Milford News

A new principal has been named for New Prairie High School -- a father of seven and grandfather of 11 who has experience teaching in Utah and California and whose bilingual skills allowed him to teach Spanish for a while.

Students throughout Utah joined other visitors Wednesday in getting a peek into the renewable energy industry, as well as learning how to conserve for more efficient energy use, during the fifth annual Renewable Energy fair at Milford High School.

In 1999, Andy Swapp bought a small farm outside Milford, in central Utah. When he plowed a field, the tail end of the Santa Ana winds, he says, picked up the topsoil and "sand-blasted the paint off the side of the barn." That was when he realized the power of wind.

Jesse Wright scores a 74 as he rides Foofy Foofy MT in the saddle bronc competition during Friday night's performance at the PRCA rodeo in the AT&T Center on February 15, 2013.