It's that time of year again when thoughts (and hundreds of marketing campaigns) focus on love. Valentine's Day is now just a week away, with many either having already planned and selected gifts or in the process of frantically trying to figure out how to demonstrate to their significant ...

The full Utah Valley calendar of events is on L4, but here are three local events you should check out this week: 1. Orson Scott Card Author Event Barnes & Noble Orem, Feb. 13, 5 p.m. Meeting an author of numerous well-known books including some icons in their field is a treat for any ...

Here is a look at many of the events going on in Utah Valley and beyond in the next week: CENTRAL Provo Feb. 7 Legend of Timpanogos, Covey Center for the Arts, 7 p.m. (covey.provo.gov) Valentine's Day 2026 Beehive Bazaar, The Beehive, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. (beehivebazaar.com) 2025-26 Provo ...

Everyone has had the urge to just pulverize something. Sometimes it's a reaction to stress or frustration. Sometimes it's curiosity about what it would feel like to see something shatter. But throughout life the instruction has almost always been to not break or damage things, so usually we ...

For decades, many Americans have been taught one simple retirement rule: When you stop working, stop taking risks. So retirees do what feels responsible. They move money into cash. They park savings in CDs. They hold onto bonds and keep their portfolios “conservative.” It feels safe. It ...

Spring will be here before we know it. Here are a few tasks to consider doing in February to prepare your garden for its busiest season. Prune dormant apples, pears and ornamental trees. Hold off on pruning peaches, nectarines, plums and apricots until March. Shrubs that flower on old wood, ...

One of the biggest shocks people experience in retirement has nothing to do with the market. It’s not a crash. It’s not a bad year. It’s not even inflation — at least not at first. It’s the moment they realize something very simple and very unsettling: The paycheck stopped — but ...

If you’ve ordered garden seeds from a seed catalog or online seed company at any time in the past, then you probably have a stack of 2026 seed catalogs or several online catalog offers in your inbox. If you’re tempted by all the gorgeous flower and vegetable photos in the catalogs, here are ...

It was a cold day in January when Dean Eborn of Layton called me and asked me to go for a ride with him. “Have you looked at the temperature outside?” I asked. I was thinking about a ride from Moab to the Onion Creek trailhead in May a few years ago. The temperature was 40 degrees. We rode ...

America’s beaches are having a moment — not because they’ve suddenly changed, but because we have. According to the latest national survey on vacation interest, where you live increasingly shapes where you long to escape. And the results read like a love letter to three very different ...

Here is a look at many of the events going on in Utah Valley and beyond in the next week: CENTRAL Provo Feb. 7 Legend of Timpanogos, Covey Center for the Arts, 7 p.m. (covey.provo.gov) Valentine's Day 2026 Beehive Bazaar, The Beehive, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. (beehivebazaar.com) 2025-26 Provo ...

If you want to visit Mexico without buying a plane ticket, all you need to do is push your shopping cart through the front doors of Rancho Markets. Utah’s beloved Mexican grocery chain is as close as you can get to crossing the border without a passport. It is a sensory jolt of color, aroma, ...