By Ben Zaritsky Donald Trump has outdone himself. Again. “I’m proud of what I’ve done,” he said this week. Not only has he accused a president of the United States of being a liar, fraud and holding his office illegitimately, while at the same time ignoring (and helping the media to ignore) issues that drastically […]
Tags: Barack Obama, birthers, Donald Trump
By Heidi Hansen LOGAN—While many are calling for the U.S. attorney general to sue Utah over its new state guest-worker program, others are looking at the “Utah Solution” as a model for national immigration reform, sparking another round in the immigration debate. “Utah should not be punished. Rather we should be applauded for passing good […]
Tags: HB116, Justin Hinh, Terry Camp, Utah immigration law
By Ben Zaritsky My family has always had an EXTREMELY soft spot for helpless animals, and it shows. At one point, we had 16 cats, four dogs, three birds, two fish and a bunny. Since coming to Utah State, I’ve suffered from some animal withdrawal, but, fortunately, I found a cure! Volunteering at the Cache […]
Tags: animal shelter, Cache Humane Society, dogs and cats, volunteering
For the first time in the school’s history, the seventh grade team beat the faculty and staff. Story and photo by Kate Rouse RICHMOND– Students at White Pine Middle School’s annual students vs. faculty “Volleyball Smackdown” made history in February, beating the faculty team 25-23 for the first time in the school’s 11-year history. “I’m […]
Tags: middle school, Richmond, volleyball, White Pine
By Kate Rouse LOGAN–Jose Roberto Oyuela pleaded guilty to violating a protective order, a class-B misdemeanor, in 1st District Court Wednesday and was sentenced to 180 days in the Cache County Jail. Oyuela testified he had gone to his children’s school to see them, while his estranged wife was parked in her car 10 meters […]
Tags: 1st District Court, Jose Roberto Oyuela, protective order violation, sentencing
By Jamee Dyches LOGAN — Before he got married in 2004, Ricky Harris ate whatever he wanted. His construction job kept him active, and he didn’t think about losing weight; it came naturally. After marrying his wife, Kimberly, and returning to school to become a civil engineer, his life changed. Along with these changes came […]
Tags: Biggest Loser, healthy eating, obesity, USU
By Cathy Morgan LOGAN—With the spring semester coming to a close, so is the first semester of the new JCOM premajor requirement, JCOM 2020—Communication Research Methods. The course marks a change in JCOM requirements—a major change for those JCOM students who are “math-phobes,” and who must now complete STAT 1040 as a prerequisite. The class […]
Tags: Cathy Bullock, JCOM, Stats class
By Rhett Wilkinson LOGAN—It was news time for 11 Utah State University journalism students Friday when they spent the afternoon touring the Salt Lake Tribune newsroom and talking with editors, columnists and reporters. Aggie alumnus Tim Fitzpatrick, the Tribune’s deputy editor, played host as the students asked questions about new media, the Trib’s competition with […]
Tags: newspapers, Salt Lake Tribune
Story & Photos by Heidi Hansen LOGAN—The USU Pagan Alliance stole the scene during A-Day with the performance of a public ritual to celebrate Earth Day around noon on Friday. Of the 25 participants, most were members of the Pagan Alliance, an informal organization of students and others, but the strange songs and chants they […]
Tags: Earth Day, Mother Earth, Pagan Alliance
By Kevin Murphy LOGAN—Kim Christiensen looks the part of a construction veteran. The long hair and beard, old baseball cap, and paint-spattered work boots all speak to years of experience. For almost 40 years, he has helped build homes for families in Cache Valley while raising a family of his own. He has seen a […]
Tags: construction, economy, unemployment
By Rhett Wilkinson LOGAN—Local television station KUTA TV-8 is seeking to develop a new TV show based on music videos produced by representatives from Cache Valley—and station manager Jeremy Threlfall and the team believe they have the right man to spark the project. Threlfall said the music videos will be compiled in a weekly program […]
Tags: Kevin Kula, KUTA TV8, local talent, music videos
By Noelle Johansen LOGAN–A 19-year-old Logan woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to selling marijuana to a drug task force informant last October. Jessica Rose Lofland waived her right to a preliminary hearing at her 1st District Court appearance. The charge was lowered to a class A misdemeanor from the original second-degree felony in exchange for the […]
Tags: 1st District Court, arraignment, marijuana
Story and photos by Emily Pannell Johnson LOGAN—The go-green movement is about helping people gain a new perspective, it’s about inspiring people to change, and the Cache Valley Center for the Arts knows where that inspiration comes from. “I would say, almost more than anything here, art is what changes people…if anything is going to […]
Tags: Arts, CVAA, Downtown Logan, Earth Day 2011, street festival, Upcycling
By Mariah Noble LOGAN — After altering a urine analysis at the House of Hope Drug Rehabilitation Center and Bear River Health Department, a woman was sentenced to serve five years in the Utah State Prison on Tuesday. Andrea Shaw, 39, who had been in and out of jail since she was first arrested in […]
Tags: 1st District Court, drugs, Logan, sentencing
By Emily Pannell Johnson NORTH LOGAN—The 2nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt will be better than the first, and not just because of the weather. “Last year, that week we got six inches of snow, so we weren’t expecting anyone to show,” said Alan Luce, director of Parks, Recreations, and Facilities. But despite the snow, 500 […]
Tags: Easter egg hunt, maybe a cow, North Logan
By Teresa Nield LOGAN—Police received a tip Tuesday night that men on probation were drinking alcohol. Officer JJ Gabriel responded to the anonymous tip in the area of 1450 South and 250 West around 8:30 p.m. and found three adults and one minor consuming alcohol. According to Lt. Brad Franke of the Logan City Police […]
Tags: alcohol, Arrests, Logan, probation violations
By Rhett Wilkinson LOGAN– An adult male and a minor were arrested at 2:53 a.m. April 13 at the 7-Eleven at 405 N. Main St., following the pair’s attempt to steal a case of beer and a threat from the adult to bring the incident to gunpoint. Ahmed Jama, 25, was arrested and booked on […]
Tags: 7-11, Arrests, attempted theft, Logan
By Jamee Dyches HYDE PARK — A new car wash and strip mall are slated to be built on Hyde Park Lane. The Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously Wednesday night to approve Hyde Park Commons, a proposed commercial development along Hyde Park Lane. The car wash will be the first phase in the development. […]
Tags: Hyde Park, Hyde Park Commons, planning and zoning commission, truance ordinance
By Emily Pannell Johnson NORTH LOGAN—The City Council has voted down a resolution that would have provided non-residents with the option of buying a limited-use library card for $50 per year, rather than the non-resident family card for $163 per year. Councilman Al Moser said on Wednesday that it wouldn’t make sense to adopt the […]
By Kate Rouse RICHMOND–The first in a series of water rate hikes will start as early as July, due to the city’s proposed $5.14 million water improvement project that includes a new 2 million-gallon water tank, City Council members said at Tuesday’s meeting. In a series of rate hikes over the next three years, council […]
Tags: city council, rate increase, Richmond, water project