Our flags went to half-staff because Dolly Parton died. Usually, a nationwide honor like that is reserved for public officials, but President Donald Trump believed it was the right thing to do for a national icon. To a certain extent, Parton was as close to a head of state as the United States ...

Utah home prices remain near record levels, but there is good news for buyers: inventory has improved, homes are taking longer to sell, and buyers have more choices, including significantly more opportunities below the $500,000 mark than we became accustomed to during the ultra-competitive ...

I got a cell phone when I was 13 years old. It seemed normal, but I never should have been making decisions that could affect my whole life. I was just a child. I think that is what surprises me the most when I look back. Not that I became addicted. Not that it negatively impacted my mental ...

Have you ever considered having your own country? A friend and I used to daydream about this in high school. The mountains were high and the emperor far away, as the Chinese proverb goes, so a spread of a few hundred acres, maybe the size of Monaco, seemed possible with $100-an-acre land. ...

Anyone who gets kids ready to go back to school knows that once the kids are actually in school, they are not at home. Which means the house is empty. Except for you. All alone. No one fighting, whining or crying. No one needs you to do something for them. No one asks you to answer questions ...

Next week, school starts again at Weber State University. In a way, it’s starting again for me, too. When I graduated from Weber State in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in political science, I never dreamed I’d be returning 25 years later as president of this incredible institution. In ...