One person is dead after a drowning at Palisade State Park East of Sterling. According to Utah State Park officials two young men were swimming around 5:00 p.m. Jun. 3 when they started to struggle due to heavy winds causing waves on the water and water temperatures in the 40s. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah has set a new record for winter visits to state ski areas and resorts. Ski Utah says just over seven-million skiers came to the state during the 2022-23 ski season. That’s up 22-percent from the record set last year. Ski Utah says those visits […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox declared June Pride Month yesterday in a slightly different way than during his first two years in office. Cox’s 2023 Pride Month declaration said, “The state of Utah values the uniqueness of all individuals within our communities and recognizes that everyone has […]
(Washington, DC) — Utah’s Republican U.S. senators split in yesterday’s vote on the debt ceiling bill. Mike Lee was one of 36 senators who voted against the bill while the 63 senators who voted for it included Mitt Romney. The measure suspends the debt ceiling until January of 2025, erasing […]
On May 29, Garfield County Sheriff’s Office received a report that human remains had been discovered in the Mount Dutton area near Dry Hallow. Upon arrival, first responders discovered the body of an adult male in a state of decomposition after succumbing to the elements. After an autopsy comparing dental […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — A wildfire is burning in Zion National Park. The blaze the National Park Service has named the Cedar Hill Fire started sometime before 8 p.m. yesterday in the southwestern section of the park. Wildland firefighters from the Park Service, BLM, Color Country Interagency Fire Center, […]
(St. George, UT) — The Bureau of Land Management is investing more than 19-million dollars to protect native vegetation and riparian species on public lands in Utah. The BLM announced on Wednesday that the funding will focus on two landscape restoration areas, Color Country Converging in Southern Utah and Upper […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A number of candidates are reportedly considering a run to replace Congressman Chris Stewart after he officially announced his resignation yesterday. The chair of the Utah Republican Party says he knows of at least 13 people who are thinking about running. Former GOP Senate candidate […]
(Ivins, UT) — The top tier of women’s professional golf is coming to Southern Utah, and it’s bringing a lot of money. Local and state officials, including Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson, announced on Tuesday the LPGA’s Black Desert Championship will be played at Black Desert Resort in Ivins in May […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah is the most married state in America. New U.S. Bureau figures show only eight-percent of Utah couples living together are not married, by far the lowest rate in the nation. And the Beehive State isn’t home to a lot of single adults. Of the […]
