Every time a new recreational amenity, park improvement or transit project is announced, I hear a version of the same concern: “Why are we spending tax money on that when we should be funding other core government services?” That question is fair. Taxpayers should absolutely hold ...
Three weeks into the legislative session, a lot of work has been done and a lot is yet to be finalized. Advocates for victims of domestic abuse are tracking bills as they move through committees and are advocating for appropriate budgets that will allow victims to receive the help and services ...
“It didn’t have to be this way.” That was my dominant takeaway leaving the Ogden Municipal Building where hundreds had gathered to protest US ICE’s methods of dealing with asylum seekers. Think of yourself waiting in a line 3.5 million people long, taking four or more years before ...
It seemed like the month of January 2026 would never end. It was definitely a wild one from our military kidnapping a Head of State in a foreign country, ICE shooting dead two protesters in Minneapolis, and the President’s threats to take over Greenland and then backing down while still ...
WHEELING, West Virginia -- West Virginia is the only state in the United States that is located entirely within the 13-state, 423-county Appalachian region. Much of the beauty, sorrow and challenges we think of when it comes to the region originated here, where isolation, a strong work ethic ...
Producer: I hope you’ve got something for me. The executives are insisting I give them a more realistic plot! It’ll never work. Scriptwriter: No worries! I found a great real-life couple to write about. They’ve been married for 36 years! Producer: Wow! I didn’t know people still did ...
“You’re all afraid to face what you really are.” — The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O’Neil During its October 2024 session, Senate Democrats and Republicans fashioned a smart, sensible, and compassionate bipartisan immigration bill that had enough support in both the Senate and House to ...
Many people worry that acknowledging differences between girls and boys — or between women and men — will reinforce stereotypes. Yet research increasingly shows that ignoring those differences can have the very same effect. Scholars like Dr. Leonard Sax argue that overlooking sex‑based ...
Northern Utah has always been a land of contrasts: mountains and valleys, pioneers and tech bros, Cougars and Utes. But lately, the region has embraced a new identity: America’s premier climate-change laboratory, complete with a once great lake, vanishing snow, dust storms, forest fires, and ...
This year, I had no New Year’s resolutions. I’ve been wondering about that. Does it have to do with the peculiar winter we’ve been having? Most of December and early January felt like March, minus the crocuses, and so there was no weather-related catalyst for self-reflection, no seasonal ...
