Lay-offs occurred at two large employers in Utah County in recent days. Nu Skin laid off approximately 5% of its global workforce Monday, a spokesman confirmed with the Daily Herald. The layoffs come days after the personal care and wellness company released its second quarter ...

Reported bear sightings are uncommon events across the Wasatch Front. That is, until this month.  Last week alone, bear sightings in Provo, Springville, Payson and Logan reminded residents that living alongside the mountains means being in close proximity to wildlife.  These drop-in ...

Smoky skies have teamed up with ozone pollution and dust storms over the Great Salt Lake for a many-sided assault on air quality this summer. Wildfire smoke has cleared away for now, but it may be just a matter of time before it returns to northern Utah during this historic fire season. And ...

Those of you of a certain vintage — who, like me, are close to being fitted for coffins — must be applauding the re-appearance on TV (the INSP channel) of Have Gun - Will Travel (for some reason with a hyphen, not a dash or a comma; let’s call it HGWT). That extraordinarily popular show ...

Men in the U.S. are stuck -- stuck in dissatisfaction, stuck in judgement and stuck in a culture that increasingly tells them that they aren't strong enough, attractive enough or mean enough to matter. In a perhaps related development, American sailors appear to be trying to escape the ...

With the Alpine School District split fast approaching, Utah County's three newly-formed districts are searching for ways to meet their logistical needs in time for the 2027-28 school year.  The latest agreement between two of the districts will keep one from needing to build new ...