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Unused water hookups in Millville may soon cost owners more

March 12th, 2010 Posted in Opinion |

By Jen Stevenson MILLVILLE–There are several water service hookups that are inactive, abandoned, or unused in Millville, and the City Council is considering adopting a new ordinance to deal with them. Councilman Brian Jensen presented a draft of the ordinance to the council. When putting together the ordinance Jensen and Superintendent Gary Larsen looked at […]

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Smithfield signs contract for $38K city office remodeling

March 11th, 2010 Posted in Opinion |

By Safiyyah Ballard SMITHFIELD—The City Council voted for Mayor Darrell Simmons to sign a contract with Architectural Nexus to remodel the current city office for the Smithfield Police Department. Rob Bouwhuis from Nexus presented the contract details and design to the council. “We’ve proceeded with a design at our own risk. It’s higher on the […]

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Center provides essential help for abused kids, sheriff says

March 11th, 2010 Posted in Opinion |

By Cathy Morgan LOGAN–The Cache County Council was given a speech by Sheriff Lynn Nelson about the month of April becoming Child Abuse Prevention month at Tuesday night’s meeting. Many victims that fall through the cracks of the other state organizations get picked up by the Child and Family Support Center in Cache County, he […]

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River Heights council OK’s better road signs in Riverdale area

March 10th, 2010 Posted in Opinion |

By Tyson Thorpe RIVER HEIGHTS–Signs will be installed on 500 South in the Riverdale area in order to decrease non-resident traffic, the City Council decided Tuesday. The issue was on the agenda for the evening but received some public comment beforehand in the form of a letter written by Cindy Johnson. Her husband, Mike Jablonski, […]

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Should Smithfield’s city manager have so much power? Residents have their say

March 10th, 2010 Posted in Opinion |

By Safiyyah Ballard SMITHFIELD–There was no change made to Smithfield’s form of municipal government after a public hearing last night at the Senior Citizen Center. “Obviously, we won’t vote on this tonight,” said Mayor Darrell Simmons. “We, the council, are going to take some more time to review this. It will be put on an […]

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Providence council says no to renting basement apartments

March 10th, 2010 Posted in Opinion |

By Bonnie Phelps PROVIDENCE—The City Council voted Tuesday night to keep the city ordinance that prohibits accessory dwelling units. The vote was 4-1 with Councilman Russell voting against the ordinance. The ordinance says that homeowners can have relatives, either by blood, marriage or adoption, live with them for any period of time, but cannot have […]

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No. 1 Aggies put exclamation point on season with 15th straight win

March 9th, 2010 Posted in Sports |

By Chris Romriell LOGAN—A sold-out crowd at the Glen Dee Spectrum cheered USU basketball senior Jared Quayle Saturday night as the Aggies faced the New Mexico State Aggies in the last regular-season game of the year before the WAC championships. The last time they met NMSU’s Aggies, in the first WAC match of the season, […]

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Kappa Delts screen ‘Blind Side’ to fight child abuse

March 8th, 2010 Posted in Opinion |

By Kayla Harding Kappa Delta sorority will show The Blind Side at this year’s Shamrock Event on Tuesday at the TSC Ballroom to raise money for Prevent Child Abuse America and the Child and Family Support Center. Tickets are $2 in advance at tables in the TSC from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the […]

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Lady Ags pull out 2-point win over Hawaii to celebrate seniors’ last game

March 8th, 2010 Posted in Sports |

By Dan Fawson LOGAN—After five straight losses and losing nine of its last 11, the Utah State women’s basketball team welcomed back a long-lost friend Saturday—lady luck. The Aggies (13-16, 5-11) closed out their regular season in dramatic fashion, winning on senior night for the first time in five years with a 53-51 win over […]

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Hyrum won’t lease water rights to CV Ranch

