By Cody Littlewood LOGAN—Gusts of wind reaching a recorded high of 63 miles per hour hit Cache Valley Tuesday evening according to the weather data from Logan-Cache Airport at around 11 p.m. The gusts caused damage statewide and affected most of Cache Valley. Reports of wind damage and power outages came in from all over […]
By Kayla Woodring LOGAN— The Logan City Police Department has seen an unusual occurrence of abnormally heinous child abuse crimes in recent months, Jeff Curtis, Assistant Chief of police said. It is not unusual for the police to respond to child abuse, but in recent months two obscenely violent crimes against children have occurred, Curtis […]
By Kayla Woodring LOGAN–From science to spirituality, healing to prevention, the practice of yoga has many benefits both scientifically proven and anecdotal. Cache Valley locals are discovering these benefits and their applicability to people of every gender, age and body type. For Emily Bowen Stoker, a graduate student in biological engineering at Utah State University, […]
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By Jen Stevenson LOGAN–Joseph Olive, 27, of Logan, was sentenced to 20 days in the Cache County Jail in 1st District Court April 27. Olive was charged with driving under the influence and driving on a suspended license, both class B misdemeanors. David Perry, Olive’s attorney, suggested that Olive be able to keep his job […]
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By Jen Stevenson MILLVILLE–Resident Wayne Ashcroft appeared before the City Council with a proposal to subdivide the land he owns at 35 N. 100 West in Millville. His proposal included dividing his large piece of land into three smaller lots. Currently for that amount of land, Ashcroft owns three and a half shares of irrigation […]
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By Safiyyah Ballard SMITHFIELD–The City Council voted unanimously to approve the final plat for the Park Place Subdivision at 600 West and 250 North, pending a final review by City Attorney Bruce Jorgensen. Mayor Simmons expressed concern about a lawsuit filed against Neighborhood Non-Profit Housing Corporation (NNHC). “I know the parties involved aren’t happy about […]
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SALT LAKE CITY—It’s been a good year for JCOM senior Courtney Schoen Lewis, who was named the best public relations student in Utah on Monday—the second such honor for the Texas native in less than six months. Richter7, a Salt Lake City-based advertising, public relations and digital marketing agency, named Lewis its 2010 PR Student […]
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Story and photo by Kayla Woodring WELLSVILLE—Kaylene Ames fears for the future of the Wellsville Tabernacle. The Wellsville Heritage Foundation president says there may not be enough money, nor enough support, to repair the building’s structural instability and damage caused by its antiquated steam-heating system. The foundation had previously made arrangements to install a new […]
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By Cody Littlewood LOGAN–Not all days in a courtroom temporarily end a person’s freedom, in fact many are a new beginning for an individual who made a mistake. Jeremy Torres was released from the Cache County Jail April 27 following a sentence review hearing before 1st District Court Judge Thomas Willmore, after serving four months […]
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By Cathy Morgan LOGAN–With the recent struggles in the economy, the Cache Chamber of Commerce is still hoping to pull in new technology businesses to our area. The Cache Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit, private organization that aims at guiding local businesses in the right direction and to bring more interest to our area. […]
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By Melanie Klein LOGAN—Move over Martha Stewart and make way for the Cupcake Girls. Penguin cupcakes, monkey cupcakes, sunflower cupcakes, turkey cupcakes. The Cupcake Girls are five USU college roommates—Chelsey Martin, Lindsay Barneck, Brecken Malan, Kylee Howard and Dayna Knighton. “At the beginning of the semester we made cupcakes two-three times a week, which stopped […]
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By Jess Allen LOGAN—The brightly colored purses, the clip of high-priced shoes, and the pencil skirts and striking blazers graced the Kappa Delta volunteer models as they catwalked at Dillard’s in the Cache Valley Mall on Wednesday afternoon. As the graduation season approaches, many young women and men will be looking for jobs and trying […]
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By Kellen Knowles LOGAN—As the school year comes to a close, students find themselves busy preparing for final exams and projects. But instead of finals, Spanish major Tom Atwood is busy promoting upcoming concerts with his company, Pakt House Productions. Pakt House has brought several musical acts to Logan, such as Yellowcard, Kalai, Secondhand Serenade […]
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By Cassidee Cline LOGAN—A whirlwind of students, entertainment and information overtook the International Lounge in the TSC Thursday to celebrate USU’s 3rd annual Earth Day. Students walked around the room and looked at booths set up to inform people of ways the Earth has been damaged and how to prevent that damage further. Earth Day […]
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By Dan Fawson LOGAN—Oh, what a difference a year makes. The Utah State football team concluded its spring practice season Saturday afternoon with its annual Blue-White Game, a full-contact intra-squad scrimmage meant to give coaches and fans an idea of where the team sits heading into the summer. Last spring’s scrimmage saw a transitioning Aggie […]
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By Jen Stevenson MILLVILLE–Although Millville may be small in numbers, its citizens accomplish great things. Millville is being recognized as one of the top five cities with the most patents per capita in the entire state of Utah. An organization called Utah Genius, a group made up of various Utah companies, is responsible for the […]
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By Kara Kawakami For some, hula may be a quaint throw-back to the 1960s, Pacific beach movies and hula hoops. But for Amelia Meatoga, hula is a lifestyle, a passion and an outlet that has been woven through her life since she was a child. It continues to be an integral part of Meatoga and […]
By Kayla Woodring LOGAN—Judge Thomas Willmore sentenced a Smithfield man to jail time, fines and drug and alcohol rehabilitation Wednesday after telling him he was insufficiently punished for similar offenses as a minor. Cody Moulton, 18, pleaded guilty in 1st District Court to failure to stop at the command of a law enforcement officer, a […]
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By Paul Lewis Siddoway PARADISE–Sheriff’s Deputy Tim Ramirez told the Town Council that speeding and driving unlicensed vehicles is still a problem, adding that he is going to “first educate, then start writing tickets.” “I’m sitting at the church and they’re going 60,” he said of the 35 mph zone at the south end of […]
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By Jennifer Stevenson MILLVILLE–The City Council recently approved a proposal on how to use unused bond funds from the state Division of Drinking Water. The money will be used to complete a study on water usage within Millville and to analyze options for future water use at the city continues to grow. Millville was given […]
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