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  • Racehorses given second chance on Utah ranches

    WEST VALLEY — For a horse like Orb, the sculpted colt that won the Kentucky Derby and ran in the Preakness Saturday, the future holds plenty of promise. But when a racing or breeding career ends, many horses are cast aside without homes to call their own. Most horses competing on North American racetracks will spend their careers running in lower-level races, far from the public eye. ...

  • Father of missing soldier overwhelmed by community support

    ELK RIDGE — The father of a Utah County soldier is awaiting further news of his son, who was last seen standing near an explosive device that detonated. Cody Towse, Army Private First Class, was reported missing after a powerful improvised explosive device in Afghanistan detonated where he was standing. The military informed the family Tuesday that they had been unable to locate the ...

  • Music people brought together to help man with cerebral palsy

    SALT LAKE CITY — Skyler Beckstead loves music. The 31-year-old with cerebral palsy dances in his wheelchair anytime he hears a beat he likes. When Skyler was just a baby, his father, Steve Beckstead, was working at a radio station in Heber. The radio station sponsored a dance at the community center, and at 6-weeks-old, Skyler was exposed to rock music for the first time. Now, Skyler ...

  • Murdock Canal Trail in Provo Canyon opens to public

    KSL's Children's Television Programming Reports, as well as its FCC public inspection file, are available for viewing during regular office hours at the KSL Broadcast House ...

  • Mia Love announces 2014 congressional candidacy

    SALT LAKE CITY — Saturday, Mia Love tossed her hat into the ring a second time as candidate for the 4th Congressional District. Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love told the Utah Republican Organizing Convention Saturday she would be running for the 4th District seat in Congress in 2014. "We have some unfinished business with Jim Matheson," she said. In the 2012 general ...


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Frost/Nixon

Frost/Nixon

When British talk show host David Frost interviewed disgraced ex-President Richard Nixon on television in 1977, it was viewed by many as the trial that Nixon never had. And, while he didnt go so far as to admit criminal guilt, Nixon did concede his involvement in a cover up and said that ... ...

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  • Hundreds of volunteers tackle service projects in Salt Lake City

    Eric Smith, left, and Scott McLeod work on a yard project with other Young Single Adult volunteers in Salt Lake City on Saturday, May 18, 2013. Around 1000 YSA volunteers are working on various projects in Salt Lake ...

  • More research needed on lowering blood alcohol limit both sides say

    SALT LAKE CITY - Sen. John Valentine, the legislator behind most of the recent changes to Utah's liquor laws, said Wednesday it's too soon to say whether he will sponsor a bill next session lowering the blood alcohol level for impaired driving. "The recommendation just came out yesterday," the Orem Republican told reporters after an interim legislative meeting that included ...

  • James Evans elected as new Utah GOP chairman

    SANDY (AP) - Several thousand Republicans convened in Sandy where James Evans was selected as the new leader of the Utah Republican Party at the annual organizing convention. Delegates at Saturday's daylong event chose from three candidates vying to replace the outgoing chairman and consider proposals to adjust the party's process for nominating candidates. Evans was the nominee ...

  • Refugee Boy Scout collects soccer balls to donate help other refugees

    SALT LAKE CITY - A refugee teenager is using his favorite hobby to give back to the community and earn his Boy Scout Eagle award by collecting and donating soccer balls. Kicking around a soccer ball is more than a past time for 13-year-old Joj Kwizera. The refugee said he grew up playing soccer in Congo, and now he competes and practices at least four days a week in his Salt Lake City ...

  • Never feed a bear among safety tips offered by DWR

    SALT LAKE CITY - The state Division of Wildlife Resources is offering safety tips to prevent bears from being attracted to campsites so campers can avoid tragedy this summer. Black bears, the only bears that live in Utah, are usually scared of people and will do anything they can to avoid humans, said John Shivik, mammals coordinator for the DWR. "That can change, though, if a bear starts ...

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