I’m Chris Holmes, co-host of the Big Picture Morning Show. I also enjoy my work as a sports and news contributor on KSUB. I hold a Masters of Professional Communication degree from Southern Utah University. While at SUU my work received numerous awards including the 2009 King Foundation Best of Festival Award in the National Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts. I live in Cedar City, with wife, Marie.
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Jon Oglesby Named Utah Summer Games Director
Jonathan Oglesby has been selected as the new executive director of the Larry H. Miller Utah Summer Games, and will officially begin his appointment on June 1, 2023.
“We are thrilled to have Jon at the helm of the Larry H. Miller Utah Summer Games,” said Southern Utah University President Mindy Benson. “His exten...
Natural Talent, Hard Work Pay Off for Cedar High Runner
Cedar High School - Cedar High senior Logan Peel signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Southern Utah University, and complete as a member of the Thunderbird Cross-Country team.
Logan has a 4A State Championship under his belt as a junior, and strong finishes as a sophomore and senior...
Rob Jeter Continues to Fill Staff With Hiring of Hanson
CEDAR CITY, Utah – SUU men's basketball and head coach Rob Jeter are excited to announce the hiring of Allan Hanson who joins Southern Utah from Western Illinois, where he was an assistant for coach Jeter.
Coach Jeter had this to say about Hanson. "It's imp
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SUU Basketball Adds Another Veteran Coach to Rob Jeter’s Staff
CEDAR CITY, Utah – SUU and men's basketball head coach Rob Jeter announced the hiring of Donald Williams to be an assistant coach.
Williams has over 20 years of coaching experience, including 10 years at the Division I level. Most recently, as the assistant coach at the College of Southern Nevada.
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SUU Basketball Adds Seasoned Assistant Coach
CEDAR CITY, Utah – Southern Utah University and head men's basketball coach Rob Jeter are excited to announce the addition of assistant coach Shaun Gutting.
Gutting comes to Southern Utah by way of Casper College, where he was the head coach for the last four years. In h
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Cedar Senior Signs NLI, Makes History
Cedar High School - Cedar High wrestler Melbourne Earl has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Snow Junior College and compete with the Badger's as a wrestler. In doing so, Mel becomes the first female Cedar High wrestler to move on to the next level in the program's history.
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McClain Garners Another Conference Gymnast of the Week Award
SUU gymnast Karley McClain has claimed another Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference Gymnast of the Week honor for week 6.
SUU traveled to BYU and swept the Cougars in each rotation, breaking an SUU school record for highest road score in program history, set last year at BYU, with a final score of 197...
SUU Gymnastics Sets School Record in Victory at BYU
CEDAR CITY, Utah - The Flippin' Birds stayed unbeaten in the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference with an impressive road win Friday night (2/10/23) against BYU 197.125-196.150. The last time that Southern Utah outscored the Cougars in Provo was in 2019 at the MRGC Championships
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McClain Repeats as Gymnast of the Week
CEDAR CITY, Utah - Graduate student Karley McClain is once again the Mountian Rim Gymnastics Conference Gymnast of the Week. McClain also holds the title of Floor Specialist of the week for the third straight week.
MAKING HER MARK
McClain competes in each event for the Flippin' Birds and has done very well this season
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Daugherty Tabbed WAC Player of the Week
CEDAR CITY, Utah - The Western Athletic Conference named graduate guard Cherita Daugherty as this week's Player of the Week.
The Thunderbirds improved to 5-0 in conference play behind two incredible performances from Daugherty. Against an unbeaten Utah Valley team Daugherty nearly had a triple double pouring in 18 points on 50% from the field, stacking 10 assists and pulling down 8 rebounds
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