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Volunteers in Salt Lake City are filling boxes full of household goods this week intended to go to young adults who are aging out of the state’s foster care system. The Lifestart Initiative tries to provide this vulnerable population with some of the things they need to live on their own. Up on the 2 nd floor of the NPS Warehouse in West Salt Lake, volunteers are filling large plastic bins with towels, sheets, sponges, and tools. “There’s pots and pans, kitchen items, bedding, a first aid kid, a

The baby peregrine falcons nesting in downtown Salt Lake City are about a week away from taking their first flights and a group of dedicated volunteers plans on making sure they survive once they do. Bob Walters is the watchable wildlife coordinator for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources . He’s been involved with the falcons in downtown Salt Lake City since the mid ‘80s and is once again gearing up for what he affectionately refers to as “hell week”, or the week in which the baby falcons

Local artist and writer Lily Nakai Havey has just published a new memoir chronicling her experience as a child in two Japanese American internment camps during World War 2. Havey and her family were living in Los Angeles, when they were sent to an assembly center in Pasadena in 1942, and then to the Amache Relocation Center in Colorado. The book is called Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp . The story is told not only through the writing, but also through Havey’s watercolor paintings and photographs.

Local artist and writer Lily Nakai Havey has just published a new memoir chronicling her experience as a child in two Japanese American internment...

There’s a big swap meet planned in Orem this weekend – with no price tags on the merchandise. A nyone can show up and take what they like for free. Sarah Bateman says the idea of something like a free yard sale occurred to her several years ago as she was driving to a local thrift store with a donation. She says the thrift stores are important, but she also enjoys seeing friends and strangers show up with toys and clothes and even furniture for what she calls the “Community Free SWAP.” A similar

There’s a big swap meet planned in Orem this weekend – with no price tags on the merchandise. Anyone can show up and take what they like for free....

Once the engines started up, the first and only thing you notice is how loud it is. And it only got louder as the engines revved up for takeoff. Once in the air, the flight bombarded all five senses, and yes, that includes taste. It’s an experience that helps you understand, if only slightly, what it must have been like for those who served and often sacrificed their lives while flying a B-17 over Germany. Along with me on the flight was 89-year-old World War II veteran Sam Wyrouck. During the

Once the engines started up, the first and only thing you notice is how loud it is. And it only got louder as the engines revved up for takeoff. Once in...

Services honoring America’s war dead were held in dozens of cities around Utah today. About a hundred people gathered at the Fort Douglas Cemetery in Salt Lake City. Soldiers from the Utah National Guard led the service at Fort Douglas. Brigadier General Dallen Atack recognized the sacrifice of veterans from the Civil War through the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan who are buried there, as well as the service of a returning Utah Guard unit he plans to greet at Fort Dix, New Jersey in

Two of the four peregrine falcon eggs sitting atop the Joseph Smith Memorial building in downtown Salt Lake have now hatched , but the fate of the next two eggs is uncertain. Watchable wildlife program coordinator Bob Walters says there isn’t really a way to predict the outcome, but that it isn’t time to worry just yet. “I’d say a couple three. You know, cut’em a little slack," he says. "But, generally that’s the way it works. They all kind of come in and hatch out over a several day period of

Two of the four peregrine falcon eggs sitting atop the Joseph Smith Memorial building in downtown Salt Lake have now hatched, but the fate of the next...

The nonprofit child advocacy organization, Voices for Utah Children , is receiving a $50,000 grant to continue their work fighting intergenerational poverty. The grant money is coming from the Aspen Institute as part of their newly created Ascend Network . Their goal is to find the leading organizations using what they call two-generation approaches to disrupt poverty and create economic mobility for families. Members of the group will then be able to share their findings with each other. Voices

The nonprofit child advocacy organization, Voices for Utah Children, is receiving a $50,000 grant to continue their work fighting intergenerational...

Tuesday April 15 marks this year’s deadline to file federal income tax returns. IRS spokesperson Bill Brunson says even if you’re not sure you can make...

Tuesday April 15 marks this year’s deadline to file federal income tax returns. IRS spokesperson Bill Brunson says even if you’re not sure you can make the payment, it’s much better to file or ask for an extension before the deadline passes than to do nothing at all. “I still would have a late payment penalty, but the late payment penalty is one half of one percent, as opposed to a 4.5% penalty for a late file,” he says. Brunson also says if you’re going to hire someone else to prepare your