By HOLLY TIMM United Way’s annual Day of Caring brought together around 1,200 volunteers who donated an estimated 40,500 hours of service throughout Utah County.  Volunteers from more than 33 companies around Utah Valley gathered Wednesday morning at LaVell Edwards Stadium to complete a variety of service projects.  “We had 30,000 hours last year donated in three hours,” said Brenna Cox ...

Squeaky clean

STORY BY CAROLINE KERAS A frog and a flip-flop might not seem like the most sanitary way to get clean hands, but they will get the job done when they are the shapes of the soaps made by Soapy Green, owned and operated by Dianne Cintron and her husband, Jay Cintron. read more

Helping herbs go the distance

They're fragrant and, in some cases, downright soothing. They transform the simplest dishes into something spectacular. The only problem is, your tangle of a garden grew like wild this year, leaving you with more herbs than you know what to do with.

Out to lunch with Diana Foote: In Florida, hair today may be frizz tomorrow

My hair has gone rogue, like Sarah Palin’s grammar. Yoooou betcha! In the Florida steam bath we call “weather,” every time I wash it, I long for Alaska — where I wouldn’t have to spend an hour or so every day wielding a blow dryer and flat iron and the 10 products it takes to tame my hair. Do nothing, and I’m a human frizz ball.

This week at the farmers markets

Lots of just-picked lettuce, basil and heirloom tomatoes, hot and mild peppers, summer and winter squash and melons will be brought to market by Beth and Jack Theruet (left) of Yucca Ash Farm. The farm also raises 1,500 lavender plants and offers bunches of fresh lavender and its oil lavender essential oil. (Photo by Valerie McCaffrey) By Valerie McCaffrey For the herald/review Sierra Vista ...