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Stop, drop, cover and hold on: Annual 'shakeout' event aims to prepare Utahns for an earthquake
Sky Mundell, KSL.com | Posted April 15 - 8:34 p.m. | Save Story
Ahead of this year's Great Utah Shakeout, the Utah Division of Emergency Management is teaching Utahns how to navigate an emergency caused by an earthquake.
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.
Idaho mother whose son died fighting in Ukraine wants to travel there and pay it forward
Andrea Olson, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted April 14 - 9:20 p.m. | Save Story
An Idaho mother who lost her son in 2022 after he fought in Ukraine wants to give back to the people who cared for him by traveling to the country.
Teaching children to regulate emotions early is essential to future success, experts say
Aley Davis, KSL-TV | Posted April 14 - 9:01 a.m. | Save Story
Teaching kids how to regulate emotions early is essential to future success.
College students are flocking to the Marriage Pact, mostly for fun, but some find love
Leanne Italie, Associated Press | Posted April 14 - 8:17 a.m. | Save Story
It's the stuff of movies: Two friends vow to marry each other if they're not hitched by a specified future date or age. The Marriage Pact, an annual matching ritual that has become popular on college campuses around the U.S., has led a few couples to lasting love.
Young children undercounted in 2020 census. What about in Utah?
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted April 13 - 10:12 a.m. | Save Story
The Census Bureau says over 1 million children between the ages of 0 and 4 may have been undercounted during the 2020 census, but some Utah counties bucked the trend.
Utah's Hogle Zoo announces this year's new arrivals
Shara Park, KSL-TV | Posted April 13 - 8:31 a.m. | Save Story
From rescued cougar cubs to a baby gorilla expected to arrive this summer, there are exciting things happening at Utah's Hogle Zoo.
Washington Terrace, South Ogden bird advocates push for permission to keep backyard chickens
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted April 13 - 7:23 a.m. | Save Story
The backyard chicken issue has been debated previously in Washington Terrace and South Ogden, the only Weber County locales that don't allow them, advocates say. Now it's lurching forward again.
Mobile pantry fights food insecurity in Summit County
Shelby Lofton, KSL-TV | Posted April 11 - 4:11 p.m. | Save Story
The Community Action Services team is taking its food pantry on the road. The mobile pantry will be parked in different spots around Summit County every other week because there are more hungry families there than people might expect.
Changes to US food assistance program: More produce, less dairy for low-income families
Leah Douglas, Reuters | Updated April 9 - 1:30 p.m. | Save Story
Nearly 7 million low-income women and children will be able to purchase more fruits and vegetables but less dairy after the U.S. Department of Agriculture finalized changes to a key federal nutrition program on Tuesday.
Utah Valley Refugees is on a mission
Tyler Nelson, Deseret News | Posted April 7 - 10:32 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Valley Refugees is a small nonprofit in Provo dedicated to helping refugees adjust to their lives in Utah. But the group doesn't just want refugees to simply survive here.
'Totally unexpected': 100-year-old gets note from late brother long hidden in Utah childhood home
Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com | Posted April 6 - 5:11 p.m. | Save Story
The last thing 100-year-old Dorothy Barron Switzer expected to hear was that someone had found a note from her late brother hidden in the wall of her childhood Springville home.
Starting this fall, your child needs be potty trained before enrolling in kindergarten
Marjorie Cortez, Deseret News | Posted April 5 - 9:27 p.m. | Save Story
Starting this fall, Utah public schools will require that children must be toilet trained to enroll in kindergarten.
Utah County company says its video messaging app can detect nudity to keep kids safe
Dan Rascon, KSL-TV | Posted April 5 - 8:05 a.m. | Save Story
A Utah County company recently released a new video messaging app that it says can detect nudity or partial nudity to keep kids safe.
Lehi neighbors show support for Utah National Guard soldier's family
Shelby Lofton, KSL-TV | Posted April 1 - 12:06 p.m. | Save Story
A Lehi neighborhood celebrated this Easter with a bit of patriotic flair.
Texan who was stuck in east Idaho hospital is reunited with her children
Logan Ramsey, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted March 31 - 9:45 p.m. | Save Story
A mother from Texas has been reunited with her children after a months-long separation in an east Idaho hospital.
Long-term study looks at how urban-born babies are doing at age 22
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted March 31 - 5:22 p.m. | Save Story
Sociologists and other family experts often ponder a link between unmarried parenthood and poverty. They debate how family structure strengthens or weakens the chance that families will flourish or falter.
