7 Top of Utah students awarded Horatio Alger scholarships

07/08/11 WASHINGTON - The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans has announced that seven Top of Utah students were among 26 in Utah to be awarded scholarships. read more

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Travel Picks: Top 10 quirky hotels

07/08/11 NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Tired of staying in typical, traditional hotels - the kind with large lobbies and hundreds of identical rooms? Then consider a quirkier alternative. To help guide you to the weird and wacky, online travel advisers Cheapflights (www.cheapflights.com) offers its top 10 list of quirky hotels. Reuters has not endorsed this list:

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Utah lawmakers headed to Hawaii

07/07/11 Utah lawmakers headed to Hawaii By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jul 7, 2011 06:50PM MDT Seventeen Utah lawmakers are scheduling their trips to Hawaii later this month to attend a conference for Western legislators, with taxpayers picking up at least part of the bill. While much of the Council of State Governments-West Conference will be spent in forums on topics like health care ...

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Hawaii-bound lawmakers say trip is worth it

07/07/11 Hawaii-bound lawmakers say trip is worth it By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jul 8, 2011 08:57PM MDT Seventeen Utah lawmakers are scheduling trips to Hawaii later this month to attend a conference for Western legislators, and taxpayers are picking up at least part of the bill. Although much of the Council of State Governments-West Conference will be spent in forums on topics such ...

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Pioneer Nellie Bane lived in two old houses with unusual backgrounds

07/06/11 Editor's note: This is part of a series of articles about pioneer families of Gem County originally published in October 1947 in the Emmett Messenger. See the collection of pioneer stories at www.messenger-index.com/histo

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8th Rodeo Performance Recap

06/25/11 RENO, NEV., June 24, 2011 --- World champions about in the final performance of the Reno Rodeo.

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Summertime brings top competition for swimming club

06/24/11 Mike Werner knows club swimming has its perks. The head coach of the Park City High School swim team and head of the Park City Swimming Club, Werner

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7th Rodeo Performance Recap

06/24/11 RENO, NEV., June 22, 2011 --- The first round of saddle bronc and bareback riding was completed at the Reno Rodeo on Thursday night and two of the Wright brothers from Utah held on to the top spots.

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6th Rodeo Performance Recap

06/23/11 RENO, NEV., June 21, 2011 --- The reigning world champion in steer wrestling, Dean Gorsuch, from Gering, Neb., has put himself in position to win his first set of Reno Rodeo championship spurs.

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5th Rodeo Performance Recap

06/22/11 RENO, NEV., June 21, 2011 --- The championship spurs awarded to each of the event winners and the all-around champion at the Reno Rodeo are some of the most coveted awards in rodeo.

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What's Happening in Oroville

06/13/11 Free summer food program for Oroville area children Thermalito Union School District will offer meals for children up through age 18 at the following times and locations: June 13 through July 8 (Monday through Friday, closed July 4), breakfast 8:30

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Scientifically Speaking, 6/12

06/12/11 Nature notes club The Larimer County Natural Resources Nature Notes Club is accepting new members throughout the spring.

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That has to hurt! Total Wrestling Foundation 'matches' are big fun

06/10/11 Worry not about the hirsute man sprawled in a front-row aisle seat of Sacramento's Colonial Theatre, braying like a burro in heat, waving a blood-red shrunken skull on a stick and convulsing as if zapped by a Taser.

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Peace, relief for Japan

05/23/11 Cottonwood Elementary School fourth-graders, from left, Elizabeth Troyer, 10, Addison Saunders, 10, and Brenna Moss, 10, construct origami cranes for a Japanese relief fundraising project Tuesday morning.

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What's Happening in Oroville

05/20/11 South Oroville African American Historical Society meetings Community meeting to get input and support for proposed cultural center and park with grant from State of California Parks and Recreation Department: 2 p.

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Things to Do

05/19/11 A free 2-hour IAM meditation class will be held on Sunday at the NMSU Music Center.

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Laughlin in brief - a collection of area events.

05/18/11 LAUGHLIN - The annual Laughlin Junior-Senior High School spring concert will begin at 6:30 p.m. today, May 18, in the school theatre.

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Tucker Thissen, Eagle County resident, 1980-2011

05/12/11 Tucker Thissen, 30, passed away too soon May 9 in an automobile accident near Idaho Springs. Tucker was born June 9, 1980, in Vail and was a lifetime resident of Eagle County. He attended Battle Mountain High School for three years Copyright 2011 Vail Daily. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Vail Daily ...

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Things to Do

05/12/11 A new exhibit at Branson Library at NMSU will celebrate the centenary and works of several writers affiliated with the Grupo Origenes through May 15. The exhibit will feature the works of Cuban author Jose Lezama Lima, Cintio Vitier and Eliseo Diego. Free. Info: Molly Molloy, (575) 646-6931 or mmolloy@lib.nmsu.edu.

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AMA Pro Motocross Championship Results

07/24/10 At Washougal MX Park Washougal, Wash. 450 Class (Moto Finish) Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., Suzuki (1-1) Andrew Short, Smithville, Texas, Honda (2-2) Brett Metcalfe, Australia, Honda (3-5) Tommy Hahn, Decatur, Texas, Suzuki (7-3) Nick Wey, Dewitt, Mich., Kawasaki (10-6) Ryan Sipes, Flaherty, Texas, Yamaha (5-11) Kevin Windham, Centreville, Miss., Honda (9-9) Kyle Chisholm, Valrico, Fla ...

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