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CommunityRebuilding Together Richmond and more than 100 volunteers rebuilt porches, steps, and safer entries for older homeowners on fixed incomes in Petersburg.
Verified · WTVR CBS 6
AnimalsMontana Fish, Wildlife and Parks game wardens and a bear specialist caught the cub, cut off the plastic jar, and let it go unhurt.
Verified · NonStop Local / MontanaRightNow
HeroesTwo women and 67 men, with service years from 1947 to 2011, returned Wednesday night to a cheering crowd at Fresno Yosemite International Airport.
Verified · FOX26
CommunityThe Blue & You Foundation honored Providence Park, which offers permanent homes and on-site medical, mental health, and dental care, and is planning 400 tiny homes.
Verified · KATV
HeroesDeputy Matthew Arrington kept giving back blows until a piece of sandwich came free and a Siegel High student could breathe. He received a Letter of Commendation.
Verified · WSMV 4
CommunityThe 1.3-mile Goose Island Connector Trail opened with a ribbon cutting. Most of the $365,000 cost came from a state transportation grant.
Verified · WIZM
CommunityThe second phase, paid for by a local sales tax, adds nine ballfields, including an adaptive field, plus two playgrounds and a concession building.
Verified · The Wichita Eagle
CommunityColumbus City Schools and the Columbus Metropolitan Library started the trips at Liberty Elementary. Nearly 4,500 students at 79 schools are included.
Verified · WSYX
CommunityThe Heart of New Ulm Community Fridge and Freezer sits near the children's room. No forms, no signup, and no library card are required.
Verified · MPR News
CommunityWin and Elaine Dermody cleaned a half-mile of Steamboat's Core Trail for eight years. The Veterans Center of Northwest Colorado is taking that section.
Verified · Steamboat Radio
CommunityResidents helped design the $2.23 million park, which includes inclusive play, a rain garden, and a place for vendors.
Verified · WWMT
HeroesRebuilding Together Northern Nevada and Lowe's gave Army and Air Force veteran Floyd Payton a working oven, a new porch, lighting, and smoke detectors.
Verified · KOLO 8
ScienceNature Conservancy staff and Southeastern Oklahoma State volunteers worked at Pontotoc Ridge Preserve while hundreds of millions of birds pass over the state.
Verified · KOSU / StateImpact Oklahoma
CommunityStudents, parents, and neighbors at Mendoza Elementary spread 44 tons of donated rock, built benches, painted a dinosaur mural, and laid a River of Kindness of painted stones.
Verified · Las Vegas Sun
AnimalsShelter staff built a wheelchair from Hot Wheels and rulers for a stray kitten with a back injury. Tattoo artist Hope Hollandsworth adopted him.
Verified · The Washington Post
HeroesRaymond Chen knew he was too small to lift Jade Chen out of the water. He pushed her to the poolside after a leg cramp made her start to sink.
Verified · NBC Los Angeles
CommunityOccupational therapist Lindsay Kraun founded CP Soccer Atlanta after a patient said he wanted to play. Eight-year-old goalie Tayden Merrell says it means he is not alone.
Verified · 11Alive (WXIA)
CommunityA multigenerational group of Latina women at Mercado Local crochets pieces that now hang in downtown trees, in a partnership with the city.
Verified · KARE 11
HeroesVeterinarian Lisa Coder started Feed Sioux Falls last November after worrying about families going hungry. The Heritage Park giveaway began with coffee and grew to sandwiches, toiletries, and more.
Verified · Dakota News Now
AnimalsIn the 10 months since the Greenland crossing opened near Castle Rock, drivers hit two animals on a stretch that used to see about one collision a day.
Verified · The Colorado Sun
HeroesBeHeard, which runs mobile showers and laundry, hired John Vose and then gathered more than 40 people in a few weeks to buy him a trailer of his own.
Verified · KTUL (NewsChannel 8)
Health & TechNew England Cancer Specialists expects its first CAR T infusion in November, so fewer Mainers have to travel to Boston. One Dresden patient treated in Boston says doctors cannot find detectable cancer cells. That is her case, not a guarantee.
Verified · Portland Press Herald
AnimalsForty-one dogs and one cat were removed from unsanitary conditions. Each will be spayed or neutered before adoption, and care may cost more than $15,000.
Verified · FOX 7
CommunityFor the fifth year, florists in West Market Square gave people two flowers each, one to keep and one to give away, joining more than 700 shops nationwide in Petal It Forward.
Verified · WABI