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Cat tossed from vehicle gets second chance thanks to good Samaritan
Jessica Guay, KDKA via CNN | Posted May 13 - 6:06 p.m. | Save Story
Frankie's Friends animal rescue needs help after a good Samaritan brought in a cat who'd been thrown from a vehicle.
Baby born deaf hears after unique gene therapy
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted May 12 - 11:33 a.m. | Save Story
Opal Sandy, now 18 months old, was completely deaf at birth due to a rare genetic condition called auditory neuropathy. But within four weeks of receiving a gene therapy infusion in her right ear as part of an international clinical trial, she responded to sound.
Utah veterans from every war recognized for attending thousands of funerals
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted May 11 - 12:18 p.m. | Save Story
Honor guards across the state spend thousands of hours and travel hundreds of miles to perform military rites at the funerals of fallen Utah veterans, asking nothing in return.
How a Utah barbershop is helping support fallen officer's family and community
Dan Rascon, KSL-TV | Posted May 9 - 8:25 p.m. | Save Story
A Spanish Fork barbershop is offering law enforcement free haircuts to show solidarity with the community.
High schoolers unveil finished class project: An affordable Sandy home
Emma Everett Johnson, KSL.com | Posted May 8 - 7:06 p.m. | Save Story
Marie Willson and her Canyons Technical Education Center classmates spent 10 to 12 hours a week constructing a 1,900-square-foot house at 142 Cottage Avenue, in Sandy.
Inside the 'extremely difficult' Air Force broadcast of a historic space mission
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted May 7 - 7:04 p.m. | Save Story
The 2nd Audiovisual squadron recently won a Webby People's Voice Award for their live broadcast of the OSIRIS-REx capsule landing at the Utah Test and Training Range last year.
Idaho woman whose son died fighting in Ukraine travels to nation, shares healing experience
Andrea Olson, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted May 3 - 8:05 a.m. | Save Story
An Idaho mother who lost her son in 2022 after he fought in Ukraine recently returned from a trip to Ukraine and said it was healing to walk the streets her son did and serve the people.
Almost a decade in the making, new bicycle hub aims to close Utah transportation gaps
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted May 2 - 8:17 p.m. | Save Story
A nonprofit that aims to reduce transportation gaps one bicycle at a time celebrated the opening of its new flagship location.
Utah veteran finds a piece of 'genuine American history'
Sky Mundell, KSL.com | Posted April 27 - 7:02 p.m. | Save Story
A Utah veteran using a metal detector as a way to battle his own PTSD found and returned a historical family treasure to its rightful owners.
Utah man, 63, set to break skiing world record
Karah Brackin, KSL-TV | Posted April 27 - 5:32 p.m. | Save Story
A Utah man is on his way to setting a world record for vertical feet skied in one season on the slopes of Snowbasin.
Utah teacher in running for 'America's Favorite Teacher'
Arianne Brown for KSL.com | Posted April 25 - 10:03 a.m. | Save Story
A Utah man is steps away from becoming "America's Favorite Teacher," as the nationwide contest narrows down its top five this week. Cole Wilkes, of Foxboro Elementary, is in first place for the Reader's Digest contest that will award him $25,000 and a trip to Hawaii should he win.
An honest day's work: Teens at Springdale Subway find purse full of cash, turn it in to authorities
Stephanie DeGraw, St. George News | Posted April 24 - 12:33 p.m. | Save Story
Three teenagers working at the Subway sandwich shop in Springdale discovered a purse left behind bursting with money Monday evening.
'Wheelchair Dad' reveals completed bedroom remodel on birthday
Arianne Brown for KSL.com | Posted April 22 - 8:03 a.m. | Save Story
A paralyzed father of six has taken it upon himself to design and remodel his daughters' bedroom. On his 47th birthday Sunday, he revealed the finished project.
After 40 years, 'Footloose' star Kevin Bacon returns to Payson
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted April 20 - 4:00 p.m. | Save Story
Ahead of the Payson High prom Saturday night, actor Kevin Bacon and a swarm of volunteers worked to fill 5,000 care packages for charities. This was part of the students' yearlong campaign to get the "Footloose" star back to Utah before the old school building was torn down.
A Utah crime lab linked a jawbone found in a boy's rock collection to a Marine's tragic death
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted April 19 - 7:38 a.m. | Save Story
New "game-changing" DNA techniques by a Salt Lake lab helped repatriate the remains of a Marine who died in a 1951 training accident over 200 miles from where the bone was found.
Herriman teen blazing her way through barbecue competitions
Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com | Posted April 15 - 5:32 p.m. | Save Story
A Herriman teen is on her way to earning the title of "grill master" as she blazes her way through national grilling competitions.
Utah husband, father who died in snowmachine accident in Island Park, lived a life dedicated to helping others
Brittni Johnson, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted April 15 - 3:03 p.m. | Save Story
A husband and father who lived a life full of service is also being remembered for the love he showed others.
After finding something within 'worth saving,' this Utah artist shares message of hope
Jessi Bang, St. George News | Posted April 13 - 2:58 p.m. | Save Story
From the shadows of childhood trauma emerged a man on a mission — to transform pain into purpose with art.
