I realize that most of my generation embraces technology, but I often despise it. I frequently wish that I only had a home and office phone and that cell phones didn’t exist. I get sick of seeing ...
Cyclops: That flight attendant was a jerk – not a hero Much of the grumbling (especially from men) about the phenomenally successful book “Eat Pray Love” stemmed from the author’s seemingly abrupt decision to leave her husband and end their marriage. ...
Merit pay concept potentially dangerous With school starting this week, I couldn’t help but notice an Associated Press article over the weekend about five Utah schools that will be running a teacher merit pay pilot program this year. Th...
Letter to the Editor: Baseball fans lack respect To the Editor: For the past four years I have conducted a self-appointed project of cleaning the roadway to the north of the baseball fields on the east side of Cedar City following baseball seaso...
Spay or neuter your pet
As our community continues to grow, so does the animal population. As a result, the Cedar City Animal Shelter is filled with animals that, if not adopted, are euthanized. In every community, in ev...
Adeline Harvey, 102, queen of Senior Prom
PERSON OF THE MONTH . Adeline Harvey, perhaps Cedar City’s oldest resident, will celebrate her 102nd birthday this month on Aug. 19. Ms. Harvey was crowned Queen of the Senior Prom in April a...
A couple weeks ago my husband and I had a chance to spend an evening in Parowan, and I was reminded, again, that one of my favorite reasons to live in Iron County is the small businesses we have he...
In Utah, this will be known as The Summer of the List. Who could envision that the biggest local news story of the season would stem from the underhanded and cowardly actions of a handful of state ...
After studying Elena Kagan’s record, actively participating in her hearing, and listening to the views of Utahns, I cannot support her nomination to the Supreme Court. Justices who, like Ms. Kagan...
The talk at the water cooler recently has been about basketball players. That’s sad, but understandable. LeBron James … his decision to leave his home state team for Miami won’t do a lick about cu...
I was intrigued Sunday evening to see a news story about the capture of a 19-year-old man who is being referred to as the “Barefoot Bandit.” Colton A. Harris-Moore was arrested in the Bahamas Sunda...
Like many of you, I was scratching my head a couple weeks ago upon reading news reports that a handful of Americans were arrested for being “deep cover” spies for the Soviet Union. The Cold War is ...
BUXTON, N.C. (AP) -- Hurricane Earl churned past the North Carolina Outer Banks and its powerful gusts and driving rains were starting to be felt in southeastern Virginia early Friday, the beginning of at least 24 hours of stormy, windy weather along the East Coast....
MIAMI (AP) -- A passenger was detained and four of Miami International Airport's six concourses were evacuated after a screener spotted something suspicious in a checked bag, authorities said....
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about conditions at one site....