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Brian Head Resort becoming major player for big events, year-round entertainment

Brian Head’s lure during the winter months for those wanting to hit the powdery slopes for winter recreation is well known throughout the nation....
CARTOON: 'Black Lives Lather' by Clay Jones- crop

CARTOON: ‘Black Lives Lather’ by Clay Jones

From the cartoonist: Here’s the thing about the Black Lives Movement a lot of conservatives don’t understand. For centuries—not just decades, centuries—black lives did not...
Switchpoint Community Resource Center set to expand

Switchpoint Community Resource Center set for expansion

“A train naturally follows the path of a railroad track, but one simple device is used to redirect them when needed. This mechanism is...
Audiobook and Book Review: 'Ancillary Sword' by Anne Leckie

Audiobook and Book Review: ‘Ancillary Sword’ by Anne Leckie

"Ancillary Sword" by Anne Leckie Orbit, 2014, 400 pages Available in: hard cover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook. This review contains minimal spoilers. “Ancillary Sword” is the second book...
Photo essay sample & invitation

Photo essay sample photographs & an invitation to submit

What makes a good photo essay is as subjective as the craft itself. Subject, light, composition, and technical detail all make for the ingredients...
Saturday’s DiFiore Center fundraiser, arts organization whole again

Following Saturday’s DiFiore Center fundraiser, arts organization nearly whole again

The $15,000 damage bill for the main waterline break at the DiFiore Center for Arts and Education initially caused grief and concern about possible...
Running in the Wild West: New Half Marathon in Kanab

Little Hollywood Half Marathon one of two new races in Kanab

Located just a few miles north of the Utah-Arizona border is the heart of the most heavily concentrated collection of natural wonders anywhere in...
Shakespeare implicated as a stoner: verily, nothing is sacred

Shakespeare implicated as a stoner: verily, nothing is sacred

I first visited Cedar City in 2009. My daughter’s mother was working in the Utah Shakespeare Festival costume shop that summer, and I flew...
Art Around the Corner “Spirit of Energy” by Karen Crain

Art Around the Corner: ‘Spirit of Energy’ by Karen Crain

“Spirit of Energy," a half-size bronze female figure designed as a fountain and created by Karen Crain, is one of this month's Art Around...
Toxic spill from Gold King Mine reaches Utah, long term effects still unknown

Toxic spill from Gold King Mine reaches Utah, long term effects...

The fate of the Animas and San Juan Rivers remains unknown after a toxic waste holding pool at the abandoned Gold King Mine broke...