Recently, Millard county has been affected by a rash of thefts involving scrap metal, copper wire, automobile catalytic converters and other items. Current pricing of certain metals and materials has increased in the scrap and recycle industry which often results in the increase of theft of these items. According to […]
On Mar. 11 elected officials from city and town governments in Sevier County, along with mortgage lenders, commercial real estate developers, residential developers, planning commissions, and planners presented their perspective on the current housing conditions in the county. A lack of affordable housing, along with a lack of housing overall, […]
Just before 2:00 p.m. on Mar. 9, authorities responded to an ATV crash that occurred in the mountains west of Richfield, about 2.5 miles into the Dairy Canyon trail. 67 year old Kenneth Lone from Sevier County rolled his ATV over and initial reports were that he had suffered head […]
On Mar. 2 the winners of the 2021 Sterling Scholar awards were announced along with their runners up. This included many students representing our central Utah area high schools. The winners and runners up are listed below. World Languages Winner – Kaitlyn Chidester (Manti) Runner Up – Eneli Silva (North […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A watered-down version of a bill that would start a process for Dixie State University to change its name has passed in the GOP-dominated Utah Senate. The measure easily passed the full Senate on Wednesday despite several Republicans voicing concerns that the legislation is a […]
Two trucking companies in Sevier County are going to be less busy in the future. Over the weekend of Feb. 26-28, it was announced that Barney Trucking and Robinson Transport would no longer be under contract with Wolverine Fuels, for whom they delivered coal out of the Sufco, Skyline and […]
A hot air balloon made a premature landing during the hot air balloon festival held in Kanab over the weekend of Feb. 19-21. On Feb. 20 a hot air balloon with three people on board, the pilot and two passengers, started to suddenly descend when winds unexpectedly picked up. The […]
Conservation officers with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources are seeking help to find individuals involved with a deer poaching in south- central Utah. In late January, two mature mule deer bucks were poached on the Fillmore-Oak Creek limited entry deer unit in south-central Utah. Whoever killed the deer hacked […]
Over 30 pounds of drugs were confiscated from an individual after a Richfield city police officer stopped a vehicle from Minnesota on the evening of Feb. 7. The officer reported that after pulling over Cassandra Miller, age 28, he could smell marijuana and a Utah Highway Patrol Trooper’s K-9 later […]
