In the summer of 2021, a storm swept through and devastated the small town of Enoch, Utah. The flash flood made national news and caused millions of dollars in damages there and in nearby Cedar City. But in the following days, the community locked arms and began to rebuild homes and support the families that needed help.

Wednesday’s murder-suicide in Enoch claimed that eight members of the same family rocked the small community of about 7,500 people.

According to Enoch City Councilman Richard Jensen, “We banded together, we worked together. There was lots of hugs and tears, and looking after each other … We’ll do the same.”

At the table with Chairman Mao — the story behind the controversial Cedar City-born journalist who witnessed a revolution

In the summer of 1931, a 24-year-old college dropout from Cedar City stepped off the boat in Shanghai, China to get a “real world” education. At the time, Helen Foster Snow was an aspiring writer. But her journalism didn't just win her accolades and notoriety, her stories from inside China, before and during Chairman Mao’s Cultural Revolution fundamentally changed the way we view people on “the other side” of a geopolitical conflict.

Read about her life and work here.

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