POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - The New Year was already feeling like an old injury to some citizens of picturesque Emery County. Flared by the cold and wet, like an injury, it was a reminder of the better times that had come before it. Residents of this sparse, east central Utah county...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - With all the Olympics hype, presidential pomp and battleground nerves, it’s no wonder that Charles Black thought there was an explosion. But terrorism comes in small, inert packages, too. Even on Valentine’s Day. It was 1:30 a.m. when Black...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Traditions change every time they enter new cultures. Take the tradition of naming a baby. Dennis Genpo Merzel Roshi’s parents started with a good American name, Dennis. They attached it to a good Jewish name, Merzel. And they left it at that. Who...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - At the entrance of a Food Town grocery store in a tiny Southern Utah community hangs a hand-printed sign that says, “No shirt, no shoes, no pants, no service.” No pants? But it has happened. A man named David Holladay once walked into the...