Alan Riser, president and founder of Charitable Ingenuity Inc., is an inventor, humanitarian, outdoorsman, pilot car company owner, cemetery sexton and modern-day jack of all trades with a background in building, welding, fabrication, electrical and mechanical engineering, and solar. His ...

In 1946, newlywed Gloria Hanson Wright mustered the courage to leave her home in the sleepy Cache Valley and travel halfway across the world to meet her husband, Col. Amos “Mose” Wright, in United States-occupied West Germany.  Gloria had been in love with Mose ever since she laid eyes ...

AMERICAN FORK "Hello, Dolly!" — Timp Arts Theater will present the musical adaptation of Thorton Wilder's hit play "The Matchmaker" now through Feb. 21 at the Valentine Theater. This splashy musical is appropriate for all audiences. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit ...

Your representatives may finally grab the feared "third rail" of U.S. politics. When the Social Security and Medicare trust funds run out in the early 2030s, the law is clear: Benefits must be slashed. That would mean a roughly 24% cut to Social Security checks and an 11% cut to Medicare ...

I've had a number of reasons recently — both personal and public — to sit back and think about the value of a life. What makes a life valuable? Is it financial success? Public accolades? Political impact? Promotion of personal values? I think it can be any of those things, although I'd ...

"We tell Utah men to speak up. We don’t give them anywhere to go." Utah has made real progress in acknowledging that men struggle with mental health. Public conversations are more open than they were a decade ago. Employers, churches, and community leaders now regularly encourage men to ...