In an invitation-only forum held early Tuesday afternoon, southern Utah residents gathered to hear Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz’s thoughts on the latest deficit spending bill, the Tea Party, and the possibility of running against senior Senator Orrin Hatch in next year’s race. Approximately 40 people listened as Chaffetz called America’s spending “rutterless” and drawing on […]
It was a big day not only for the local owners of Hungry Howie’s Pizza, but for four southern Utah non-profit organizations. In conjunction with a ribbon cutting held by the St. George Area Chamber of Commerce, owners Brian and Michelle Plait of Hungry Howie’s presented the Alzheimers Association—Southern Utah Regional Office, Family Support Center […]
A summer southwest storm accompanied with lightning near Grand Canyon National Park is the cause of death for a 64-year old woman. Rangers with the park arrived on scene of the Rim Trail where they found CPR in progress on a woman who collapsed after lightning struck near her party. Rangers continued administering CPR, but […]
Ancient Jerusalem is coming to Utah through a new movie set created by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Situated on three acres of rural countryside near Goshen in Utah County, the Church spent months finding just the right location to film dozens of vignettes portraying the life of Jesus Christ as recorded […]
A Winchester Hills resident is arrested after a routine traffic stop by Hurricane Police turned up the vehicle he was driving was listed as stolen. After calling for back up, Officer Travis Hall inventoried the vehicle and found very various sizes of knives, along with items consistent with drug paraphernalia and drug use. The driver, […]
With people using online services to pay bills, send notes and messages, and get the word out, the United States Postal Service is seeing a drastic decline in products and services. That decline, coupled with a weekend economy, is prompting the Postal Service to consider other options. The 3,700 outlets coming under review will be […]
Following an investigation by Hurricane Police, Washington County Drug Task Force Officers and FBI agents, three suspects are now behind bars. Hurricane City Public Information Officer Nancy Perkins says the investigation led to a stash of counterfeit bills, drugs and a truckload of computers, printers and other equipment used to make false id’s. 36-year-old Jeron […]
