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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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, ...
Vernal, Utah, has hosted the Outlaw Jamboree for 11 years, and each year gets better. Registration for number 12 opens tomorrow, February 1. If you have never been to a jamboree or can only do one this year, this is the one to do. The scenery is fantastic, the choice of rides will please ...
The patterns we carry into adulthood often have their roots in childhood. This doesn't mean we're destined to repeat the past, but understanding where our responses come from can be the first step toward creating the changes we want. The strategies you developed as a child made sense given what ...
