utah’s other public colleges and universities, which increased over 1,000 full-time equivalent students systemwide, or 1.17 percent, […]
By Rouchelle Brockman RICHMOND — The Planning and Zoning Commission refused to grant a building variance at their meeting Tuesday to a man who wants to build a two-car garage on his property. Kent Johnson, a Richmond resident, asked the commission what his options are for building a garage on his property, which–due to an […]
Tags: garage, permit denied, Planning Commission, Richmond
By Rachel Kenley LOGAN – The play opened just like any predictable murder mystery: with a radio announcing that the “Rocky Mountain killer” was still at large during a blizzard. The announcement was quickly followed by the murder of two characters in a diner. But that is where the predictability ends, and the fun really […]
Tags: comedy, Halloween, improv, student theater, USU
By Ted Pease SALT LAKE CITY—Are pundits and political commentators “the ultimate independent journalists”? Two Aggie writers topped 128 other Utah college students to take the top two spots in a statewide essay contest to answer this question. Their resounding “NO!” startled the guest of honor at the annual McCarthey Family Foundation Lecture, “In Praise […]
Tags: Chris Matthews, journalism, Max Parker Dahl, McCarthey Family Foundation, pundits, Stephen Worthington
By Stephen Worthington Editor’s Note: This is the winning entry in the 2011 McCarthey Family Foundation essay competition, which addressed the question, Is a pundit the ultimate independent journalist? A political pundit is not “the ultimate independent journalist.” In fact, punditry as currently practiced in the United States is not even journalism. • Related Story: […]
Tags: bias, independent journalism, McCarthey Family Foundation, pundits
By Max Parker Dahl Editor’s Note: Dahl’s essay on whether pundits are independent journalist was the second-place winner in a statewide competition. SALT LAKE CITY—I loved watching professional wrestling growing up. The absurd outfits, hair, muscles and personalities amalgamated to an engrossing experience packaged specifically for my consumption. I knew the action in the ring […]
Tags: independent journalism, professional wrestling, pundits
By Austin Ashcraft Eagle staff writer PRICE—Ghosts, goblins, vampires and all sorts of creatures ventured out into the cold Halloween night to collect food for the Carbon County Food Bank. In the process, the wandering monsters inadvertently set a record for the most food collected since the project began several years ago. Volunteers gathered at […]
What to do with pumpkins after the Halloween romp? You toss them, of course. Photos & story by D. Whitney Smith NORTH LOGAN — A mound of softening pumpkins laying in Elk Ridge Park, just days after the 2011 Pumpkin Walk came to a close, caused staff members of the city recreation department to ask […]
Tags: North Logan, pumpkin toss, Pumpkin Walk
By Nick Bolinder SMITHFIELD – First Lt. Earl Simmons presented the City Council on Wednesday with a proposal to participate in a Community Covenant program. The program is set up to help the community show support for military families. The program focuses mostly on families that have a member deployed on active duty, but they […]