(Garfield County, UT) – An inmate in the Garfield County Jail was found dead in his cell. The Sheriff’s Office says the unidentified man was unresponsive when guards found him over the weekend. Details about how the man died have not been released, but a task force has been called […]
(Panguitch, UT) — Garfield Memorial Hospital is welcoming its first baby of 2022. The hospital says that Madilyn Meisenbach was born early Saturday. She is the third child of Dani and Shane Meisenbach of Escalante. The hospital said yesterday that the baby and her mother were both doing well.
The Sixth District Judicial Nominating Commission has selected nominees for a vacancy on the Sixth District Court. The Vacancy is a result of the retirement of Judge Wallace A. Lee happening Apr. 1. The nominees for this vacancy are: county attorney Kevin Daniels, deputy county attorney Mandy Larsen, attorney Michael […]
In a post to their Facebook Page on July 14, the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office shared a press release regarding a situation where a 19 year old individual was charged with a hate crime for crumpling up and stomping on a back the blue sign in Panguitch. According to the […]
The ACLU of Utah says it is extremely troubled by the decision of the Garfield County Attorney’s Office to add a hate crime enhancement against a woman who crumbled up a sign backing police officers and then stomped on it in front of an officer. According to a probable cause […]
To prevent human-caused wildfires, Central Utah Inter-agency Fire Managers are implementing Stage 2 Fire Restrictions beginning July 6 on all federally administered public lands, State Lands and private lands in Juab, Millard, Beaver, Piute, Wayne, Garfield and Sevier Counties. The following acts are prohibited until fire danger decreases and fire […]
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 […]
Due to widespread fire danger and record breaking dry-hot conditions. The Bureau of Land Management, Richfield Field Office, and Henry Mountain Field Station, within the Color Country District will increase their fire restrictions to Stage 2 beginning Wednesday, June 30 at 12:01 a.m. in the following counties: Sanpete, Sevier, Wayne, […]
Due to increasing potential for human-caused wildfire activity and extreme fire danger, Central Utah Interagency Fire Managers are implementing stage 1 fire restrictions beginning Wednesday, June 16 on all federally administered public lands in Juab, Millard, Beaver, Piute, Wayne, Garfield, Sevier and Sanpete counties. Fire restrictions apply to federally administered […]
On June 1, Garfield County received a call regarding a 21 year old male who has been hiking from Mexico, over eight hundred miles, and was on the Hayduke Trail of BLM Grand Staircase when he fell off a cliff. He fell approximately 60 feet landing on his face and […]
