Author: Mariah Wheeler

OGDEN, Utah – Two men are facing federal charges after allegedly cheating 80 investors out of $11 million in a fraudulent trading program that one of the men claimed to have received the idea for during a “spiritual revelation,” court document state. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City by the Securities and Exchange Commission, alleges 65-year-old Thomas J. Robbins, of Heber City, and 50-year-old Daniel J. Merriman, of Kaysville, along with two other men, were involved in the scheme. The complaint claims the men told investors that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was…

OGDEN, Utah – The other day, partly out of curiosity and partly because I am rapidly becoming a man of a certain age, I found myself reading an article about something called a campus-connected retirement community. These are retirement communities connected to university campuses that offer courses and activities for their residents and, in some cases, are located on the campuses themselves. As a university professor, one could assume, I’d become tired of academic life as I grow older. But I honestly can’t imagine a better place to be retired than near a college campus, especially one as gorgeous as…