POSTED // Jun 13,2012 - Tony Vainuku launched clothing company Soulpro in late 2011 and has seen the response to the line go viral, with locals and NFL players sporting the brand.

POSTED // Jun 6,2012 - Ken Kurtz is an animal-dental-care technician who lives in Newport Beach, Calif., and travels around the country putting his hands in the mouths of huge dogs.

POSTED // May 30,2012 - "We are definitely trying to “show” as much as possible. That’s why I moved to Detroit and worked on the film every day for a year. I didn’t want to fly in, ask a few questions and leave."

POSTED // May 23,2012 - Heather Sneddon is the new executive director of Utah Lawyers for the Arts, a group founded in 1983 as a matching organization for volunteer attorneys and artists who are seeking legal help.

POSTED // May 16,2012 - Patricia Modesto is Utah’s 2012 Samba Queen, winning the title in March when she competed against Utah’s hottest samba dancers in Samba Fogo’s third annual Samba Queen competition.

POSTED // May 9,2012 - There’s an estimate that on any given night in the United States, about 150,000 severely mentally ill people are homeless and in the streets. If I said, “On any given night there are 150,000 people with severe, end-stage cancer—who can’t afford their medications and can’t work because their illness is so severe—sleeping on the streets,” there would be a national emergency.

POSTED // May 2,2012 - We enjoy steampunk and wanted to incorporate it into what we do, because it doesn’t alienate the culture of Utah and is also a great way to inspire the younger crowd to embrace an element of ingenuity, poise and elegance.

POSTED // Apr 24,2012 - Sara Librandi burst onto the Utah political scene as organizer of the local Unite Against the War on Women protest, part of a 50-state event. Protesters will gather April 28, from noon to 2 p.m., at the south stairs of the Utah Capitol

POSTED // Apr 18,2012 - After the death of his mother in 2011, Utah Valley University student Wade Haskell joined the Heart & Soul suicide support group. After experiencing the power of the group, Haskell realized that college students could benefit from a group of their own.

POSTED // Apr 11,2012 - Mickey Ibarra served as assistant to former President Bill Clinton and was the director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.