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>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 ...
<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 ...
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 ...
If you’ve been to the Salt Lake International Airport at any time in the last 12 months, you know.The airport’s current space is bursting at the seams with more travelers and more Utahns and it makes for a pretty chaotic, unpleasant experience.It seems odd that Utah’s current airport ...
The old cliche goes, “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” This week, we feel we’ve been fooled more than once by Richard Brunst, and shame on him for doing so.A week ago today, Orem’s mayor, Richard Brunst, was cleared of criminal intent of misuse of retirement ...
Imagine the feelings of horror and helplessness you would suffer if you learned family members had been injured, perhaps even killed, in an accident thousands of miles away.Now think how much your anxiety would be alleviated — eliminating it would be impossible, of course — if you knew ...
