THURSDAY
News
- Opportunity zones: What they are, where they are, why you should care about them
- Radio Hill Fire in Box Elder county now 30% contained, 'very little' overnight fire movement
- New LDS temple seen as a community milestone, potential economic driver for Layton
- Ogden City mayoral debate set for Thursday at WSU
This Saturday is the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, NASA’s first mission to land people on the moon.
Despite the rather obvious origins of my name, I often dreaded answering the question, “Are you Irish?” Growing up Catholic in Ogden, far from extended family, and in the land of the Utah Latter-day Saints, seemed to leave me unprepared to discuss what it means to be Irish-American.
“I’ll bet no pioneer mother ever had to tell her daughter to get her clothes back on.” The thought ran through my head as I stared back at the defiant teen in front of me and said, “No, you can’t wear a tank top on this trek. Pioneer women didn’t wear tank tops. They knew that walking uncove…
