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St George News
- CEDAR CITY — Dozens of youth hockey players took to the ice this past holiday weekend as five different age-group teams from Southern Utah hosted their counterparts from Las Vegas. At the Glacier Ice Rink adjacent to the Cedar City Aquatic Center, crowds of family members and fans filled the bleachers […]
- ST. GEORGE — A teen was sent to the hospital Wednesday evening after being hit by a car while in a crosswalk in Ivins. The incident occurred around 8:30 p.m. when a 15-year-old was crossing Center Street using a crosswalk at the intersection with Main Street. Santa Clara-Ivins Police Sgt. Reed Briggs […]
- ST. GEORGE — Southern Utah is both an amazing place for travelers and the perfect community to live and work. It’s a melting pot of fantastic scenery, unique places to shop, top-notch restaurants, incredible services and countless opportunities for outdoor activities. But sometimes with so many options, it can be difficult to […]
- ST. GEORGE — Nestled within the city’s extensive trail system is the Bearclaw Poppy Trail, where, at the end of Navajo Road, the trailhead is currently located. For years, access to the eight-mile round trip trail was within close proximity of homes in the area. The popular mountain bike and hiking […]
- August 17, 1933 — January, 21, 2020 Waldo Clayton Reeves, fondly known as Clay, completed his earthly experience and began his eternal journey at 10:42 a.m. Jan. 21, 2020, passing peacefully, with arms reaching out for his sweetheart, Shirlee Cornwell Reeves, who preceded him in death in April, 2009. Clayton […]
- May 8, 1935 — January 17, 2020 Virginia Jensen, 84, passed away Jan. 17, 2020, in Bountiful, Utah. She was born on May 8, 1935, at her home in her grandfather’s big white house on Main Street in Laketown, Utah, the daughter of Francis Carr Williamson and Ramona Weston. Virginia did […]
- CEDAR CITY — Having continuously outgrown spaces during the last decade, the Cedar City Children’s Musical Theatre is in need of a permanent location. Currently located in the Cedar City’s old hospital building on Altamira Ave, CCCMT has had to change locations three times since 2019 due to space or funding […]
- ST. GEORGE — The Hurricane Tigers girls basketball team was a mystery coming into the year. They graduated all of their starters from last season and had a brand new coaching staff coming in. The mysteries have seemed to vanish to an extent over the first half of the Region 9 […]
- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday ended federal protection for many of the nation’s millions of miles of streams, arroyos and wetlands, a sweeping environmental rollback that could leave the waterways more vulnerable to pollution from development, industry and farms. The policy change, signed by heads of the […]
- CONTRIBUTED CONTENT — A new year is all about putting the focus back on life, and if the constant trouble of wearing glasses and contact lenses has been wearing you down, Southern Utah’s most experienced corneal specialist says LASIK eye surgery just might be the answer to your struggles. “This […]
The Spectrum
- A recent rule change proposal from the SEC could open a new lane of risk for investors and not hold advisors accountable for their own finances.
- Provo-native The National Parks band will hold their first music festival at the mouth of Zion Canyon.
- Strength training can help aging adults continue to live strong, healthy, independent lives, according to area experts.
- Utah Governor announces move to repeal latest tax reform bill, days after referendum deadline passesJust as Washington County reached its signatures goal for the tax reform referendum, Gov. Gary Herbert announces plan to repeal bill.
- The Utah Legislature passed a tax reform bill mid-December last year during a special session. Here's how parts of the bill affect Utahns.
- Switchpoint's health and wellness fair is being held this year from Jan. 23 through 25 and will offer free health services.
- Demolition crews are working on a section of the St. George Temple. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is doing renovations.
- St. George Councilmember Michele Randall is recovering from her bout with breast cancer. Now she wants to be supportive for other women in the area.
- A judge refused to overturn part of Utah's lewdness law Tuesday in a case over a woman whose stepchildren saw her topless in her own home.
- The practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ children is now banned in Utah, making it the 19th state and one of the most conservative to prohibit it.
KSL
- Miss Utah USA champ Rachel Slawson competed for the crown five times before she finally won.
- The normally private Taylor Swift premiered an intimate documentary Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival in which the pop star discloses a past eating disorder, chronicles her inner battle over speaking forthrightly about politics and says her victorious 2017 sexual assault court case was a dramatic turning point in her […]
- "I was pounding on the ice,” recalled a teenager who said he and two others fell through the ice on Utah Lake and were rescued by strangers.
- A man with a prior criminal history of child sex abuse faces new charges after prosecutors say thousands of child porn images were found on his computer.
- In one week, the top six candidates for Utah governor will spar in debate on the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit stage.
- Thieves have broken into several police vehicles in Eagle Mountain and caused hundreds of dollars in damages, according to deputies with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office.
