WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families, part of an effort by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to redirect the education system toward patriotic values and ...

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 ...

It was one of the first trails I took as the owner of a new Suzuki King Quad 300 ATV back in 1993. It was exciting for me to have a trail so close to my home that would take me to altitudes exceeding 9,000 feet. I am referring to the Francis Peak trails. I have written several articles about ...

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, ...

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 ...