March 6th, 2010 Posted in Opinion |

By April Ashland HYRUM–The City Council denied leasing water rights, which the city bought as part of the 40-year master plan, to CV Ranch, based on a recommendation by Bob Fotheringham. Councilman Craig Rasmussen said that the culinary water rights bought by Hyrum city should be kept within the city, and not leased to CV […]

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Storm water proposal leaves North Logan residents puzzled

March 4th, 2010 Posted in Opinion |

By Kate Clark NORTH LOGAN–New subdivision storm water design standards proposed at Wednesday’s City Council meeting left North Logan residents and council members confused. The proposed change is needed in order to use new storm water design standards, according to the agenda for the meeting. But the points were not clear, said citizens Alan Collins […]

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Random buckets with a side of heartbreak

March 4th, 2010 Posted in Sports |

Photographer Christian Hathaway caught this action during the Aggie women’s basketball team’s heartbreaking last-second loss to Idaho over the weekend. See Dan Fawson’s story here.

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Frosty the Bale-man?

March 4th, 2010 Posted in Arts and Life |

Photo by Cassidee Cline A hay bale “snow”man stands in the winter field of a Nibley farmer, who constructs bale-people according to the season: the winter snowman, a pumpkinperson at Halloween and a turkey around Thanksgiving.

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Emergency system test scheduled in River Heights

March 4th, 2010 Posted in Opinion |

By Tyson Thorpe RIVER HEIGHTS–Councilwoman Kathryn Hadfield said Tuesday there will be a training exercise for the city’s emergency system on March 27. The current system involves each home in the city having a two-sided emergency flag in their home. Once the emergency system has been activated, residents should place the flag on their front […]

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Paradise reviews plans for power, drinking water in emergencies

March 4th, 2010 Posted in Opinion |

By Paul Lewis Siddoway PARADISE–Town Council members decided Wednesday to set up a Sunday evening meeting to review the emergency operations plan with the fire department and members of the community. “I went to a FEMA meeting and I was kinda disappointed,” Jay Rinderknecht said, expressing his desire to see something more pertinent to Paradise. […]

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Landlord licensing approved by Logan council

March 3rd, 2010 Posted in Opinion |

By Cody Littlewood Logan Municipal Council approved an ordinance to require business licenses for landlords in a unanimous decision Tuesday night. The ordinance has been long coming for the past six months. The city held a public hearing before the vote. There were strong objections for over an hour on the issue. The only two […]

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North Logan library has ‘room to grow’ with new shelves

March 3rd, 2010 Posted in Opinion |

By Kate Clark NORTH LOGAN–Books can rest easy on the new and expanded shelving installed at the North Logan Library last week. “It’s taken such a long time,” library director Marcia Cheney said. “We were running out of book shelf space, and now we have some room to grow.” Funds for the renovation came from […]

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Bateman declares candidacy for District 5 seat in Utah House

March 1st, 2010 Posted in Opinion |

By Bonnie Phelps PROVIDENCE–Providence resident Chuck Bateman announced his decision to run for Utah House of Representatives, District Five on Friday night.  He made this announcement to an audience of about 35 people at the Cobblestone Commercial Building in Providence. Bateman will run against Curt Webb for the Republican backing on April 30 at Mt. Logan Middle […]

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Women’s basketballers drop heartbreaker in final 2 seconds

February 28th, 2010 Posted in Sports |

By Dan Fawson Same teams. Same ending. Different winner. For the fourth straight time, Utah State’s women’s basketball team lost Saturday, this time in a last-second heartbreaker at home to Idaho. The loss drops the Aggies to 12-15 overall and 4-10 in Western Athletic Conference play. With 2.1 seconds left to play, the Aggies were […]

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Wellsville OK’s permit for pest control, ponders where bees fit

February 27th, 2010 Posted in Opinion |

By Kayla Woodring WELLSVILLE–The Planning Commission held a public hearing Wednesday to issue Diana White a permit to operate a pest control business from her home. White said she would only be using the home for the mailing and tax purposes required by her business. She said that all customer correspondence would go to the […]

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