The Sixth District Judicial Nominating Commission has announced the nominees being considered to replace Judge Marvin Bagley, who is retiring September 30. The nominees include Kent Burggraaf, city attorney for Kanab; Arik Butler, former Sanpete County deputy county attorney, who now works in the Attorney General’s office; Jeffrey Makin, senior […]
(Cedar City, UT) — A boy is in the hospital following an accident involving a water container in Iron County. The sheriff’s office says the child was in the back of a pickup truck Tuesday when he was pinned by the water container. The container had been strapped in but […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The man convicted of killing a Cedar City woman in 1998 has been put to death. Taberon Honie was executed just after midnight at the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City after more than two decades of being on death row. He was […]
On Aug. 4, Piute County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fight in Junction. According to a post on the Piute County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, “multiple people were involved in the fight and the fight was broken up by deputies. A 19-year-old male suffered serious injuries as a result from […]
(Sevier, UT) — A wildfire burning an hour north of Cedar City is nearing full containment. Officials announced this past weekend management was being handed over to a local incident team because crews have reached 88 percent containment on the Silver King Fire. Firefighters will have to stay at the […]
(Cedar City, UT) — A Cedar City college is nearly doubling its police force. Southern Utah University recently swore in five new officers to the department, bringing the total number to nine. One of the new officers is filling in a position that was left vacant. The department explained three […]
(Cedar City, UT) — Death row inmate Taberon Honie is asking the governor of Utah to delay his execution. Honie’s legal team wrote to Spencer Cox last week asking to put off the execution to make sure it is done safely, claiming the process has been rushed and could end […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Results of a recount in the Republican primary for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District show incumbent U.S. Rep. Celeste Maloy still narrowly leads her opponent. The recount was completed Monday. The Associated Press is not calling the race until the resolution of a pending legal challenge […]
(St. George, UT) — The results of Utah’s 2nd Congressional Primary Election recount are expected to be released today. Colby Jenkins requested a recount against Republican incumbent Celeste Maloy when he trailed by an amount of votes within the threshold that allows him to do so. The results were expected […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State Rep. Phil Lyman is asking Utah’s top court to make him the Republican gubernatorial nominee in the upcoming November election. Lyman lost to Governor Spencer Cox in the June 25th Primary Election and filed his pro se request with the state Supreme Court last […]
