Drug overdose deaths have increased five-fold since 1990. A 2008 survey of Utah adults found 21 percent had been prescribed an opioid pain medication.  Nearly a fourth of Utah’s population used these addictive opioids. There are more drug deaths in Utah than traffic fatalities. Think about that one. That’s a lot of people using pain [...]

The first day of Spring this year was last Saturday on March 2oth. The weather was beautiful wasn’t it? Better than today. It’s such a phenomenon here in Utah in early spring-everyone moving outside at the same time; biking, walking the dog, beginning early yard work, the surveying of brown lawns and scrawny gardens. Neighbors [...]

“94% of child poisonings occur at home” Gov. Gary Herbert signed a proclamation declaring this week as Poison Prevention Week in Utah.  “In Utah we do have a higher percentage of children poisonings: 60 percent of our calls are for children under 6. Nationally the rate is 50 percent.” said Marty Malheiro of the Utah [...]

A few weeks ago, we received a call from Eve, a film student at BYU. She is a production manager and had exhausted her resources looking for a courtroom setting for a scene in a student film. The project had a very limited budget, (or no budget) and traditional judicial courtrooms all have busy court [...]

One of the great things about working here is the variety of projects. There’s always something interesting going on. If you grew up in a big family, you’ll know what I mean. Sometimes, it’s all hands on deck for a big project with lots of moving parts. I was walking past Ned’s office and was [...]

Yes, it was last minute, so we had to tape our names to the football jerseys. Channel 2 let us know Wednesday morning where their TV Sales lottery had our 3 spots in the Super Bowl!  Later that morning, we brain-stormed with our team. What to do, what to do? We wanted something different. A little [...]