The Bank of Utah branch in Brigham City, Utah, has welcomed a new banking manager in Brinley Watts, who brings her three years of client service experience in the financial services industry. As banking manager, Watts will lead daily branch operations and support clients with their accounts, transactions and everyday banking needs, while supporting the branch’s continued growth and community presence. “I’m committed to becoming a trusted resource for my team while helping the Brigham City branch achieve its goals,” said Watts. “I was drawn to banking because it offers the opportunity to build a meaningful career while helping people....

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Box Elder County officials this week began the legal process required to formally authorize the administration of federal mineral lease funds. The county commission approved a resolution that started the statutory process to add mineral lease services as an authorized function of the Box Elder Special Service District. A special service district is a legally separate government entity created to provide specific services. In Box Elder County, the district operates countywide and may be authorized to manage certain programs or funding streams outside the county’s general fund. About 2,008 of Box Elder County’s 5,746 square miles, or roughly 35%, are...

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Students and families at Promontory School of Expeditionary Learning gathered recently for an evening focused on Samoan culture, dance and storytelling. The event featured third- and fourth-grade students who participated in a study of the Samoan Sasa, a traditional communal dance emphasizing rhythm, cooperation and shared responsibility. The lesson was developed through the school’s partnership with the Beverly Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program and centered on the concept that dance communicates the stories, traditions and daily life of cultural communities. Students began by learning about Samoan traditions, including methods of preparing food, navigating by longboat and working together under leadership....

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March 8 is the start of Daylight Saving Time, which begins at 2:00 A.M. that day. If your area observes it, don’t forget to “spring forward” and set the clocks one hour ahead, or you may find yourself an hour late to everything! Daylight Saving Time was originally implemented in 1918 to conserve fuel during World War I, not for farmers, and was proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1784 to save candle wax. While most of the U.S. shifts clocks forward in March and back in November, Arizona and Hawaii do not observe it.

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Eighth-grade students at Promontory School of Expeditionary Learning brought the American Revolution to life with a mock trial held in the historic Old Court Room at the Box Elder County Building. The interdisciplinary project centered on the Boston Tea Party and the Boston Massacre. In social studies, U.S. history teacher Katie Hammer guided students through the political tensions, key events and primary source documents of the early Revolutionary era. In English language arts, teacher Anjannette Darrington instructed students in persuasive writing, rhetoric, evidence analysis and public speaking. Rather than completing a traditional paper or exam, students staged a courtroom trial...

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In a study of 61 homes in Perry, students from the Promontory School of Expeditionary Learning discovered that 75% of them have radon levels above the mitigation threshold recommended by the World Health Organization. The study’s findings, part of an extensive project on radon by the school’s eighth graders, were presented at the state capitol last week. Radon, an invisible, odorless, radioactive gas that results from the decay of the uranium and radium in the soil and rocks—Utah has ample uranium— is the second leading cause of lung cancer, and the leading cause among non-smokers, according to the American Cancer...

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The Box Elder High School girls basketball team saw improvement this season with a 9-15 record and qualifying for the postseason after missing out a year ago. The preseason for the Bees brought a mixed bag of results as the team topped cross-county rival Bear River and found success in the Desert Hills Classic tournament, winning two of three games. But the Bees also took some tough losses as Sky View took a 41-point win to open the season while Springville bested the Bees by 30 on their final day in St. George. Those losses underlined some of the weaknesses...

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Controversy swirled around the Box Elder High School boys basketball team a season ago after the coach was fired midseason and the team won just six games on the year. But with the addition of former Bonneville head coach Kyle Bullinger this year, the Bees saw marked improvement, going 11-13 and qualifying for the postseason. The Bees saw many highs and lows throughout the year with a win over cross-county rival Bear River highlighting a 3-0 start to the season. The win over the Bears was the team’s first since 2019 and many hoped it would be a sign of...

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The Box Elder High School baseball team has completed its first week of practice and is ready to take the field this weekend at a tournament in St. George where the team will square off against Dixie, Springville, Cedar City and Maple Mountain. The Bees are looking to improve over last season’s 7-19 record. They squeaked into the postseason ranked 23rd in the final 5A RPI rankings. Woods Cross promptly took two games from the Bees in the best-of-three firstround series and knocked the Bees out of the playoffs. The team also lost six seniors from last year, leaving a...

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After making back-toback final four appearances in the state tournament, and with much experience returning from a season ago, the Box Elder High School softball team will start the year with a big target on its back after being picked as the top team in 5A by coaches from around the state. The most notable returning experience for the Bees will be in the pitching circle with two All-State players from a season ago, junior Kennadie Blackmer and senior Lucy Braegger. Blackmer was a first-team all-state selection as a sophomore while Braegger was named to the second team as a...

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