- The same day, Catholic Community Services of Utah announced it would not renew its contract at the Gail Miller Resource Center.
- Scientists say dinosaur fossils unearthed in northeastern Utah in 1990 are the oldest fossils ever found in the state, dating back 155 million years ago.
- Colin Haynie, the husband and father to a woman and three children who were killed in Grantsville last week, spoke for the first time Thursday on the loss of his family members.
- A bipartisan group of senators, including Sen. Mitt Romney, are looking to tap e-cigarette manufacturers for $100 million a year for stronger Food and Drug Administration oversight of the vaping industry.
The Salt Lake Tribune
Deseret News
- Stock image SALT LAKE CITY — A West Valley man wanted in connection with the kidnapping and sexual assault of a boy in 2017 was charged Friday with sexually assaulting a second boy in 2019. David Cajina Rodriguez, 51, is charged with attempted sodomy on a child, a first-degree felony, […]
- Adobe Stock SALT LAKE CITY — An office manager of an engineering firm was arrested and accused of stealing money from the company to pay for things such as car insurance and dental procedures. Jennifer Turton, 43, of Salt Lake City, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on […]
- A new species of the dinosaur allosaurus was announced Friday. | Andey Atuchin Dinosaur lived in northeastern Utah 155 million years ago SALT LAKE CITY — The geologically oldest species of the meat-eating dinosaur allosaurus roamed western North America 155 million years ago, with one specimen unearthed at Dinosaur National […]
- Ribbons and a sign line a Grantsville street on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, in honor of the Haynie family. Police say 16-year-old Colin Jeffery “CJ” Haynie opened fire on his family last week, killing his mother and three siblings. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News GRANTSVILLE — Funeral services will be held […]
- Bright-eyed Zuri, born Aug. 10, 2009, stands under her mom, Christie, at Hogle Zoo. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — A Hogle Zoo spokeswoman blasted an international animal protection group after it ranked the zoo No. 8 on its list of “10 worst zoos for elephants” […]
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks about “News Tab” at the Paley Center, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019 in New York. | Mark Lennihan, Associated Press Facebook CEO’s appearance could drive attention to candidates’ appearance SALT LAKE CITY — Inadvertently, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will help drive traffic to the first debate […]
- The Capitol in Salt Lake City is illuminated as the Legislature meets in a special session to consider tax reform on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News By essentially forcing a repeal of the second version of tax reform, Utahns have shown that democracy and civic participation […]
- FILE: BYU forward Yoeli Childs (23) catches the ball during warmups before an NCAA college basketball game in Spokane, Wash., Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. Childs had 28 points in his return from a four-game absence with a finger injury in the Cougars’ 74-0 win over Pacific on Thursday, Jan. 23, […]
- Adobe Stock image Both rescued quickly from frigid water by passerby BOUNTIFUL — A man fell through the ice on Bountiful Pond when he tried to rescue his dog from the frigid water. “We had an individual that was out here with his dog, and the dog had ran out […]
- Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) goes up for a dunk as the Utah Jazz and the Charlotte Hornets play an NBA basketball game at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News SAN FRANCISCO — Warriors head coach Steve Kerr […]
Sports
Dixie State
- The Washington County Commission voted Tuesday to approve a 20-year, $10 million strategic marketing agreement that will leverage the assets of Dixie State University and the Greater Zion Convention & Tourism Office to benefit area residents, students and visitors.
- The Dixie State University Athletic Department posted an NCAA-era record high 3.2647 cumulative grade-point average among its 15 varsity sports for the 2019 fall semester. This past fall's cumulative GPA eclipsed the previous semester record of 3.1808 set last spring, and marked the fifth-straight semester and 10th semester in the […]
- Dixie State University Athletics announced on Wednesday a new partnership with Peak Sports MGMT to oversee multimedia rights and enhance the Trailblazer Athletic marketing brand.
- Dixie State University Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Jason Boothe has announced the appointment of Mike Olson as the program's new Associate Athletics Director for Academic Services and Student-Athlete Welfare. Olson began his tenure on January 1.
- For the second consecutive season, Dixie State junior Billie Hatch has been named to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference All-Academic first team, while four other Trailblazers landed on the RMAC Honor Roll, the conference announced Tuesday.=-
- This page will list the newest members of the Dixie State Trailblazers as faxes are received and officially approved by the Dixie State Compliance Office. Per NCAA and department rules, DSU Athletics will announce a signee when the program has received and Compliance has verified the signee's National Letter of […]
- The Dixie State women's cross country team finished in eighth-place, while the men's team logged a 14th-place finish on Saturday at the NCAA Division II South Central Region Championships in Canyon, Texas.
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