Ignition for the South Monroe Prescribed Fire Project began Sunday Nov. 3. Ignition areas for the fire include Langdon Mountain, Big Table, and Bean Hill. The Richfield Ranger District says they plan to burn 1,200-2,000 acres on the project located in Piute County. Hand ignitions were used […]
A car crashed into the west side of Zions Bank in Richfield just before noon on Oct. 31. The driver, an 81-year-old male, was pulling up to the side of the building when, according to the report he gave police, he accidentally pushed down on the gas pedal instead of […]
Thousands of people find their Christmas and holiday trees on public lands every year. The BLM Utah will begin selling non-commercial permits to cut pinyon pine, juniper, and fir trees on Nov. 4. The Manti-La Sal National Forest will begin selling Christmas tree permits Nov. 18 until sold out […]
Update: The Leamington fire is now contained with a little help from some snow on Oct. 27. Fire crews will continue to monitor the area for the next few days. 3,700 total acres were burned in the fire. A fire broke out in west Millard county on Oct. 26 […]
Early in the afternoon of the 25, fire crews responded to a fire inside a building belonging to Dogberry located on the east side of Richfield next to Whites Sanitation. The building that caught fire is where Dogberry does a lot of painting so the building contained a lot […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say several Utah hospitals were placed on lockdown or otherwise heightened their security following alleged threats of a shooting and that a man was arrested in the case. Unified Police Sgt. Melody Gray said Wednesday three hospitals in the Salt Lake City area and […]
An Ephraim man riding a motorcycle up Ephraim Canyon Monday evening died after hitting a vehicle coming the other direction head-on. According to a report from the Utah Highway Patrol 46-year-old Jody Brown was riding his Suzuki motorcycle up Ephraim Canyon Road just past 5:30 pm. He was going at […]
A rancher in Mayfield is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for shooting and killing his family’s livestock. Mark Mecham of Mayfield said in a Facebook post that his family returned from a happy family occasion Wednesday, October 16 […]
Three Sevier County residents have been arrested after allegedly burglarizing a home in Central Valley. According to a report from Sevier County Sheriff Nate Curtis deputies were called to a house at 80 N. Main Street in Central Valley on Sunday, October 13. Deputies met with the daughter and son-in-law […]
CENTERFIELD, Utah (AP) — Utah pumpkin suppliers have announced a shortage of pumpkins after cold temperatures were reported statewide. KSL-TV reported Thursday that a freeze last week left Beck Family Farms short of pumpkins and is believed to have affected other suppliers. Suppliers at the Centerfield farm say they usually grow about […]
