ST. GEORGE, Utah- 4:12 pm The Utah Department of Health turned down the Southwest Utah Public Health Department’s request to transition from orange (moderate risk) to yellow (low risk) Tuesday afternoon. St. George Mayor Jon Pike reported mayors and county commissioners throughout Washington, Iron and Kane Counties were all on […]
PARAGONAH, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a wildfire in southwestern Utah destroyed a vacation home and six outbuildings and threatened an additional 30 homes before being contained. The state Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands said the fire in Paragonah in Iron County burned 15 acres (6 hectares) before […]
LEEDS, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a driver alone in a vehicle was killed when it struck a horse on Interstate 15 in southwestern Utah. The Highway Patrol says the wreck occurred near Leeds in Washington County early Thursday morning before troopers arrived in response to a report of horses […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 4.0 earthquake has hit southwestern Utah. The agency says the earthquake struck shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday and had an epicenter about 11 miles (18 kilometers) about 77 miles north of Cedar City, a community of about 32,000 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a man who was the subject of police pursuits in southwestern Utah was found dead four days later, killed in a motorcycle crash in nearby northwestern Arizona. The Deseret News reports 43-year-old Joseph Gary Scelza was found dead Wednesday near the Virgin River after the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on Utah weather (all times local): 8:45 a.m. Northbound Interstate 15 has reopened near Cedar City in southwestern Utah after being closed for several hours Tuesday morning due to hazardous weather conditions. The Utah High Patrol says troopers had reported that 15 tractor-trailer […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints says its temple in St. George, Utah, will close Nov. 4 for a major renovation expected to take several years. The Salt Lake City-based faith’s announcement Friday of the closing date says the previously announced project will […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A state agency is preparing to put poison in in Washington County reservoir in southwestern Utah to kill off unwanted fish that were dumped illegally. The Spectrum reports that state Division of Wildlife Resources biologists over the summer found yellow perch, bluegill sunfish and green sunfish in […]
