By Rachel Kenley MILLVILLE — Public comment concerning a kennel license compliance issue took center stage Thursday at the City Council meeting. Jessie Floyd, a neighbor of Lisa Shaw, complained about the noise and odor problems arising from the dogs kept in her backyard. “The smell is atrocious,” Floyd said. “I can’t be in my […]
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By Lindsay Nemelka RIVER HEIGHTS — City Council members debated Tuesday whether to continue to rent out the Annette Smith Historical Museum or dedicate the entire room to the pioneer artifacts and antiques. The room below the City Office Building is currently open to residents and affiliations to rent for family parties, recitals or meetings, […]
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LOGAN—Two Utah journalists launch the 2011-2012 Morris Media & Society Lecture season at Utah State next week to report on what they found when they traveled to Ethiopia this summer to investigate the plight of children in that impoverished and drought-stricken east African nation. Matthew LaPlante, former national security reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune […]
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By Nick Bolinder LOGAN — The road to success is a hard road to choose. You have the road to the right that will give you instant gratification, the road to the left is unbearable, and the road in the middle will make you work hard and have you feel like you deserve success. Former […]
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‘If you have a dream, tell somebody because you might be closer than you think’ Story & photo by Max Parker Dahl SALT LAKE CITY — It might have been the smoke of charbroiled burgers or the many mullet-goatee combinations surrounding me, but it felt great to be an American at USANA amphitheater Saturday night. […]
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‘You don’t do it for the money; you do it for love’ Story & photos by Mandy Morgan MENDON — When Barry and Tawna Fonnesbeck built a greenhouse in their backyard, they never dreamed it would become a fully blossoming business that would be going strong 22 years later. But that is exactly how the […]
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By Steven Crass NORTH LOGAN — A move to update the North Logan city wage scale failed to pass in a 2-1 vote at Wednesday’s City Council meeting. Approval of this first step in the scale transformation would have called for city officials to begin evaluating the current scale, which hasn’t been modified since 2008, […]
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By D. Whitney Smith PARADISE — Water falling from the sky is not easily controllable for any town or city, which is why unpredictable crop yields, flooding and mudslides caused by excessive precipitation have created complications for many Cache Valley residents this year, including those living in Paradise. Paradise Town Council members, while unable to […]
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By Allie Jeppson WELLSVILLE — The possibility of a new water line for irrigation and sprinkling was discussed at Wednesday’s City Council meeting. Wellsville residents have expressed interest in hooking onto the city’s water line, Mayor Thomas Bailey said, opening discussion on the city’s current water system. While water is used in large amounts for […]
By Kristi Ottley LEWISTON — Ballroom dance, sign language, bread making, landscaping, and quilting are a few of the classes residents will have the opportunity to take, with the offering of community classes right in their own city. No longer will they need to make the half-hour drive into Logan to attend classes. Tova Jones, […]
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Story and photo by Lindsay Nemelka RIVER HEIGHTS–Elementary school kids buzz restlessly in line after their buses drop them off not at their school, but three blocks from River Heights Elementary. Today was Walk to School Day, where students, teachers and parents gathered before classes to practice sidewalk safety for the annual Green Ribbon Week. […]
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‘You got to learn to get up at 5 a.m. and hoe weeds. There is no garden if you don’t know how to hoe weeds.’ By Mitch Figgat PROVIDENCE — He has his ATV parked out in the front yard of his house. Attached to the back is a wagon filled with Ambrosia sweet corn. […]
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By Rouchelle Brockman RICHMOND — The city’s firefighters will have something new to smile about this fall. A $21,774 federal grant to enhance the city’s firefighting equipment was announced at the City Council meeting Tuesday. The Federal Wildland Fire Department awarded the grant primarily to improve equipment to fight brush and wildfires; however, the equipment […]
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By Mitch Figgat PROVIDENCE — The city’s Historical Preservation Commission is looking for historians and media specialists to help produce an educational packet they are preparing for elementary school classes about the Johnson Quarry. The commission plans on presenting the idea for an educational packet, which will include a coloring book and an educational movie […]
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Story & Photo by Heidi Hansen LOGAN—Answers to some of the world’s most intractable problems—things like war, poverty and inequality—can be found in outer space, says a former U.S. senator and astronaut who spoke at USU Friday afternoon. The occasion was Constitution Day, the 224th anniversary of the final signing of the U.S. Constitution in […]
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By Allee Evensen LOGAN — Standing in front of a sparsely populated room in the Cache County Board of Education building Thursday, Kim Mills sported an ear-to-ear grin as she was presented a Teacher of the Year award. Mills, who is in her third year of teaching at Providence Elementary school, was described to the […]
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Story & photos by D. Whitney Smith PARADISE — Fresh garden produce and specialty items like Utah-made honey wine vinegar add flavor to the taste of small-town heritage Cache residents can find at a local farmers’ market held weekly at Paradise Park. “It’s totally all about the ambiance — supporting local businesses and farmers and […]
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By Mitch Figgat PROVIDENCE– The City Planning Commission will not recommend changing the subdivision ordinance until a public hearing is held to garner public opinion and ascertain future risks. City resident Sean Christianson, a contractor, came before the commission Wednesday night asking for a change to city ordinance 721. Christianson asked that the ordinance be […]
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Story & Photos by Heidi Hansen LOGAN—Packing the room with the same spirit of unity initially felt after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, members of various faiths in Cache Valley gathered in the Kent Concert Hall Sunday for a commemoration program featuring prayer, music and words of unity. Hosted by Cache Community Connections, an […]
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By Lindsay Nemelka RIVER HEIGHTS–A new city ordinance prohibits roosters but allows citizens to keep hen chickens on their property. The City Council passed the ordinance Tuesday to deal with problems concerning chickens within city limits. Keeping chickens was not previously unlawful, said Mayor Baker, but after receiving complaints he realized there needed to be […]