You need a degree to be a teacher. You take classes and you do practicums so you can be as prepared as possible for when you walk into a classroom of your own. But there are some things even teachers can’t learn in school. In today’s classrooms, so many kids are struggling. Their ...

I had someone visiting my new yard today and they pointed out a plant in a shrub bed that they said was toxic. They said I should put on gloves and tear it out right away. Can you tell me what this plant is? Your visitor probably mistook this plant for myrtle spurge, an herbaceous perennial ...

For the third consecutive year, community members are invited to participate in a health fair sponsored by Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions and the United Way of Utah County. The free health fair will take place from 4-6 p.m. Sept. 20 at the South Franklin Community Center ...

Born and raised in Alpine, Chris Mickelsen has been in real estate since 2013 when he returned from living in Amsterdam for a couple of years while managing international business for a crafting company. For Mickelsen, it was too much traveling. “My father-in-law, Will Jones, a broker at ...

ONLINE "City to Summit" photo contest — The nonprofit group Scenic Utah is holding its second annual "City to Summit" photo contest. Entries may be submitted through Oct. 15 in categories including night skies, scenic streetscapes, billboard blunders, rural Utah, scenic byways and backways, ...

The 2025 Master Gardener Course registration is now open! Would you like to improve your gardening skills, learn more about how plants and soils work together or find better ways to manage pests in your landscape? If so, the Utah County Master Gardener Course is the place for you. Classes ...