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Salt Lake City's unique Gilgal Sculpture Garden could become a landmark
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted Aug. 3 - 6:21 a.m. | Save Story
Salt Lake City is seeking to add its undeniably unique Gilgal Sculpture Garden to its list of protected landmarks.
Family searching for missing WWII uniform, hopes to recover cherished heirloom
Shelby Lofton, KSL | Updated July 30 - 10:09 a.m. | Save Story
A Utah family is searching for a World War II military uniform that they believe was thrifted somewhere in eastern Idaho without their permission, and they are asking for the public's help in tracking it down.
Study documents a precipitous decline in the number of languages
Will Dunham, Reuters | Posted July 27 - 10:58 a.m. | Save Story
Globally, people currently use roughly 7,500 languages, with English, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic and French the most common, counting native and nonnative speakers. That is a lot of languages. But it is a far cry from the peak number historically.
Once enemies in war, Idaho Falls marks 45 years of friendship with Japanese sister city
Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted July 25 - 8:28 p.m. | Save Story
More than 80 years after World War II, teenagers from a small Japanese village are spending the next 10 days in Idaho Falls in a living reminder of how friendship can outlast history.
9/11 steel beam stops at Utah Capitol ahead of 25th anniversary
Madi Vollmer, KSL | Posted July 25 - 8:37 a.m. | Save Story
A steel beam from the World Trade Center is on display at the Utah State Capitol as part of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation's Steel Across America Tour, honoring the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks and the first responders who served.
'It's amazing': Thousands descend on Salt Lake City for annual Days of '47 Parade
Logan Stefanich and Madi Vollmer, KSL | Posted July 24 - 12:19 p.m. | Save Story
Thousands of people lined the streets of Salt Lake City Friday — some after camping out overnight — to take in the sights and sounds of the annual Days of '47 Parade.
From Salt Lake City to the Senate: Curtis leads tribute honoring Pioneer Day
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted July 23 - 6:05 p.m. | Save Story
A journey that began more than 175 years ago on the wagon trails of the West had a moment of glory in the U.S. Senate on Thursday.
STEM Action Center honors winners of Utah 3D coin design contest
Madi Vollmer, KSL | Updated July 23 - 1:35 p.m. | Save Story
The STEM Action Center recognized winners of the America250 Utah 3D Coin Design Contest, highlighting 3D-printed designs that celebrate Utah's history, culture and landmarks.
This year's Days of '47 Parade to celebrate 2 anniversaries. Here's the route it will take
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted July 22 - 5:00 p.m. | Save Story
This year's Days of '47 Parade will celebrate the pioneer settlement of Utah but also honor another pivotal anniversary.
Mount Olympus is a candidate for the UNESCO World Heritage List
Costas Kantouris and Elena Becatoros, Associated Press | Posted July 18 - 11:24 a.m. | Save Story
Mount Olympus, the mythological home of ancient Greece's 12 Olympian gods, may soon join UNESCO's World Heritage List.
Century-old Brigham City cafe reopens
Mike Anderson, KSL | Updated July 17 - 9:40 p.m. | Save Story
After changing ownership and shutting down for just over a year, a 105 year-old staple of Brigham City reopened Friday.
Utah last went on year-round daylight saving time in 1974. Here's how it went
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted July 17 - 7:05 p.m. | Save Story
As the U.S. inches closer to potentially making daylight saving time permanent, some have pointed to the chaos that unfolded the last time it happened in Utah as a concern.
A horde of golden mini-Mozarts marks 270 years since the composer's birth in Salzburg
Philipp Jenne, Associated Press | Updated July 15 - 6:30 p.m. | Save Story
Visitors to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's hometown can see the composer — and his dog — in miniature as Salzburg celebrates the 270th anniversary of his birth. But they shouldn't wait too long.
How a family fleeing internment built one of America's largest potato companies
Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com | Posted July 8 - 6:00 p.m. | Save Story
The Wadas moved from California to eastern Idaho in 1943 to start a farm on 160 acres of rented ground. Today, it's "one of America's largest grower-shippers of fresh potatoes, onions and sweet potatoes."
Much more than a piece of furniture, the president's Resolute Desk has echoed through history
Jack Auresto, Associated Press | Posted July 5 - 9:39 a.m. | Save Story
The Resolute Desk is one of the most recognizable pieces of furniture in the White House — and probably in the entire nation.
Rare copy of Declaration of Independence found by UK National Archives in papers of captured US ship
Danica Kirka, Associated Press | Updated July 4 - 5:45 p.m. | Save Story
Researchers at the U.K. National Archives have identified a document as a rare early copy of America's founding document, printed just days after the original was signed on July 4, 1776.
The Declaration's forgotten (non)signer: John Dickinson's missing 1776 signature haunts his legacy
Hillel Italie, Associated Press | Posted July 4 - 8:18 a.m. | Save Story
Jane Calvert has been on a mission shared by few scholars of the Revolutionary War era. She has championed the man who wouldn't sign the Declaration of Independence — the lawyer and statesman John Dickinson.
Why are fireworks a key piece of Fourth of July celebrations?
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted July 3 - 9:00 p.m. | Save Story
A debate over Fourth of July fireworks this year is just the latest chapter in a saga involving the holiday, a tradition and Utah.
