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Our loving brother, uncle and friend Orville "Woody" Woodland passed away Saturday, May 3, 2014 at the age of 90, in his home of over 40 years in Fruit Heights, Utah. He was born January 22, 1924 in Brigham City, Utah to Thomas Clifford Woodland and Maria May Perry Woodland.read more

Our loving brother, uncle and friend Orville "Woody" Woodland passed away Saturday, May 3, 2014 at the age of 90, in his home of over 40 years in Fruit Heights, Utah. He was born January 22, 1924 in Brigham City, Utah to Thomas Clifford Woodland and Maria May Perry Woodland.read more

John Kenneth Mumford passed away on May 6, 2014 in Spanish Fork, Utah, at the age of 93. He died of natural causes and had suffered from progressive peripheral neuropathy for 30 years.read more

LeRene Yarnell, 88, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. She was born on July 15, 1925 to Philo and Erma Heaton Allen in Panguitch, Utah. She was raised in Kanab, Utah the oldest of 14 children.read more

SALT LAKE CITY -- A suspected carjacker is behind bars after a car chase in Salt Lake City shut down part of Interstate 80 during the evening rush hour.read more

WASHINGTON -- One of the first fruits of a series of one-day strikes by low-wage employees of federal contractors last year was the broadening of a Labor Department rule to make fast-food workers on military bases eligible for a health-and-welfare benefit of $3.81 an hour.read more

SALT LAKE CITY -- Gov. Gary Herbert is set to open his first annual Outdoor Recreation Summit on Thursday by finalizing a long-awaited swap of state and federal lands in eastern Utah.

OGDEN -- Moving Ogden's Golden Hours Senior Center to a new city community center would mean a brand new facility for local seniors, but not everyone is enthused about the idea -- including some of the seniors who would be moving there.  read more

Initially I couldn't decide whether to torture you people with a 700-word essay on turning 30 in two days or a litany of snarky expectations for Mother's Day. Both could make a griping piece of journalism, but that would fall under my usual blarg when I could write about an actual issue that matters; a column that may make a difference.read more

FARMINGTON -- Six-time Grammy Award winner Billy Joel through his verse has always maintained: "It's still rock n' roll to me."