Late in the evening on Oct. 16 Park Service Rangers at Zion National park encountered a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. When officers attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver fled Eastbound out of the park. During the chase an officer was forced off the road when […]
The Kane Count Sheriff’s Office is seeking the publics help in finding the individual or individuals responsible for injuries to some cows. In a post to their Facebook page on Aug. 5, they shared that dispatch received a call from a local rancher who had cows with abnormal round marks […]
The Kane County Judicial Nominating Commission has announced the appointment of Judge Ronald Read to fill the Orderville Justice Court vacancy. Ronald L. Read graduated from Southern Utah State College in 1981 and the University of Utah Law School in 1990. Mr. Read served as a Law Clerk for the […]
Early in the morning of Apr. 26, Kane County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call about a hiker that had fallen and hit his head. Jeffrey Bowden, age 55 from Cedar City, was hiking with a friend in an area known as Fat Man’s Misery located east of Zion National […]
Fire crews are working to suppress a new wildfire in Kane County. The Strawberry Fire was reported July 20 around 2:00 p.m. and is burning near the Mammoth Creek Road in Kane County. As of the morning of July 21 the fire has burned around 43 acres and is 0% […]
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV-TV) — Authorities say a 70-year-old man has died after collapsing while returning from a five-day hike in a canyon in southeastern Utah. KUTV-TV reported that the Kane County sheriff’s office was responding to an emergency incident in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on Wednesday when […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — The Kane County Water Conservancy District has pulled out of a pipeline project designed to pump water to two southern Utah counties, leaving Washington County as the only proposed future user of the pipeline. The Spectrum reported that the decision comes as the U.S. Bureau […]
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Kane County Commission is suspending recreational use of public lands to nonresidents for the next two weeks. Nonresidents may still enter and leave the county for travel-related reasons and county residents can still recreate on the lands if they adhere to CDC guidelines. According […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say three people have died after two cars collided on a highway in southern Utah. The Utah Highway Patrol said in a news release that the crash happened Sunday around 7:20 p.m. on SR-89 in Kane County. State troopers say a Ford van heading […]
Kane County Commission Seat A Candidate % Popular Vote Popular Vote ANDY GANT REPUBLICAN 100.00% 2338 Kane County Commission Seat B Candidate % Popular Vote Popular Vote BRENT CHAMBERLAIN REPUBLICAN 74.96% 2114 JOHN CASPERSON DEMOCRATIC 25.04% 706 Kane County Clerk/Auditor Candidate % Popular Vote Popular Vote KARLA JOHNSON REPUBLICAN 100.00% […]
