ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — City officials in southwestern Utah have passed an ordinance that would limit the number of drinking establishments in downtown St. George. The St. George City Council approved Thursday an ordinance that would cap the number of stand-alone bars allowed in the downtown arts district at […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Southern Utah botanists have been working to transplant rare Siler pincushion cacti ahead of planned new development in near fast-growing St. George. The Spectrum reports the species was listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as endangered in 1979 and improved to threatened status […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Biologists in southern Utah are surveying the damage left by a wildfire that scorched large swaths of land set aside for rare tortoise habitat in southern Utah. The Spectrum reports that on a recent day in late August, they fanned out on a landscape that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Dixie Center in southern Utah has announced it will keep its name despite previous considerations after voting to rebrand the convention center in June. KUER-FM reported that the center’s board voted 5-2 on Tuesday to keep the name, but incorporate the county’s Greater Zion […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — The St. George area along the border between Utah and Arizona was inundated with flash floods after a torrential downpour. A large thunderstorm rained down more than an inch of water throughout the area. St. George Police Officer Tiffany Atkin told residents to stay inside […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Emergency officials say a wildfire has forced resident evacuations in two communities in the southwest corner of Utah. The Spectrum reported residents of Leeds and Harrisburg evacuated Sunday as emergency personnel fought the wildfire that spread across 4.7 square miles in Washington County. Authorities say […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A major Utah health care company says it will remove “Dixie” from the name of one of its hospitals. Intermountain Dixie Regional Medical Center, located in southern Utah, will be renamed Intermountain St. George Regional Hospital, effective in January. The decision comes as institutions throughout […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Firefighters are battling a wildfire in southern Utah that authorities say was sparked by illegal fireworks. The blaze north of St. George had grown to nearly 19 square miles and was 0% contained as of Wednesday afternoon. The Spectrum newspaper reports authorities are searching for […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Residents of a Utah city that has adopted a nickname with ties to the Confederacy held a rally to support the name. The Spectrum reports a crowd gathered in St. George Thursday to defend the use of Dixie as the community’s unofficial second name. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — A park official says a retired veteran and former state trooper from Nevada helped prevent a man from drowning in a Utah reservoir. KUTV-TV reported the veteran pulled the man from the water at Sand Hollow Reservoir. Sand Hollow State Park manager Jonathan Hunt […]
