Sevier School District saw improved proficiency rates from students despite the pandemic. A report by the University of Utah Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute showed that 35 school districts in Utah experienced declines in English language arts proficiency rates in grades three through ten as a direct effect of the […]
(St. George, UT) — Deputy Washington County Attorney Eric Gentry will soon be moving to the 5th District Court bench. On Wednesday, Governor Spencer Cox named Gentry as his choice to replace retiring Judge Michael Westfall. The state Senate will need to confirm Gentry’s nomination. Gentry has served in the […]
(Cedar City, UT) — The State Bank of Southern Utah is donating more than 50-thousand dollars to three Cedar City nonprofit agencies. The new member-matching grant program is providing the Cedar City Housing Authority, Habitat for Humanity of Southwest Utah, and NeighborWork Mountain Country Home Solutions each with 17-thousand-500 dollars. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Republican Bruce Hough will be among the candidates hoping to replace Second District Congressman Chris Stewart later this year. The lieutenant governor’s office confirmed yesterday that the former state Republican chairman has gathered enough signatures to make the primary ballot. He joins G-O-P candidates Celeste […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A big percentage of Utahns like the job Governor Spencer Cox is doing. The latest Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows 63-percent of people surveyed approve of Cox, a figure that’s been pretty steady over the past six months. Cox had 63-percent approval in […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The state Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether the Legislature has essentially unreviewable power to draw a map of Utah’s congressional districts that watered down the votes of Democrats. In 2021 the Republican-dominated Legislature created a map that carved up Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County […]
(Undated) — The Now Hiring sign will be out at a virtual job fair on Thursday. More than 50 employers will be participating in the job fair the Utah Department of Workforce Services is hosting. The virtual job fair will feature more than a thousand open positions in fields including […]
(Panguitch, UT) — The Paiute Indian Tribe is confirming the discovery of the bodies of 12 Native American children in an unmarked cemetery in southern Utah. Researchers from Utah State University conducted a study of a historic boarding school in Panguitch where tribal children were taken between 1904 and 1909. […]
(Kane County, UT) — A state agency is looking for information about the illegal killing of a buck deer in southern Utah. The Division of Wildlife Resources said yesterday they were informed about the discovery of a dead deer in Kane County last month. Investigators sent to the area found […]
(Cedar City, UT) — Authorities are identifying the two teenagers killed in an Iron County crash last week. The Utah Department of Public Safety said 19-year-old Alexia de Campos died while riding in a vehicle that rolled over north of Parowan on Friday. Friends and family identified the other as […]
