On July 2, a new wildfire started burning in Millard county. The Monk Springs fire is believed to have been started by a lightning strike and is burning about six miles Southeast of Kanosh. As of July 5, the fire has burned 170 acres and is 70 percent contained. There […]
Manti City is still under a boil advisory for their culinary water until at least Saturday morning. Water samples have been sent to the State for evaluation, and results will hopefully be back by then. For updates, check Facebook.com/Manti City or midutahradio.com. You can also listen to Mid-Utah Radio for […]
Manti City has issued a drinking water boil advisory for the next 24 hours. City officials reported they found cloudy water in the drinking water system on Thursday, coming out of two springs east of Manti. The springs have been turned out of the water system and the storage tank […]
SALT LAKE CITY — With thousands of visitors expected to spend their Fourth of July weekend enjoying the outdoors, the risk of human-caused wildfire increases. Fire restrictions are in effect across all public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management in Utah to help reduce the risk of wildfires […]
On June 29, authorities in Garfield County made a call to the Department of Public Safety for assistance in rescuing two individuals who were stuck due to a flash flood. The two individuals were hiking in a slot canyon in the Escalante area when there was a flash flood. They […]
U.S. Senator Mike Lee has announced that he will be holding an agriculture townhall in Sevier County. The townhall is scheduled for Wednesday, June 30, at 7:00 p.m. and will be held at the Sevier County Fairgrounds at 410 East 200 South in Richfield. In the announcement Lee stated that […]
Due to widespread fire danger and record breaking dry-hot conditions. The Bureau of Land Management, Richfield Field Office, and Henry Mountain Field Station, within the Color Country District will increase their fire restrictions to Stage 2 beginning Wednesday, June 30 at 12:01 a.m. in the following counties: Sanpete, Sevier, Wayne, […]
On June 22 authorities responded to a house fire just south of Spring City. The fire department was able to get the fire under control and everyone inside the home was accounted for. Currently, it is unknown how the fire started. Once it is safe to do so a fire […]
Around 9:30 p.m. on June 21, the Utah Highway Patrol reports that a vehicle, a Pontiac Grand Prix, and a motorcycle were traveling down Milford’s Main Street at a high rate of Speed. While traveling at a high rate of speed the driver of the Grand Prix lost control of […]
Due to current and forecasted weather conditions coupled with the extremely dry vegetation conditions in Sanpete County, the State Forester has determined that measures must be taken to prevent the ignition of forest and rangeland fires. Therefore, Sanpete County has enacted stage two fire restrictions. Those restrictions are as follows. […]
