The day was sunny, far from the rainy days we have had for the last several days, and my client and I were watching as the stucco from his home fell away in chunks. This was not caused by a freakishly selective earthquake that struck Northern Utah, singled out this house, politely leaving the ...

The yard signs are up from Brigham City to Bountiful, the mailers are stacking up on the kitchen counter, and every fall in an election year I get the same phone call: "Lyle, should I move everything to cash until this is over?" My answer hasn't changed in 30 years, no matter which party was ...

The Low Mountain Trail trailhead is at the upper end of the Virgin River Gorge. We staged on the north side of I-15 just off the Black Rock exit, south of St. George. We crossed south over the freeway to begin our adventure. I rode this trail in the spring of 2022. I really enjoyed it and ...

If you still keep a checkbook in the desk drawer, you have plenty of company. Americans wrote 9.2 billion checks worth $24 trillion in 2024, according to the Federal Reserve. That's far fewer than the nearly 43 billion written in 2000, but it still works out to about two checks a month per ...

Last week I related the story of visiting the middle of three Smith’s Creek Lakes north of the Francis Peak radar towers. This is the site where the September 18, 2026, tornado did the most damage. There is more to the story, and this is it. Four machines left Cherry Lane in Layton, ...

Every family develops its own unique emotional ecosystem, and within that system, children naturally take on different roles to help the family function and to secure their own place within it. While each family is different, certain patterns appear repeatedly across diverse backgrounds and ...