charlie brown specials...
Colby Walker

Charlie Brown specials to air on TV, after all, in PBS deal

The “Great Pumpkin” never showed on broadcast television this year, but after a deal with PBS, the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and Christmas specials will return to the air.
3 years ago
Marjan Martin Curtis, left, and Amy Baird pose at Curtis' home on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, in Spani...
KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press

Field of tulips joins worried mom with widow battling cancer

When the coronavirus upended daily life, Amy Baird was frightened by a sterile new world of uncertainty, uncomfortable masks and scarce embraces. The 38-year-old was driving a familiar road near her home in Spanish Fork, Utah, when she caught her breath at the sight of hundreds of red and white tulips blooming along a gentle slope.
3 years ago
Salt Lake County Animal Services...
Colby Walker

Book Buddies: Kids can read to Utah shelter pets virtually

Salt Lake County Animal Services has relaunched and expanded the "Book Buddies" program where children can read to and soothe shelter pets.
4 years ago
Seraph Young Headstone...
Colby Walker and Becky Bruce

Seraph Young, first female voter, finally gets misspelled headstone corrected

82 years after the death of Seraph Young, her misspelled headstone above her final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery has been fixed.
4 years ago
the Umbrella of Kindness, from ProvoKindness.org...
Todd Fooks

Provo starts program of “Kindness”

Mayor Michelle Kaufusi thinks there are (at least a) couple kinds of kindness in Provo.  One is the surface kind, she says.
4 years ago
Pamela's Place...
Madeleine Porter

Pamela’s Place: affordable housing for the homeless is open

Pamela's Place is finally open. Pamela Atkinson dedicates her life to helping the homeless.
4 years ago
alaska runway...
Colby Walker

Alaska villagers use vehicles to light runway for medevac

Residents of a remote Alaska village scrambled just before midnight to help save the life of a child, jumping into their vehicles to light up a pitch-black runway as a medical transport plane circled overhead.
4 years ago
captain america shield...
Chloe Melas, CNN

Chris Evans sending ‘Captain America’ shield to little boy who saved sister from dog attack

Captain America is sending an authentic shield to the 6-year-old boy who protected his 4-year-old sister from a dog attack.
4 years ago
Captain Tom knighted...
Colby Walker

100-year-old Captain Tom knighted by Queen in personal ceremony

Captain Tom Moore, the 100-year-old who raised more than $40 million for frontline healthcare workers in England was knighted Queen Elizabeth in a personal ceremony on Friday.
4 years ago
Photos courtesy Jess Carmine...
Colby Walker

Fire Department helps reunite mother and daughter in nursing home

Shirl Carmine used to visit her mother at least two times a week to spend some time with her and do her hair in the nursing home, but she hasn't been able to do that for the last 4 months. But with a little help from their local Fire Department, that all changed.
4 years ago