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Evacuation Orders Lifted For Halfway Hill Fire

Evacuation Orders Lifted For Halfway Hill Fire

(Millard County, UT) — Officials in Millard County have lifted evacuation orders for a subdivision located near the Halfway Hill Fire. The Virginia Hills subdivision was evacuated shortly after the fire began last Friday. The fire had burned over 11-thousand acres and was ten-percent contained as of last night. Four […]

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Containment Of Halfway Hill Fire Grows

Containment Of Halfway Hill Fire Grows

(Millard County, CO) — Firefighters are gaining ground on a wildfire burning in Millard County. Fire officials say containment of the Halfway Hill Fire increased to five-percent yesterday. The fire near Fillmore has burned more than ten-thousand acres since it was first reported last Friday. An abandoned campfire caused the […]

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Four People Arrested in Connection With the Halfway Hill Fire

Four People Arrested in Connection With the Halfway Hill Fire

On July 8, just after 2:00 p.m., Millard County Dispatch received notification of a fire near Halfway Hill between Fillmore and Meadow in Millard County. During the efforts of suppressing and investigating the fire, Millard County Deputies and State and Federal Fire Investigators developed leading information that the fire was […]

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Multiple Fires Burning in Millard County

Multiple Fires Burning in Millard County

Three large fires started in Millard county on July 8, two wildfires and one structure fire. According to Utah Fire Info, the Halfway Hill Fire is burning in the Sand Rock Ridge and Pine Creek area near Filmore. As of the evening of July 8 the fire has burned 425 […]

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Grass Fire in Millard County

Grass Fire in Millard County

In the afternoon of July 8 fire crews from multiple agencies were called out to the Oak City area where a grass fire is threatening several residences. Residents around Dry Creek along Oak Creek Canyon Road have been told to be ready to evacuate the area. Deputies have closed roads […]

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Unofficial 2022 Primary Election Results

Unofficial 2022 Primary Election Results

This story will continue to be updated as results are posted Beaver County Republican for Beaver County Commissioner A Tammy T. Pearson 718 Jon Caldwell 693 Chris D. Noble 90 Republican for Beaver County Commissioner B Brandon Yardley 909 Mark S. Whitney 587   Juab County Republican for Juab County […]

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Injured Hiker Rescued in Millard County

Injured Hiker Rescued in Millard County

An injured hiker has been rescued in Millard County. On June 10, Deputies, EMTs and members of the Search and Rescue responded to an injured hiker by Notch Peak. According to a post to the Millard Sheriff Facebook page, AirMed was able to drop a Flight Nurse near the patient […]

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Guide Who Helped Trump, Jr. Bag Black Bear Charged With Felony

Guide Who Helped Trump, Jr. Bag Black Bear Charged With Felony

(Carbon County, UT) — A Utah hunting guide who helped Donald Trump, Junior bag a black bear in 2018 has been charged with illegally luring the animal to its death. Sixty-one-year-old Wade Cox Lemon of Millard County has been charged with destruction of protected wildlife by the Utah Attorney General’s […]

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Body Found in Millard County Confirmed to be Missing Person

A body found in Millard County has been identified. The Office of the Medical Examiner has been able to identify the person found deceased in the Notch Peak area as 21 year old Jonathan Barrett Brantley of Longview Texas for whom a search had been ongoing. In a post their […]

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Body Discovered in Millard County

On Apr. 28, hikers in Millard County observed a human body. Millard County Sheriff’s Office, Search and Rescue and Medical Examiner personnel all assisted in recovering the body. It was shared that the body was found in an extended area where missing person, 22-year-old Jonathan Barrett Brantley’s truck was located […]

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