With Christmas just over a week away, families across Utah Valley and the world are making holiday preparations. Many are dashing out to the stores to pick up last-minute gifts or working at home to either deck the halls or clean the house in anticipation of distant relatives stopping by.While ...
The state of America and politics today are so very different than what existed when Sen. Orrin Hatch was first elected to federal office 42 long years ago.In his farewell speech on the Senate floor Wednesday, Hatch lamented the current state of the Senate and divisive politics, almost yearning ...
This week has been traumatic for the Brigham Young University community and family after a student took her own life in the N. Eldon Tanner Building on Monday.To start this editorial, the Daily Herald Editorial Board would like to extend its condolences to the family, friends and loved ones of ...
Dear Mr. McAdams —Congratulations on your hard-fought win to represent the 4th Congressional District. It certainly was a squeaker against outgoing U.S. Rep. Mia Love, R-Saratoga Springs.As you head to Washington to begin your first term in office, we wanted to offer some advice on things ...
With election results well determined, U.S. Rep. Mia Love spoke to Utahns and her constituents on Monday in a Salt Lake City press conference.According to Love, her loss shines a light on the Republican Party’s relationship with minorities.Diversity among representatives is not just a ...
The candidates interested in hosting a Winter Olympics are dwindling. Even as seemingly ideal cities, like Calgary and Lake Tahoe-Reno, drift away, it underscores that Salt Lake and the Wasatch Front are in a prime position to welcome the world again in eight or 12 years.The U.S. Olympic ...
On this Thanksgiving holiday, we would be remiss to not mention the blessings in our lives at this time in Utah. It is my favorite holiday.The world is especially chaotic right now, with political hype surrounding the completion of elections, natural disasters swirling, corrupt governments ...
While fires might not have devastated Utah this week, the damage and anguish taking place just a few states over in California has resonated here at home.After all, it’s less than two months after Utah County faced its own set of wildfires threatening entire towns; we were far luckier that it ...
Something truly awe-inspiring happened this week across Utah and across the nation. Voters turned out.According to the most recent data available, 176,379 ballots were cast across Utah County in last week’s midterm elections. That’s almost 67 percent voter turnout, which is phenomenal, ...
We’re taking a break from our normally scheduled programming of chastising unregistered (and registered) voters to act and read up on elections, to well ... to pay them justice where it’s owed.Utah County voters turned out, not just in vote by mail, but many took the responsibility of ...
