<strong>THUMBS UP:</strong> Northern Utah’s health departments, private care providers and other institutions continue to do a thorough job of making sure that as many people as possible get flu shots each year. This community-wide effort saves lives and reduces ...

<strong>THUMBS UP:</strong> We’re happy to see the mountains glowing with fresh snow this month. As of Jan. 1, Utah’s snow water equivalent was 29% higher than normal, which is great news after the relatively dry November and December we had. We hope the snow ...

<strong>THUMBS UP:</strong> Happy New Year from the staff at the Standard-Examiner. We hope 2020 is filled with progress on Northern Utah's utmost issues, from insightful planned development to improvement on roads and construction, and uplifting those in our ...

<strong>THUMBS UP:</strong> It might have just squeaked in, but many in Utah (though not all) saw a White Christmas this week. Welcome, snow!<strong>THUMBS DOWN:</strong> It was sad news to hear that a gentleman in Cache County was in such ...

In an article today by Standard-Examiner reporter Tim Vandenack, we learned about a recent push by local residents to help retired first responders — namely retired firefighters in Northern Utah.The problem, we’re only now realizing as a community, is that we demand the services of these ...

<strong>THUMBS UP:</strong> We don't think residents could be more excited for the news released Thursday on construction near Hill Air Force Base's Roy gate as it prepares for an increase in jobs to the area. It doesn't need stating, but base traffic has only room ...