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USU will hold candlelight vigil for Martin Luther King Jr.

By Sarah Reale LOGAN – Utah State University’s 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Candlelight Vigil is Wednesday, Jan. 13, in the Taggart Student Center Ballroom, 5:30 p.m. with David E. Dixon, an associate professor of political science at St. Joseph’s College, and France A. Davis, a pastor at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Salt Lake […]

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Student couple caught in health insurance crisis

By Blaze Bullock LOGAN–Living in a small, one-bedroom apartment, 24-year old Utah State University student Daniel Ryan suffers from bipolar disorder and a shoulder that can dislocate at any time. Bipolar is a very broad mental illness. It can be very minor or very severe. Daniel’s bipolar disorder is more in the middle. Without medication, […]

Tags: Daniel Ryan, health care, insurance, problems

Jim Davis, MD: ‘Life is a circus and I’ve had a front-row seat’

By Blaze Bullock LOGAN–A framed Life magazine, a hockey puck and family photos adorn the walls of Dr. Jim Davis’s office at the USU Student Health Center. Born in the small town of Washington, Iowa, Davis was raised on a farm and learned the value of hard work at an early age. He was the […]

Tags: career, Jim Davis, medicine

Dear Santa: Something handmade, please

By Candice Mattson This year for Christmas, you may want to consider asking Santa for something handmade. If you do, you might find your present among many other similar items in his bag. Many people are buying and asking for handmade items for the holidays. The movement towards buying handmade items, also known as “craftivism,” […]

Tags: artisans, Etsy, handmade gifts

Early detection and treatment still the best options for breast cancer

By Nick Rust LaRue Lewis was at a routine check-up with her physician in September, 2008, when he suggested she have a mammogram. “It had just been a while since I had one,” the 75-year-old Mendon woman said. “I had to go back for an ultrasound, and they told me I had breast cancer. “I […]

Second-hand stores find silver lining in hard times

By Katie Krusi LOGAN–While the recent economy has had a negative impact on many of the larger retailers, second-hand stores are flourishing as shoppers look for ways to save their money and find bargains. Logan resident Zachary Bosch said he only shops at second-hand stores. “There’s no way I could give up $30 for a […]

Sub for Santa makes last-minute plea for community’s help

More than 150 Cache Valley children still need a Sub for Santa. Read the details on Cache Valley Daily and please help if you can.

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Mendon’s mayor reflects on his term as finish line nears

By Kade Delis MENDON—Mendon needed someone who would accomplish great things for the small city; Mike Morgan stepped up to that perch and had great practice doing it. “It’s been a good experience,” says Morgan. “We made significant progress in establishing checks and balances in the community we have.” Morgan, father of four and a […]

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Growing pains pinch Nibley neighbors

By Benjamin Wood NIBLEY – Amy Platt sat in a heated City Council meeting in September. Nearly 100 of her friends and neighbors had packed into the elementary school’s gymnasium to voice their opinions regarding the future of a resident’s land. The property owner, Boyd Schiess was in the middle of applying for a land […]

Tags: development, Nibley, US 89-91

North Logan female firefighter welcomes challenges of ‘man’s world’

By Amanda Pierce NORTH LOGAN–Nicole Harper, a volunteer firefighter for the North Logan Fire Department, thinks every day is a challenge. When she graduated high school in Las Vegas, she wasn’t entirely sure where her life was headed. She decided to move to Logan and try taking some classes at Utah State University, but soon […]

Tags: Nicole Harper, North Logan, sexual harassment, women firefighters

Hyrum’s historic South Cache Courier: Connecting community with newsprint

By Heidi Hansen HYRUM—With articles about the Harvest ball, club meetings, church announcements, town visitors and travelers, funerals and baptisms, wedding announcements, graduation ceremonies and a local movie theater reopening, the front pages of the former South Cache Courier display a kind of community-oriented journalism not often seen in today’s papers. “The front page was […]

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Celebrate Recovery: A 12-step program with a Christian focus

By Chelsey Gensel LOGAN–Teresa is a local woman with a history of crippling depression, shyness and doubt in her self-worth. Her husband is in jail, and she struggles to lose weight. Her friend, Susan Psalmonds, said Teresa would sometimes spend days in bed, withdrawn from the outside world. “The one thing she had going in […]

Tags: 12-step program, Celebrate Recovery, spiritual

Tattoos: ‘A scrapbook of life’ but beware of inking names

By Dana Ivins LOGAN–Name tattoos are sometimes considered “iffy” choices due to the unpredictability of a relationship. Certainly, there have been individuals left with an ex’s name on their skin and memories that go deeper still. “Tattoos typically outlast the relationship,” says James Zehna of Sailor Jim’s Electric Tattoo in Logan. “I’ve only seen a […]

Tags: names, removal, tattoos

Providence hearing on apartment law change generates no public comment

By Chelsey Gensel PROVIDENCE–The Providence planning commission meeting Dec. 9 included a public hearing for comments on changing a city ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units in homes in single-family residential zones. No one from the general public attended the hearing, and the only comments were from a letter read by absentee planning commissioner Don […]

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Landlords face nightmarish problem of cleaning up after meth users

By Brendon Butler LOGAN–At a recent public hearing on landlord licensing by the Logan City Council, 25-year-old landlord Tyson Gerber sobbed as he stood before the council and community. “I have just lost everything,” Gerber said, trying to keep his voice under control. “Everything I have worked for since I was eight.” Two weeks earlier, […]

Tags: cleanup, contamination, house, meth, Utah law

USU students fear budget ax will fall next on scholarships

By Cassidee Cline LOGAN–Most students when they reach high school don’t think of anything besides graduation. When they reach their senior year, it’s all about sending n college applications and making sure they are on track to get that diploma while “Pomp and Circumstance” plays over the speakers. But some students start thinking about college […]

Tags: budget cuts, higher education, scholarship cuts, USU, Utah

Twitter’s social networking strengths are a boon for journalists

By Dan Fawson LOGAN–Immediately following Brigham Young University football quarterback Max Hall’s now infamous post-game press conference after the Nov. 28 win over archrival University of Utah, in which Hall expressed his hate for, and deemed classless, everyone associated in any way, shape, or form with the Utes, Salt Lake Tribune sportswriter Lya Wodraska took […]

Tags: instant news, social media, Twitter

State budget cuts threaten Bear River Activity Center’s programs for disabled

By Kara Kawakami Shortly before Ming’s first birthday, Elaine Lu became concerned for her baby boy. “I suspected that his motor milestones were going the opposite way,” Lu, a physical therapist based out of Salt Lake City, said. “He was almost 2 before the neurologist said, ‘Yes, you’re right.’ The neurologist confirmed that Ming had […]

Tags: Bear River Activity and Skill Center, BRASC, funding crisis, people with disabilities

Logan Buddhist sangha seeks to be a welcoming, peaceful place

By Chelsey Gensel LOGAN–The Cache Valley Sangha, a Buddhist meditation group, has a new home in the Unitarian Universalist church after years of meeting at the Faith & Fellowship center on USU’s campus and at member’s homes. The sangha has been meeting for eight years, said participant and sometimes-leader Michael Sowder, a USU professor. Sowder […]

Organizers call public auction a success despite snowy weather

By Nick Rust LOGAN–Utah Public Auctions held its first indoor public auction in Logan on Saturday. The owners said they plan on having a similar auction in the future if the right circumstances present themselves. “If we do it again we will try and do it in the summer when the weather is better.” part-owner […]

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