Sad. Disgusting. Pathetic. Total loser.Those were the initial thoughts that came to mind following the story about the <a href="https://roy.wsd.net/" target="_blank">Roy High School</a> teacher who was suspended — and then reinstated — after assigning students in ...
Never forget.I woke Monday morning to the sight of American flags posted in the front yards of our neighborhood.The patriotic display is part of an annual fundraiser for our local <a href="http://www.scouting.org/" target="_blank">Boy Scout</a> troop — you make a ...
Ready for some much-needed good news?Amid the stories of fires and hurricanes and racism and partisan bickering that seem to permeate the media these days, we did have one happy ending this past week.Suzie the dog finally has a home of her own.<strong>• ...
OGDEN — <a href="http://www.weber.edu/" target="_blank">Weber State University</a> may need to start looking for a new mascot.At Friday’s <a href="http://www.weber.edu/blockparty" target="_blank">WSU Block Party</a>, tender-hearted ...
You had me at “goat.” And then lost me again at “yoga.”But apparently, that’s an actual thing: “Goat yoga.”Over the weekend, the Standard-Examiner ran a story about Alisa Boulter, the West Point woman who started a business called “<a ...
As incredible as it was watching last Monday’s total solar eclipse, the truth is that the unforgettable astronomical event accounted for less than 2 ½ minutes of our family’s four-day trip to <a href="https://www.idaho.gov/" target="_blank">Idaho</a>.Indeed, the ...
REXBURG, IDAHO — It’s the calm before the (solar) storm.This small college town of just 28,000 is bracing for what is expected to be unprecedented hordes of visitors for Monday’s total eclipse of the sun.As I write this, the Saalkowskis — the Bennifer-like name given to the combined ...
This might not be the best time to be having a total solar eclipse. Especially one that’s been ominously dubbed <a href="https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/" target="_blank">“America’s Eclipse.”</a>Many cultures throughout history have considered the ...
OGDEN — After spending Friday afternoon at the <a href="http://www.goldenspikeeventcenter.com/" target="_blank">Golden Spike Event Center</a>, I was fully prepared to write a melancholy obituary for the traditional county fair.This year — and I wasn’t the only ...
Three months of summer, three summer camps.I just finished volunteering at my personal-best third youth camp this summer for our local <a href="https://www.mormon.org/" target="_blank">Mormon</a> congregation, and I don’t even have any children in the ...
