Years ago I served on a city council in Cache County. My service there taught me several truths about governance. One primary truth is that processes are created for a purpose. When we, as a council, carefully followed established processes to address proposed developments, citizens and ...
China built 400 gigawatts of new power in the last two years. Most of it is feeding AI data centers. And while Washington debates permitting reform, Kevin O’Leary just proposed putting the world’s largest data center, 40,000 acres of hyperscale AI infrastructure, in Box Elder County, Utah. ...
My retirement provider’s term “Post-Retirement” as an inventive euphemism for death provided a jumping off point for reflections on end-of-life planning in last month’s op-ed. But maybe I jumped too soon. Though the grim reaper creeps closer up the driveway every year, as my 92-year-old ...
In the coming decade, Box Elder County is poised to become one of the most strategically important energy and technology corridors in the America. With major investments in advanced power infrastructure including expanded capacity for the Ruby Natural gas pipeline, modern high-efficiency ...
Why does everything have to be so difficult? A month or so ago I received my South Ogden Conservation District (SOCD) letter after my meter for secondary water was installed. This is to somehow allocate water to me I already paid for back in November on my property tax notice of some $400+. ...
Utah has become a national leader in protecting children online. Our state has passed strong laws to give parents more control over children’s app use, require real age verification, and hold app stores accountable for products pushed onto kids. Now Congress is considering a bill that ...
