By Teresa Nield MENDON– A motion passed unanimously at Mendon’s monthly planning and zoning meeting that the 3/4 acre across from the Mendon station, owned by a Mendon family and proposed to be traded to the city for 7 acres on the west side owned by the city, is not a sufficient trade. The board […]
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By Jesse Dredge Utah Public Radio SALT LAKE CITY—Utah legislators are proposing a non-partisan election system for members of the Utah State Board of Education. Representative Carol Moss, a Salt Lake City Democrat, led the effort last week by introducing a bill to the House Education Committee. Another bill, sponsored by Representative Jim Nielson, a […]
Tags: Carol Moss, Kim Burningham, partisanship, Utah Board of Education, Utah legislature
By Katie Smedley LOGAN—Most people come through the door of a yoga class in hopes of gaining flexibility, or because of a doctor’s order, but they often continue coming to yoga for the emotional benefits. For many of her students, says USU’s 33-year-old yoga instructor Haley Hayes, it’s the first time they are forced into […]
Story & Photo by Heidi Hansen LOGAN—The likes of Robin Williams, Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Brittney Spears, Glen Beck and Sean Connery graced the Logan Art House and Cinema Thursday evening during the comedy hypnotist show Abracadan. Okay, those celebrities weren’t really there—unless you ask the six participants who searched the audience for their favorite stars […]
Tags: Art Cinema, Dan Geddes, hypnotist
By Jess Allen NORTH LOGAN—It has its history, it has recovered from a brutal past, and it keeps thriving and coming back, revealing its secrets to those who dig into the landscape. Green Canyon, which extends from North Logan into the Bear River Range, was the topic of community discussion this week at the North […]
Tags: Chris Contee, environment, Green Canyon, natural history, preservation
Story and Photo by Shirrel Cooper LOGAN—The bill was signed into law nearly a year ago, and information regarding this controversial legislation has been available for nearly as long, yet most Americans who hold strong opinions about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act don’t really know what’s in it. Now that the new health […]
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Story and photo by Rhett Wilkinson LOGAN–Count Jamie Strange and Jonathan Koch among those to be thanked for helping the rest of us have a better grasp on why some of our neighboring bumblebees are disappearing. Among the eight species studied, four were found to be declining–-one in the western United States, and three in […]
Tags: bumblebees, decline, Jamie Strange, Jonathan Koch, USU research
By Teresa Nield MENDON—The City Council was reminded of its water woes Thursday when Jon Hardman, councilman in charge of culinary water, updated members on the current status of the new well. The well, which is being drilled west of Mendon, is now deep enough that the council knows how much water it will yield. […]
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By Lis Stewart LOGAN–The Logan Planning Commission voted to recommend the Municipal Council deny a request to rezone property at 1100 W. 200 South for industrial purposes Thursday night after a public hearing. As a loud hammering noise, whose source is unknown, vibrated through the walls of the conference room, Ember Anderson spoke against zoning […]
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By Michael Stewart SMITHFIELD–Richard Jewkes, a Smithfield resident, says that state laws and city laws on weapons are not lining up, and it could be a problem in the future. Jewkes brought his concerns to the City Council Feb. 9. Smithfield Chief of Police Johnny McCoy said, “The argument, I believe, rests upon how the […]
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By Jamee Dyches HYDE PARK–A parking ordinance was amended by the City Council Wednesday. Ordinance 2011-02 amended ordinance 2008-01 which was unclear about the process of appealing a parking ticket. The new ordinance informs residents that they are allowed to submit an appeal in writing to be considered by a hearing officer. City Recorder Marsha […]
By Landon Hemsley Utah Public Radio LOGAN—USU political science student Porter Illi is spending he year in Morocco studying Arabic. Last week, on a planned vacation break to Cairo, Illi landed literally in the middle of the violence that threatens to topple the government of 30-year Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Illi arrived in Cairo and […]
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By Kristen Munson LOGAN—Imagine boarding a plane for a two-week vacation and touching down to find your destination in flames, protesters charging policemen and youth patrolling the city, machetes in hand. Porter Illi, a senior at Utah State University, found just that when he arrived in Cairo, Egypt, in late January. Illi, who is studying […]
Tags: CHaSS, Egypt, Middle East, Mubarak, Porter Illi
Story and photo by Mariah Noble LOGAN–Though demonstrations against the Egyptian government have been going on for weeks, President Hosni Mubarak has yet to find a compromise to satisfy protestors. Hussein Batt, an Egyptian citizen studying for his Ph.D. in engineering at Utah State University, stays informed by talking on the phone to his family […]
Tags: distrust, Egypt, reform, USU student
Story by Ben Hansen and Matt Thurber Special to Hard News Cafe PARK CITY–Slash has been active over the last month in Utah. During the Sundance Film Festival, he held a press conference to announce his new motion picture production company, Slasher Films, then hosted a kickoff party that same evening at the House of […]
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Story and photo by Emily Pannell Johnson NORTH LOGAN—Local cowboy band Tumbleweeds celebrated the Far East with the musical stylings of the West at the Chinese New Year Celebration recently hosted by the Little Bloomsbury Foundation. Steve Fillmore and Earl “Ugly Earl” Bradley kicked off the “All About the Rabbits” event at the North Logan […]
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Story and Radio Report by Jesse Dredge Photo by Kerry Bringhurst SALT LAKE CITY—On the opening day of the Utah Legislature’s 2011 session, tourists, lawmakers and law enforcement officers gathered in the rotunda of the state Capitol. Many state capitol buildings are increasing security to keep guns out. In Utah, however, the Capitol build is […]
Tags: Browning M1911, guns, Rep. Carl Wimmer, Utah Public Radio, Utah State Gun
By Cathy Morgan SALT LAKE CITY—With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, why not get some experience of what it’s like to be blind? The Utah Federation of the Blind holds its new annual fundraiser, “Love Is Blind,” on Friday at the Red Lion Hotel in Salt Lake City, starting at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $50 per […]
By Heidi Hansen LOGAN—Feeding 3.1 million people from backyard gardens just isn’t possible, said a leading food and nutrition expert who visited USU to rebut claims made in the controversial 2009 documentary film Food, Inc. In a presentation titled “Feeding a Nation: Reality vs. Fallacy,” Roger Clemens, president-elect of the Institute of Food Technologists and […]
Tags: E.T.Horn Co., food safety, genetically modified food, Roger Clemens
Story and photo by Kate Rouse LOGAN–Last year, the Cache Valley Transit District was recognized as one the safest municipal entities in the state of Utah. In May, the county-wide bus system, which is funded by sales tax, won the prestigious Risk Manager of the Year Award from Utah Local Governments Trust. Over 500 governmental […]
Tags: Andrew Foster, award, CVTD, risk management, safety, Todd Beutler