The Utah Legislature has formed a bipartisan Redistricting committee to gather information and public input in order to recommend new district boundaries. These boundaries determine state legislative and congressional districts and are required to be looked at every ten years. Rep. Carl Albrect, who is on the committee stated that […]
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 […]
A federal judge ruled on Jan. 12 that an exploratory project for helium can proceed in Emery County, rejecting claims by the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance that federal land managers failed to appropriately weigh its potential impacts. Judge Rudolph Contreras stated that because of the supply shortage of helium, the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The governor of Utah says nine rural counties will move into the green health risk status beginning Friday after recording some of the state’s lowest COVID-19 case counts and hospitalization rates. KUTV-TV reported that the counties are Beaver, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Millard, Piute, Uintah […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police are identifying two young sisters who died in flash flooding that sent torrents of water roaring into a narrow canyon in the Utah desert. Authorities said Thursday that 7-year-old McKinzley and 3-year-old Elexia Graff were hiking with their mother and uncle in Little Wildhorse […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two sisters ages 7 and 3 have died in flash flooding that sent torrents of water roaring into a narrow canyon in the Utah desert. Authorities said Tuesday that at least 21 others escaped the flooding in Little Wildhorse Canyon. The older girl’s body was […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 7-year-old girl has died and her 3-year-old sister is missing after flash flooding sent torrents of water into a narrow canyon in the Utah desert. Authorities said Tuesday that at least 21 others escaped the flooding in Little Wildhorse Canyon. The Emery County Sheriff’s […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Sheriff’s officials say flash flooding in a Utah canyon has killed one person. The Emery County Sheriff’s Office says at least 21 others escaped the flooding in Little Wildhorse Canyon. Agencies were looking for others who may have been stranded. The sheriff’s office says that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A second passenger has sued the Greyhound bus company and a driver who authorities say fell asleep before the bus careened off a road in the Utah desert two years ago, killing one person and injured 12 others. Clemente Velazquez of Rogers, Arkansas, says in […]
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 […]
