Sheena Miles is easy to laugh these days. In fact, she can’t stop smiling. After years of fundraising, knocking on doors, posting signs, begging for money and writing grants, hundreds of kids in North Ogden city will have two new playgrounds at Green Acres Elementary, designed so every ...

This past July, as tradition would have it, I attended the Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo. Even at 100 degrees and bad seats, I still enjoy a good rodeo, and Ogden has never disappointed. There’s simply nothing quite like the smell of cow pies, barbecue and deep-fried Oreos mingling in the air ...

Back-to-school scams increase in August as families buy supplies, pay school fees and tuition and arrange financial aid. This year, those scams could be more convincing because they follow a major data breach involving Canvas, the learning management system used by schools and universities ...

Here’s a question I ask folks who walk into my Bountiful office: Does your retirement come with a monthly pension check? For most people retiring today, the answer is no. The traditional pension, the guaranteed check your parents may have retired on that arrived every month until they died, ...

When tomatoes are at their peak — and it’s too hot to turn on the oven — this simple, no-cook sauce from my cookbook “Pasta Every Day” is what I come back to time and again. It’s often called pomodoro crudo and served with very thin spaghetti, though you’ll find many variations, ...

Several years ago, the comedian, George Carlin, had a running bit that he titled, “The Seven Words You Can’t Say on Television.” (All of which, since that time, I have heard on television). While the FCC had its list of forbidden words, the real estate world has its own collection of ...