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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

The full Northern Utah calendar of events is on L4, but here are three local events you should check out this week: 1. Trails Foundation of Northern Utah presents: Ogden Mountain Film Festival Peery's Egyptian Theatre, Ogden, Nov. 5, 7-9 p.m. If you love this Wasatch Range that makes for ...

Halloween is supposed to be about kids. The costumes. The trick-or-treating. The sugar rush that makes your child behave like an undersized, pre-pubescent maniac for four hours. But let’s be honest. Halloween is mostly about candy. And once your kids come home with their plastic pumpkins ...