RadioWest records on campus

January 16, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s considered common courtesy not to talk about religion or politics in polite company. But talking about both at the same time is a different story, apparently.   KUER, a charter member of National Public Radio out of Salt Lake, recorded a segment for their daily show RadioWest with Doug Fabrizio Wednesday in the Ragan […]

RISE lifts people with disabilities

January 14, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes As the county seat for Carbon County, Price sits just outside of Utah’s famous Castle Gate, at the mouth of Price Canyon on U.S. Highway 6. With a population around 8000, the town is not exactly a target for big business. One organization, however, decided last June to set up shop there with only three […]

Utah County construction update Jan. 13-19

January 13, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes With the inevitability of snow this winter, UDOT is proactively making its annual warnings about driving during bad weather. Be sure leave time for weather delays in your travel plans, make sure to keep plenty of distance between vehicles and keep speeds down.   Also, make sure to keep up to date on construction. Below […]

Mental health: Don’t be shy

January 10, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes One out of every four people in the U.S. are suffering from some sort of mental illness at any given moment. The odds that a person will experience mental illness at some point in their life are even higher, at about 50 percent.   While depressive illnesses are the largest contributors to mental illness, social phobia […]

Woodbury Art Museum exposes hidden voices

January 9, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes T-shirts, held by clothespins on lines hanging low across the room, displayed raw emotion, scrawled with permanent marker by victims of abuse and violence. The graphic nature of the personal feelings of pain and anger was countered by the simple, almost quiet attributes of the black-and-white prints in the main section of the museum, also […]

To the person(s) that broke into my car

January 9, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Dear window-smashing villain(s),   Hi it’s me, Jeff, the guy whose stuff you stole two weeks before Christmas. Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself, since I guess you didn’t feel like sticking around after breaking my window and taking all that cool stuff from my car. Things are OK for me, I’m just […]

Living in the cone zone

January 9, 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute Like it or not, Old Man Winter has decided to stay his entrance this year. We don’t know the reason for this delay, but we do know that UDOT crews are taking full advantage of it. The I-15 CORE project is moving along swiftly, as are other projects close to home.   While traffic through […]

Centro Hispano celebrates Dia de los Reyes Magos

January 7, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Hundreds of kids bubbled with excitement in the halls of Dixon Middle School Friday night, bearing toothy grins and chatting amongst themselves. The line to get into the multi-purpose room filled the maze-like halls of the school.   Centro Hispano, a non-profit organization whose mission is to “orient and mentor immigrant families in Utah County,” […]

Utah County construction update Jan. 6-12

January 6, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Years past have brought many changes to the transportation layout in Utah County, and 2012 is no different. UDOT crews are working around the clock to make traffic run smoothly and safely. Hot spots reported by UDOT for the next week include the following:   Sandhill Road University Parkway SB I-15 offramp Orem 800 North […]

Gov. Herbert joins UVU officials at Business Resource Center opening

January 6, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Nearly 100 people filed into the sleek UVU-green entrance of the newly renovated campus addition Friday morning to listen to addresses from the leaders behind the university’s recent growth, as well as remarks from Gov. Gary Herbert, and to witness the ribbon-cutting ceremony.   The Business Resource Center, a recently acquired building just south and […]