A hot air balloon made a premature landing during the hot air balloon festival held in Kanab over the weekend of Feb. 19-21. On Feb. 20 a hot air balloon with three people on board, the pilot and two passengers, started to suddenly descend when winds unexpectedly picked up. The […]
Conservation officers with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources are seeking help to find individuals involved with a deer poaching in south- central Utah. In late January, two mature mule deer bucks were poached on the Fillmore-Oak Creek limited entry deer unit in south-central Utah. Whoever killed the deer hacked […]
Over 30 pounds of drugs were confiscated from an individual after a Richfield city police officer stopped a vehicle from Minnesota on the evening of Feb. 7. The officer reported that after pulling over Cassandra Miller, age 28, he could smell marijuana and a Utah Highway Patrol Trooper’s K-9 later […]
In memory of Bill Crane and Don Naser, Snow college is seeking donations to help establish a $35,000+ endowment. The college states that this endowment will support Snow College Richfield students for generations to come. As of Feb. 5, the college is about one third of the way to reaching […]
On Tuesday Feb 2nd the Sanpete County Republican Party elected Jared Buchanan to replace Interim Sheriff Gary Larson. Larson was appointed as Interim Sheriff on January 4th, 2021 when Brian Nielsen left Sanpete County after 10 years. Nielsen was appointed by, then Governor Elect, Spencer Cox to serve as Director […]
Sanpete County has approved a budget of $16.6 million. While most local government institutions in Utah are seeing a decline in revenue, the county is expecting a two percent raise from last years $16.2 million. Taxes are expected to account for about 50 percent of the counties revenue. Several projects […]
Early in the afternoon of Jan. 27, authorities responded to a rollover crash on SR 118 a couple miles South of Richfield. According to Utah Highway Patrol Sargent Clay Morgan, a single female was driving south on SR 118 when the vehicle she was driving drifted off the right side […]
MILLARD COUNTY, Utah (AP) — Authorities in Utah say three people were killed and a fourth person injured during a rollover accident on a gravel road near the Nevada border. An off-duty Millard County Sheriff’s Office deputy encountered the surviving victim on the side of the road following the Friday […]
An incident Thursday morning has resulted in an Ephraim man being taken into custody. Officers were dispatched to a home in Ephraim after receiving a report of a man threatening to ignite the home with gas from a stove. When officers arrived on the scene, they discovered the man had […]
The Sevier County jail is dealing with a small outbreak of COVID-19 cases. Recent testing at the jail has revealed that 22 inmates currently have the Coronavirus. Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis shared his thoughts on the situation saying, “it was something that was inevitable.” Curtis also shared that the […]
