This week, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released updated outlines for its members to follow in regards to safety in its buildings.Church buildings have not been immune to the outbreak of mass shootings — think of the Christchurch mosque shooting in New Zealand, Tree of Life ...
“We found that DEA was slow to respond to the significant increase in the use and diversion of opioids since 2000.”Last week, the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Justice released a summary of its look at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s pathetic response to the ...
On Monday, we were heartened to see Gov. Gary Herbert ending an emergency drought order that had been in effect for nearly a year. It’s amazing to see the tremendous difference between a low water year, like last year, and a year with above-average precipitation. It was remarkable to see so ...
Last week, the 2018 American Community Survey was released by the census with updated estimates for counties.It had some enlightening information ahead of the 2020 Census count that shows how drastically Utah County has moved since 2010. In it, the Census Bureau states the total population of ...
Last week, our newspaper had the opportunity to participate in the Utah Women and Leadership’s (UWLP) Speaker & Dialogue Series, based out of Utah Valley University with the aim to strengthen the impact of women and girls and publishing research with impact recommendations that ...
Mental health care services still struggle to meet the basic needs of most Utahns. With high suicide rates and depression — and the state still battling out the ban on conversion therapy that continues to harm the lives of those in the LGBTQ community — sometimes it feels like many Utahns ...
<h2>DICKSON: BYU football once again staring at college football mediocrity (Sept. 29)</h2>First, why would a team that has lost 15 games the previous 2 yrs combined expect a “special season”? An improved season should be expected but you don’t go from a 6-6 ...
<h2>Becoming educado: How Utah County's schools are working to engage the Latino community (Oct. 6)</h2>There is one way to bring the parents into full involvement with the school and the students and that is to learn the language. To succeed in any country that you ...
As September comes to a quick close, we’d be remiss to not mention the efforts that have taken place for National Suicide Prevention Month.It’s a mental health issue that affects many Utahns and families, including our own newspaper staff.First and foremost, we hope those in our ...
The U.S. House of Representatives’ history and archive reads, “... the founders, fearing the potential for abuse of the executive power, considered impeachment so important that they made it part of the Constitution even before they defined the contours of the presidency.”It is sadly a ...
