On May 4, officials with the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office and the Attorney Generals Office raided a home in Koosharem. The raid was in response to a warrant on Roger Jackman Jr., age 54, who was suspected of downloading and distributing child pornography. The Attorney Generals Office provided a mobile […]
Ephraim’s City Council voted to increase the cities impact fees from $6,269 to $14,440. Impact fees are used as a way for municipalities to deal with growth. The four categories that will be raised include wastewater, culinary water, roads and parks and recreation. Wastewater has been raised from $1,107 to […]
A Mt. Pleasant native has been named Chairman of the Utah Republican Party. Carson Jorgensen was named as the new Chairman, taking the place of Chairman Brown, at the Utah GOP convention held the weekend of May. 1. Jorgensen shared in a joint statement with Vice Chair Hess, Secretary Horlacher […]
In a special online meeting held by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on May 1, president of the Church Russel M. Nelson announced that a new temple was to be built in the city of Ephraim. In the meeting the prophet shared that the pioneers sacrificed […]
Four young ladies will be participating in the Miss Manti pageant this Saturday. The event is scheduled to take place in person this year after being canceled last year because of COVID. The contestants are Bethany Christensen, Alexis Christensen, Hope Marsing and Keyera Braithwaite. Each girl has developed a platform […]
Early in the morning of Apr. 26, Kane County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call about a hiker that had fallen and hit his head. Jeffrey Bowden, age 55 from Cedar City, was hiking with a friend in an area known as Fat Man’s Misery located east of Zion National […]
In a post to their Facebook page on Apr. 26, the Emery County Sheriff’s Office shared that a 24 year old man lost his life in a hiking accident in a side canyon of Cottonwood Canyon above Orangeville. The victim, Matthew J. Schnitzer from New York, had been camping in […]
In a message sent by the Missionary Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to church leaders on Apr. 23, the church encouraged all missionaries and prospective missionaries to get a COVID-19 vaccine. For missionaries already serving their mission, leaders will monitor the availability of the […]
Just after 5:30 p.m. on Apr. 21 the Circleville, Marysville and Junction fire departments responded to a fire inside a business on Main Street in Circleville. According to Piute County Shariff’s Deputy Matt Whittaker, it appears the fire started in a woodshop in the back of Mike’s Arcade where the […]
Leticia Rodriguez is the newest Miss Gunnison. She is the daughter of Gelascio and Destainy Rodriguez. Her platform focused on helping remove the stigma of talking about suicide. For her talent she performed a self-choreographed jazz solo to “Uptown Funk.” Whitney Christensen and Brendee Ellett were both named attendants. Christensen […]
