Utah’s education system has leaned hard into workforce readiness. In K-12, students build college and career readiness plans, middle schoolers take the class College and Career Awareness, and the state’s Career and Technical Education system explicitly aims to align learning with Utah’s ...

My name is Jen Brown. I grew up in Davis County. I attended Woods Cross High School and then Weber State University. It was very important to me to stay in Bountiful. I wanted to raise my kids where I grew up. My husband and I left Utah for graduate school, but we were able to buy a home in ...

Father’s Day next Sunday gives us the chance to celebrate the fathers in our lives by sharing their stories. I offer three stories of good father heroes I know. Dad, the Winter Slayer. He and Mom raised their family in an old house. Lots of kids and a little bit of money meant we made do ...

This one is for all of the Pride and Prejudice lovers out there. Speaking of lovers, let’s take a moment to pause and think of Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy. Ahhhhh. “The Other Bennet Sister” has finally come to America on Brit Box (very well done), and I’ve discovered the author Shannon ...

I am not usually one to offer my opinion publicly, but in light of what I have heard regarding statements “allegedly” made during the Davis County Sheriff campaign, I felt compelled. I am a 30-year military veteran, retiring as a base commander of ~1500 individuals, in the rank of Colonel. ...

It started with chickadees. Maybe you associate the namesake “chick-a-dee-dee-dee” call of the little black-capped bird, but what resonates with me is a two-note measure, high then low, bringing to mind the first two chords from the piano opening of the jazz album “Kind of Blue.” When ...