Our flags went to half-staff because Dolly Parton died. Usually, a nationwide honor like that is reserved for public officials, but President Donald Trump believed it was the right thing to do for a national icon. To a certain extent, Parton was as close to a head of state as the United States ...

It was a day of deep thinking and heroic typing, my brain so fried I could hardly call out for pizza. Then the news and social media feeds exploded with reports that Harry and Meghan plan to leave California and move back to England. What was that to me? I don't care that the royals moved away ...

Utah home prices remain near record levels, but there is good news for buyers: inventory has improved, homes are taking longer to sell, and buyers have more choices, including significantly more opportunities below the $500,000 mark than we became accustomed to during the ultra-competitive ...

The U.S. national debt just crossed the $40 trillion threshold, doubling in less than a decade. Washington politicians have responded with their favorite fiscal game: blaming the other party. Democrats say Republican tax cuts are the culprit. Republicans say Democratic spending is the root ...

There is a point in the decline of republics when the problem is no longer that government breaks its own laws. Governments will always behave unlawfully. The deeper problem comes when the constitutional machinery designed to prevent those acts stops functioning -- when spending becomes ...

Entering Friday's season opener, one might look to Northern Colorado's sideline and see Ed Lamb, the veteran coach, and assume he'd have an upper hand on his opponent. Weber State brought first-year college head coach Eric Kjar to Greeley to face Lamb's Bears in the 2026 season opener. Not ...