By Ashley Springer ashleyspringer.blogspot.com Playing scrappier and getting the win — that was the goal. And it was a goal the Utah State University volleyball team accomplished against the University of Nevada on Thursday night as the Aggies won 3 sets to 1 at the Wayne Estes Center. The Aggies were coming off of a […]
By Nicole Cowdell nicolecowdell.wordpress.com Improving collaboration. That was the ambition behind the Cache Valley Library Association’s first “Unconference.” The event, which was hosted by the North Logan Library on Nov. 7, came from an idea by Dory Cochran, the academic member-at-large for the CVLA. While a typical conference is very structured and has a precise plan, an […]
Story & Photos by Morgan Pratt SALT LAKE CITY — Recent changes to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ rules concerning the children of same-sex couples spurred thousands of Mormons quit their church on Saturday. Many of them met at City Creek Park in Salt Lake City to fill out their resignation paperwork, […]
Tags: excommunication, GLBT, LDS Church, Mormon, same-sex, Tanner Gilliland
By Alix Zelener A workshop to review the budgets for the Cache County Sheriff’s Department and Attorney’s Office is expected to be well attended by those who are concerned about the prospect of further tax increases. The workshop, which will begin at 3:30 p.m. today in the Cache County Council Chambers and comes in addition to the regular council schedule, is […]
By Dylan Harlow dylanharlow.wordpress.com Parking on public streets in Logan, Utah will have restrictions beginning today due to the need for roads to be cleared of snow. Citations will be issued by Logan police for failing to comply. City roads will be closed for parking from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. through the last day of February, said Lt. […]
By Katherine Taylor katherinedtaylor.com Hundreds of people gathered at Salt Lake City’s City Creek Park on Saturday in a mass resignation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to protest new church rules regarding gay marriage and the rights of children of gay couples. With help from volunteer lawyers and notaries of the […]
By Brenna Kelly bkellyjcom1130.blogspot.com For the third time since August 2014, the Cache County Planning Commission will hear a request from John and Caryn Mullin for a conditional use permit for a dog kennel business. If approved by the council at its Dec. 3 meeting, Wild Bunch Kennels — which would house 42 pugs — would be located on 1.14 […]
By Mikala Lindhardt www.mikalalindhardt.blogspot.com Cache Valley Community Health Clinic will be closing its doors next month to transition to new management under Midtown Community Health Center — a change that clinic leaders believe will allow for more treatment options and greater public access. “Intermountain felt like transitioning to Midtown would allow patients to have more constant and […]
By Amanda Wray PROVIDENCE – Since July, Providence has seen 151 more hours of service from the Cache County Sheriff’s Office than it did in during the same period last year. Sheriff Chad Jensen has implemented the changes at the Sheriff’s Office since being sworn into office in January. He told the City Council that […]
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Story & Photos by Jaesea Gatherum NORTH LOGAN — Last week, the oohs and awwws were for the creative pumpkin displays at North Logan’s Pumpkin Walk, but this week the cheers were for high-flying, smashing pumpkins. That is what happens when pumpkins get launched hundreds of feet in the air by trebuchets during the 5th […]
Tags: Bear River Land Conservation, Gandalf’s Beard, mechanical engineering, pumpkin toss, trebuchet
By Erin West LOGAN — A Logan police bomb squad exploded a suspicious laptop computer left at a Hyrum bus stop Monday morning. The laptop, which transit officials found to have a note reading, “Boom, boom, boom” inside, was checked by a remote-controlled robot and then destroyed shortly after noon Monday as a precaution, Logan […]
Tags: bomb, Cache Valley Transit District, CVTD bus, Hyrum bus, laptop, Todd Beutler
Story and Photos by Jaesea Gatherum NORTH LOGAN — The Pumpkin Walk is one of North Logan’s longest traditions. Thirty-two years strong, this event brings people from all over Cache Valley to Elk Ridge Park to admire life-sized scenes made out of the orange vegetable. There were more than 35 displays this year that spectators […]
Tags: Alan Luce, Elk Ridge Park, Kristen Anderson, Pumpkin Walk
By Jordan Floyd MENDON – Yesterday was Election Day 2015 for Cache Valley and the rest of the nation, but not in Mendon. “There were three council seats open and only three people filed,” Mayor Ed Buist said. “There was no need for the election.” City Council incumbents Kelly Barrett, Greg Taylor and Shawn Osborne […]
Tags: Ed Buist, Greg Taylor, Karole Sorenson, Kelly Barrett, Mendon City Council, Mendon elections 2015, Shawn Osborne
By Amanda Wray PROVIDENCE – Six candidates are vying for three City Council seats in Providence. Ballots for Tuesday’s vote-by-mail elections were mailed out Oct. 6 and must be postmarked by today. KIRK ALLEN Kirk Allen, 73, believes the future of Providence will be heavily influenced by the City Council’s management decisions as the city […]
Tags: Dennis Giles, Elections 2015, Jeffrey Turley, Kirk Allen, Providence City Council, Rowan Cecil, Roy Sneddon, Sandra Checketts
By Breana Bonner NORTH LOGAN – Thirty-two years after the first Pumpkin Walk, North Logan is still providing the free activity run by the community, for the community. The Pumpkin Walk committee decided on the theme, “Now that’s funny” for this year’s event, which inspired scenes of Minions, Robin Williams and Yogi Bear – along […]
Tags: North Logan, Pumpkin Walk, Sandy Ballard
By Jillian McCarthy LEWISTON — Owners of Sunrise Park Assisted Living Center, a retirement home in Lewiston, are running into a lot more hurdles than expected as they try to expand. “Our plans were to add on to our retirement home, but the paperwork, regulations and hoops we have had to jump through have made […]
Tags: Darrin Hancey, Lewiston, Mark Jorgensen, Rich Hall, Sunrise Park Assisted Living Center, zoning and planning
By Melanie Fenstermaker RIVER HEIGHTS — The River Heights City Council voted 3-to-2 Tuesday against building pickleball courts in the Saddle Rock subdivision, a new housing development off 600 South and 1000 East. The decision was made after a discussion about noise from pickleball play on the tennis courts at Ryan’s Place Park. The Council […]
Tags: Clayten Nelsen, Dixie WIlson, Peggy Smith, pickleball, Ryan's Place Park, Saddle Rock subdivision
By Melanie Fenstermaker RIVER HEIGHTS – After months of discussing whether River Heights should keep its current wastewater contract with Logan or enter into a new, more costly contract with Logan and five other Cache County cities, the City Council finally voted against signing the new contract. The decision, which was made at Wednesday’s council […]
Tags: Blake Wright, Craig Petersen, Doug Clausen, James Brackner, Logan City, River Heights, Robert Scott, sewer pact, Wastewater contract
By Mekenna Malan HYDE PARK — After four years of haunts, the Hyde Park Youth Council has changed the name of its yearly spook alley to the “Haunted Hyde Park Hollow.” The Halloween festivity will runs Oct. 28-30. “We’re trying to look more legitimate,” said Youth Council adviser Stephanie Allred. “We are doing a lot […]
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By Chelsea Hunter Tolman LOGAN — “Wouldn’t it be funny if that were true?” is a line used multiple times in this play filled with lies and ways to cover up lies that result in frustrations and strains in relationships. It may frustrate, or penetrate the soul. Either way, this play is one worth watching. […]
Tags: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Lyric Theatre, Tennessee Williams