(Escalante, UT) — Authorities expand the search for a missing woman from Escalante across several Utah counties. The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office says the search now covers roughly 10-thousand to 15-thousand square miles after the woman, identified as DeEtte Spencer, was last seen January 26th at a Walmart in Price. […]
(Garfield County, UT) — Federal officials say one of the favorite recreation sites at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Garfield County will close for much of this summer. The Calf Creek Recreation Site, which includes the trailhead for the popular Lower Calf Creek Falls hike, will close on July […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah State Board of Education approved a waiver to allow an elementary school to operate on a four-day per week schedule. Boulder Elementary School in Garfield County will make the shift beginning in the fall term, The Deseret News reported. The education board unanimously voted […]
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 slot 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 in the […]
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 in the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 19-year-old Arizona man was sentenced to prison Thursday for the brutal slaying of one worker and assault on a second staffer at a southern Utah rehabilitation ranch for troubled teens in 2016. A 6th District Court judge ordered Clay Brewer to serve at least […]
