Local News

Happy New Year. Welcome (back) for the start of the 2013 Season of Today’s WORD on Journalism. More useless but amusing blather!

Useful News

“I love local news—there’s no getting bogged down in the issues. It’s half murder, half news I can use. No fat.” 

—Stephen Colbert, pundit/author/philosopher-god, 2006 URL  

• Editorial Comment: And in Logan, Utah, local news doesn't get any more hard-hitting than obscene snowmen.

• Yesteryear’s WORD: Did you miss the final WORDs of 2012 from philosopher-king Groucho Marx? About fruit and time? Click here. 

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café  
• Logan has potential to be great art city, Fine Art Gallery owner says, by Dani Hayes
• Skiers bummed: Where is Utah’s greatest snow on earth? by Danielle Manley
• Mom-and-pop restaurants becoming an ‘endangered species,’ by Katie Swain 
• Deaf education program at USU on its way back after 2006 lawsuit, by Brandon Fonda
• Small-business Saturday here to stay in Black Friday weekend, by Jessica Sonderegger
• Spirit Goat: Home soap business takes a leap to downtown store front, by Danielle Manley
• Basketball ref gets certified: ‘If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em,’ by Curtis Lundstrom 
• School board OKs land purchase for new Millville high school, by Curtis Lundstrom
• Smithfield youth center building in ‘superlative’ shape, architect says, by Curtis Lundstrom
• ATV News: Aggie basketballer collapses; holiday updates for Cache Valley (12/5/12), anchored by Romina Nedakovic and Kelsey Keller   
• Faculty Profile: AggieTV prof shines from fiery crash to Christmas lights, by D. Whitney Smith 
  

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