By Jaesea Gatherum NORTH LOGAN — The North Logan Library is getting in the Halloween spirit by showing spooky movies during its regular Monday movie nights this month. The library staff hopes more people will attend because of the holiday theme. “Usually there is a bigger turnout during the holidays,” said Mallory Robison, the library […]
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By Chelsea Hunter Tolman LOGAN — “Put the milk back in the fridge” is a common command in every household. And for good reason. Milk contains bacteria naturally that are both healthy and potentially harmful to humans. The only way the bacteria can cause harm, however, is if the milk reaches temperatures that let germs […]
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By Morgan Pratt NIBLEY CITY — Becky Yeager spends her summer days out in the yard hunting for monarch caterpillars. Once she finds them, she captures them, raises them in yogurt cups and eventually releases them as mature butterflies, so they can migrate to California beginning in the autumn. Yeager is known by her neighbors […]
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The dean of the Utah State University College of Science will be holding a breakfast for alumni in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 12. “One of the things I’m really interested in doing is reaching out and getting to know alumni from USU from all over the country,” said Maura Hagan, who became the school’s dean […]
The Budge Clinic section of the Logan Regional Hospital will have an open house on Nov. 7 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to showcase additions and renovations that have been made. Visitors who attend the open house will be able to tour the new facility to see the new improvements, as well as participate […]
The Nature Conservancy’s chief water scientist will speak Wednesday at an event hosted by the Utah State University College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences. Brian Richter, who has more than 25 years of experience in water science and conservation, will speak on “Chasing Water in a Rapidly Changing World.” Kelly Kopp, a professor and extension specialist […]
For the next month, Sunshine Terrace Skilled Nursing and Rehab Center staff members will be busy at work making activity packages filled with games, puzzles and toys for Adopt-a-Grandparent volunteers to share with the center’s residents. Up to this point, the volunteers have been coming up with their own ideas for activities to entertain their […]
A live reggae concert, new international food choices, and a tailgate fiesta before the Utah State University football game on Friday will be among the new features of Diversity Week, which begins Monday. The new events are part of an effort by the Utah State University Student Association, alongside the diversity council committee, to increase student participation. Diversity week […]
Students trained to recognize the warning signs of suicide — and to know how to intervene — can be the key to saving lives on at Utah State University. That’s the concept behind a Tuesday afternoon training that will introduce students to QPR. “I think a fair comparison to draw about QPR would be to […]
The Utah State University Student Association is considering giving the athletics department hundreds of student tickets for the Nov. 28 football game against Brigham Young University. At an executive council meeting on Tuesday evening, USUSA president Trevor Sean Olsen asked council members what they thought about giving 500 tickets to the athletics office to sell. According to Thomas Rogers, […]
Entomologist David Denlinger of Ohio State University presented research on the only permanent animal species in Antarctica, Belgica antarctica, at Utah State University on Wednesday as part of a two-part lecture. “We have a lot to learn from this little guy,” said Denlinger, referring to the black Belgica larvae on the screen; almost as small as the grooves […]
By Morgan Pratt NIBLEY — Water filled the agenda at last week’s Nibley City Council meeting, as councilmembers heard about a study of town residents’ water use, and approved water rights agreements for a new well on 640 West. Utah State University sociologist Douglas Jackson-Smith gave officials an overview of his survey on the water-use […]
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A local art gallery in downtown Logan, Winborg Masterpieces, has sold more paintings in the past two weeks than it usually does in a year. The rise in sales within this two week period occurred because all paintings at Winborg Masterpieces are half-off to celebrate the 50-year anniversary since Larry Winborg, the owner and featured […]
A U.S. District Court judge’s order to continue state funding to Planned Parenthood on Thursday may keep the organization’s operations running through the end of the year — but Utah State students who use the non-profit’s services are concerned about what might happen after that. “I don’t have insurance anymore, so I go to […]
Cache Valley Gardeners’ Market board members, along with county and city officials, have decided to keep the market’s new county courthouse location for another year after receiving positive feedback from vendors. This spring the market moved from Willow Park to the county courthouse, with the mission of finding a new permanent location because of plateauing […]
Changes in the way voters can register may have had a negative impact on an annual voter registration drive for students at Utah State University. Members of the clubs College Republicans and College Democrats, as well as the government relations council, advocated for students to register at the Taggart Student Center Monday through Wednesday. As of 1 p.m. on Wednesday 140 students had […]
A scholarship aimed at helping less fortunate children learn to skate at the George S. Eccles Ice Center in North Logan has garnered just one applicant so far this year — and the center’s leadership team is hoping to change that. The Sheri Lynn Becker Memorial Scholarship, available for children ages three to five, covers the entire […]
Career Aggie, a site created by Career Services to match Utah State University students and alumni to potential employers, has experienced an outbreak of fraudulent postings and emails this week. Visitors to the site are greeted by a disclaimer in red, warning students to be wary of potentially fraudulent job postings. When Hayden Atwood, […]
The Utah Assistive Technology Program at Utah State University is planning to open a full-time assistive technology lab in the Uintah Basin at the beginning of next year, when it expects to receive additional funding. The program, which provides technological assistance to individuals with disabilities, has a facility in northeastern Utah, but it is only open […]
For the first time since it was founded in 2006, an annual conference on western wilderness restoration will be focused on fire. “Wildland fire has become a huge issue,” said Darren McAvoy, a co-chairman of the Restoring the West Conference, which will be held at the Eccles Conference Center Oct. 28 to 29. “The allocation to fire in the […]