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Community good news in Utah.

Neighbors, towns, and small decisions that change a life. 3 verified stories from Utah, including Woods Cross, Taylorsville, and Salt Lake City. Each one is checked and linked to the original report.

A brick high school building with a lawn and no students in the frame

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Woods Cross, Utah

Every English-language learner at Woods Cross High graduated last year

Using about $270,000 in School LAND Trust money for after-school help, summer credit recovery, and student advocates, Woods Cross raised its English-learner graduation rate from 92 percent to 100 percent.

Verified · KSL

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A store aisle of packaged Halloween costumes under a sign that reads Gamer

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Taylorsville, Utah

Coats, costumes, and cocoa for more than 500 Taylorsville families

The Family Support Center gave out free winter coats and Halloween costumes for children from newborns to teens, and plans another costume giveaway on October 21.

Verified · KSL

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Green prickly pear cactus pads with pink flowers growing in dry grass

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Salt Lake City, Utah

Volunteers plant 1,500 prickly pear cacti on a Salt Lake burn scar

Salt Lake City Public Lands, University of Utah volunteers, and a corrections greenhouse program are replanting the Bonneville Fire foothills to hold the slopes.

Verified · KSL

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