POSTED // Dec 22,2011 - Don't miss out on some great opportunities to give back to your community, such as donating used hearing aids to benefit disadvantaged Utah children.

POSTED // Dec 21,2011 - Ryan McDonald's newspaper colleagues might see his byline more than his face in the office, since his movement is restricted to a wheelchair and the Chronicle office is located on the third floor of the student union building, which has no wheelchair access.

POSTED // Dec 15,2011 - For a good last-minute gift idea, save a furry life by attending a holiday pet-adoption sale.

POSTED // Dec 14,2011 - While Rex Newton’s failure to listen has caused him constant grief, it may also be the only key to getting him help. Despite having spent the past decade cycling through the Salt Lake City courts on 20 different charges ranging from evictions to trespassing and making bogus 911 calls, this felony charge will be the first time Newton is placed in Salt Lake County’s Mental Health Court, where the court can supervise Newton’s compliance with treatment in a structured fashion.

POSTED // Dec 8,2011 - The holidays are upon us and overflowing with opportunities to give back. Drop by the Ten Thousand Villages store for a sale to benefit El Salvador medical clinics.

POSTED // Dec 7,2011 - Why the accident occurred is a mystery—it was determined that the Yellow Cab driver, Sarbjit Singh, was neither distracted nor intoxicated. For Tarr’s attorney, Larry Long, the bigger mystery is why the Salt Lake City prosecutor’s office charged the driver with a class C misdemeanor for an accident that took one person's life and changed another’s forever.

POSTED // Dec 1,2011 - It’s December, which means it’s official—the redistricting process has come down to the city level, and that means you need to comment on Salt Lake City’s plans to redraw maps

POSTED // Nov 30,2011 - “As a Buddhist, I wish you peace,” says a man’s voice on a grainy cell-phone recording. While the words wish peace, the tone says “back off,” as the man struggles to be heard over the clash of drum music to tell members of Utah’s Falun Gong community that they would have to leave

POSTED // Nov 25,2011 - The holiday season is a great time to give of yourself, even if all you can give is the coat off your back—or any coat, even that Mister Rogers cardigan that’s been collecting dust in your closet.

POSTED // Nov 23,2011 - More than a week after a small army of Salt Lake City police officers evicted the Occupy Salt Lake City protesters from their Pioneer Park encampment, refugees of the movement are still occupying public spaces.