Officers from the Iron, Garfield, Beaver County Task Force along with Garfield County Deputies and one member from the Piute County Sheriff’s Office were all involved in the home arrest of Roxanne Abner-Simpkins on Dec. 28. During the arrest, over one pound of Methamphetamine, along with a substantial amount of […]
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 […]
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) — The Utah State Board of Education has approved a waiver to allow an elementary school to operate on a four-day per week schedule. The Deseret News reported Boulder Elementary School in Garfield County will make the shift beginning in the fall term. The education board […]
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 […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors have canceled a jury trial scheduled for a man accused of starting one of the largest wildfires in Utah history. The Daily Herald reported the state dismissed a misdemeanor charge of burning during a closed fire season against 63-year-old Robert Ray Lyman. A misdemeanor reckless […]
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 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Chinese-based travel company overseeing a U.S. trip that ended in a deadly tour bus crash in Utah is defending its licensing and the new company bus driver who was at the wheel. The U-Tour Group in Shanghai, China, said in a statement Monday that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities rescued four women who got stuck in a narrow slot canyon while hiking in southern Utah because of deep water levels they weren’t expecting. Garfield County spokeswoman Denise Dastrup said Monday that four experienced hikers ranging in age from 40 to 53 went hiking […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities have rescued a woman who became wedged in a narrow slow canyon while hiking in southern Utah. The Deseret News reports that Garfield County spokeswoman Denise Dastrup said Monday that the woman was part of a group from the Denver area that went hiking […]
