By Mariah Noble MILLVILLE — Dan Hunsaker intends to build residential homes on two lots in the Millville Meadows development. He attended the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Thursday night to get approval for his plans, which the commission granted. Hunsaker also asked about a storm-water permit application that City Engineer Zan Murray had discussed […]
By Emily Pannell Johnson NORTH LOGAN—Fire Chief Jon Keller told the City Council that his hope for the coming year is to give his 36 firefighters a raise to $8 per hour. Although each firefighter receives an additional 25 cents per hour for every certification they have, their base pay is only $7.25 per hour, […]
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Story & Photos by Shirrel Cooper LOGAN—Kosuke Nakamura can feel interest is waning. He can see it when he collects donations. It’s apparent when he watches the news. But for this Utah State freshman who is majoring in agricultural business, the catastrophic March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan is something he can’t forget. “The […]
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By Rhett Wilkinson Photo by Eli Lucero, JCOM ’98 Reprinted with permission from the Logan Herald-Journal LOGAN—It’s funny to think how such a flamboyant show has come from such an overall mild-mannered guy. At least, that’s how I’ve always pictured myself to be. Maybe that’s what happens when you’re sitting in the corner of a […]
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By Heidi Hansen LOGAN—USU students assembled around 2,000 hygiene kits for distribution at schools in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala by noon Wednesday as part of a service project for the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business’s E-Week. “By giving of our time, we give part of ourselves to help others to live better lives,” said […]
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LOGAN—A “civics education emergency of the highest order” involving the public, the press and the Supreme Court exists that threatens constitutional law in this country, says a former Aggie and current BYU law professor. RonNell Andersen Jones, a 1995 USU journalism alumna who once edited The Cache Citizen, was a clerk for Associate Supreme Court […]
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By Stephanie Zollinger LOGAN — Organized roadblocks save lives. “I think we do the public a service,” Cache County Sheriff’s Lt. Chad Jensen said. Ten officers from five organizations, including the Sheriff’s Office, Logan City Police, Utah Highway Patrol, Parks and Recreation, and Forest Service law enforcement worked together in Logan Canyon March 26 from […]
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Column & Photo by Shirrel Cooper LOGAN—I have been a journalist since I was 15 and joined my junior high newspaper class. I have attended conferences about journalism, taken classes on how to be a better reporter, worked for various newspapers, and written countless articles. And all the while I have been told “newspapers are […]
By Jess Allen LOGAN—When Dr. Horrible went to college, things changed. The anticipation in the air was thicker than pancake batter as every seat was filled to maximum capacity in the small Black Box Theatre in USU’s Chase Fine Arts Center. I first fell in love with “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” over two years ago […]
Editor’s note: Part IV in Natasha Bodily’s try-outs with USU’s Army ROTC. See Part I. See Part II. See Part III. Story & Photos by Natasha Bodily LOGAN—My stomach was curling in all sorts of painful knots. Wondering how quickly ulcers could form, my hypochondria decided I might bleed to death from the inside. They […]
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Editor’s note: Part III in Natasha Bodily’s try-outs with USU’s Army ROTC. See Part I. See Part II. By Natasha Bodily LOGAN—I missed my first PT class this morning. I don’t think anybody noticed. Monday’s session left me a bit traumatized. My group was ordered to run outside, and the cold “spring” air hurt my […]
By Rhett Wilkinson LOGAN — Shut down some intersections to provide a safe line of sight when entering a highway, or dangerously squeeze tractors and other large vehicles through detoured backroads? People of Cache Valley had much to say regarding the conflict at a recent joint meeting of and Cache County Council and some city […]
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Story and photo by Noelle Johansen WELLSVILLE — Life coach and entrepreneur Justin Topik claims he doesn’t have it all figured out, but he’s just being modest. Topik grew up in Clearfield, Utah, and spent every summer on his family’s fruit farm in Perry. He was not always a life coach. Topik studied pre-med for […]
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Story & Photos by Cassidee Cline SPANISH FORK, Utah—Thousands of people gathered under multicolored clouds over the weekend to celebrate the coming of spring. It was the Holi Festival of Colors, an annual two-day event hosted by the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah. People from all over Utah came to listen […]
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Column and Photos by Emily Landeen SPANISH FORK, Utah—I have never purposely dyed my hair, and yet for the last few days it has had a strange pink tint to it. This is thanks to my weekend at the Holi Festival of Colors in Spanish Fork, an annual event and part of the Indian Hindu […]
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Story by April Ashland LOGAN—It’s “CHaSS Week” at Utah State University this week, highlighting the new College of Humanities and Social Sciences, beginning with a knock-down “Quiz Bowl” competition on Monday. Teams representing all seven of USU’s colleges—Agriculture, Art, Business, Education, Engineering, HSS and Science—competed through two rounds of questions to test contestants’ knowledge from […]
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By Lis Stewart LOGAN—The long-awaited draft of the environmental impact statement for the Logan Northern Canal Reconstruction Project, which would restore delivery of irrigation water via the Logan Northern canal, was presented Tuesday night at a joint meeting of the Cache County Council and representatives of the Hyde Park, Logan, North Logan and Smithfield city […]
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By Storee Powell CacheValleyDaily.com The recent repeal of HB477, the controversial 2011 Utah Legislative bill that rewrote the Government Records Access Management Act (GRAMA), is perhaps more of a relief than Utah knows. “I think there are a lot of unintended consequences from HB 477, and the legislators just don’t care,” said Penny Byrne, media […]
By Shirrel Cooper LOGAN—Journalism students everywhere have been taught that newspapers—the paper edition delivered to doorsteps across America—are dying. In fact, “the dying newspaper” has become part of journalism curriculum, and students are being taught new survival skills in this so-called dying industry. For the editor of The Salt Lake Tribune, the death of newspapers […]
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Story & Photos by Heidi Hansen COVE—House and home. These words inspire strong feelings for most, but a quick browse on Dictionary.com shows that they have many meanings. Susan Andersen, a lecturer in American Studies, is guiding students in English 2630, a breadth humanities course, on a journey to discover what “house and home” mean […]
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