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 […]
Ten young ladies from Sevier County will be competing to represent the county at the Miss Sevier County scholarship pageant on Saturday June 5. Participants include Aubrey Torgersen, Rachel Krueger, Aubree Robinson, Millie Ice, Bella Bagley, Tricia Thalman, Kinley Adams, Gillyin Jenson, Shaylee Jackman and Sierra Lani Gleave. Each of […]
To commemorate the first anniversary of the Creation of its Farmers Feeding Utah Campaign, the Miracle of Agriculture Foundation will be doing a ‘Miracle Project Blitz’ to seven cities in Utah including Richfield on May 19. In Richfield they will be giving away about 1,000 boxes of food to families […]
On Apr. 30, authorities with the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office along with Richfield City Police arrested two individuals in connection to a number of vehicle thefts throughout Sevier County. On May 5, authorities recovered a large number of items, including multiple firearms, the two had stolen. Cody Wright and Shyanna […]
Around 5:00 a.m. on May 8, authorities responded to a report of an individual passed out in a vehicle on the side of the road near Joseph. The individual, Collin Campbell, gave police false information when asked for his name and information. He also did not recall how he came […]
On May 4, officials with the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office and the Attorney Generals Office raided a home in Koosharem. The raid was in response to a warrant on Roger Jackman Jr., age 54, who was suspected of downloading and distributing child pornography. The Attorney Generals Office provided a mobile […]
Recently there has been a string of thefts from unlocked vehicles in Monroe. According to Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis, four or five vehicles were broken into, but two of the vehicles had nothing taken. One vehicle had some sunglasses stolen and another vehicle had a rifle and some binoculars […]
Just after 6:00 a.m. on Apr. 12, the Monroe Fire Department responded to a call about a structure fire near the corner of 100 South and 100 West in Monroe. Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis stated that when he arrived “the house had visible smoke rolling out of every opening, […]
Sevier County is joining in on the solar energy movement. A 600 acre 80-megawatt grid solar panel farm west of Sigurd has been completed and is expected to begin harvesting energy from sun rays soon. This is the first farm of its kind in Sevier County. Iron, Emery, Millard and […]
A small earthquake shook Sevier County just before 3:00 p.m. on Apr. 5. The quake was 3.0 in magnitude and the epicenter was three miles southwest of Richfield. No injuries or damage was reported.
