CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — Officials in a southern Utah city are considering whether to preserve a painted image of a Native American and the name “Redmen” on a water tank or allow it to be changed. The Spectrum reports the Cedar City Council reviewed last week two competing resolutions on the […]
An Annabella woman is facing multiple charges after she’s believed to have burglarized her own mother’s home, according to Richfield City Police. Officials say 45-year-old Tara Evans was arrested on Sunday after her mother had come home from a trip to find her in the house. Evans didn’t have a […]
A spokesman for Utah Republican Congressman Rob Bishop says Colorado, Nevada and Utah could each gain about 50 federal employees as the U.S. Bureau of Land Management shifts its headquarters and some of its workforce out of the nation’s capital. The spokesman, Austin Hacker, said Monday another 150 bureau jobs […]
Fire Crews are working to contain a wildfire burning Northeast of Delta on the Millard and Juab County lines. The Leamington Pass Fire is about one Mile North of Leamington Pass. The fire is 250 acres as of Friday morning and officials report they’ve made good progress and gained 30% […]
The Emery County Sheriff’s Office is sending out a warning after they rescued a group of Boy Scouts from Cedar City on the Green River Wednesday. According to a post on Facebook, Emery County Officials helped over 20 scouts and leader to safety. The group was using mostly homemade canoes […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Nephi man has been charged with the murder of a woman whose naked body was found on a hillside in western Utah. The Deseret News reports that 43-year-old Cody Alexander Young was charged Monday at a court in Juab County with manslaughter, a second-degree […]
One man is dead after being hit by a semi tractor on I-70 in Sevier County Sunday afternoon. According to the Utah Highway Patrol, 18-year-old Leon Reyes of Elsinore died at the scene of the crash around 2:20 p.m. on Westbound I-70 near mile marker 38. The semi driver, 65-year-old Abel […]
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — A father and his teenage daughter who survived being struck by lightning last month say they feel lucky that fellow attendees at the youth conference had the medical training needed to help keep them alive until first responders arrived. The Deseret News reports that Scott Robinson and […]
Fire officials had a busy 4th of July. According to Sevier County Sheriff Nate Curtis, crews responded to nine fires on Thursday. Curtis says a lot of weeds burned and a manure pile. One truck near the freeway in Richfield burned. Another burned during the parade near Ashman Elementary after […]
UPDATE– The Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of the men involved in the plane crash east of Ephraim on Monday. They are John Weber (63) from Scottsdale, Arizona and Thomas Bjork (66) from Orangevale, California. Officials have confirmed the crash of a small plane east of Ephraim […]
