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Search Expands for Missing Escalante Woman

Search Expands for Missing Escalante Woman

(Escalante, UT) — Authorities expand the search for a missing woman from Escalante across several Utah counties. The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office says the search now covers roughly 10-thousand to 15-thousand square miles after the woman, identified as DeEtte Spencer, was last seen January 26th at a Walmart in Price. […]

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Panguitch Lake Reopens For Fishing After Dam Repairs Made

Panguitch Lake Reopens For Fishing After Dam Repairs Made

(Panguitch, UT) — Utah wildlife officials are allowing anglers back to Panguitch Lake, after temporarily closing the reservoir when cracks were discovered at the dam this month. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources lifted its emergency fishing closure at the reservoir yesterday. The emergency closure was initiated on April 10th […]

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Missing Person in Garfield County

Missing Person in Garfield County

The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the publics help in locating a missing person. In a post to their Facebook page on Nov. 11 they shared that Michelle Clark (also known as Michelle Partridge) was last seen leaving her home in Panguitch during the early hours of Nov. 4. […]

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Garfield County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Help Locating Missing Person

Garfield County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Help Locating Missing Person

The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the publics help in locating a missing person.  William “Bill” Thorpe was last seen disembarking the park shuttle at Bryce Point on Sept. 1 at approximately 3:00p.m. He is approximately 80 years old and was last seen wearing a turquoise shirt, khaki or […]

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Deputies Seize 8,000 Fentanyl Pills

Deputies Seize 8,000 Fentanyl Pills

(Panguitch, UT) — Deputies with the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office have arrested two men for having eight-thousand fentanyl pills. The drugs are worth about 250-thousand-dollars. They were arrested when they were pushing their car to try to start it in the Thunder Mountain Trailhead off state Route 12 on Sunday. […]

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Drug Bust in Garfield County

Drug Bust in Garfield County

On June 5, the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office received a call for a disturbance on Highway 12 near Mile Marker 2. Upon arrival officers observed one man trying to push a red Cadillac, another man in the drivers seat and a woman and juvenile at the scene. While investigating the […]

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This Thursday, July 12, 2018 photo released by Benji Xie shows flooding from a waterfall on the Havasupai reservation in Supai, Ariz. About 200 tourists were being evacuated Thursday from a campground on tribal land near famous waterfalls deep in a gorge off the Grand Canyon. (Benji Xie via AP)

Two Individuals Rescued From Flash Flood in Garfield County

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 […]

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Individual Convicted for Hate Crime in Garfield County

In a post shared on the Garfield County Sheriff’s Facebook page, it was shared that an individual has been convicted for a Hate Crime in Garfield County. Joseph Taft Dawson from Sandy Utah was convicted in Garfield County Sixth District Court on Dec. 4 on a Class A Misdemeanor on […]

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Horse dead after stepping into prairie dog hole in Panguitch

Horse dead after stepping into prairie dog hole in Panguitch

On Apr. 23 a horse died at the horse track in Panguitch after stepping into a prairie dog hole. According to reports, a fifteen year old female was trotting her horse around the racetrack when she fell off just prior to the accident, receiving no injuries. According to the Garfield […]

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The Latest: 3 Chinese tourists still critical from bus crash

The Latest: 3 Chinese tourists still critical from bus crash

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hospital officials say three Chinese tourists remain in critical condition from injuries suffered in a deadly tour bus crash near a national park in southern Utah. Intermountain Healthcare officials said Monday that one other person is in serious condition and eight others are in fair […]

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