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CEDAR CITY —Business owners, local government officials and others gathered at Cedar City’s Courtyard by Marriott to eat a hearty breakfast and learn more about the recent goings-on across Iron County. The Cedar City Chamber of Commerce hosted the State of the Cities Economic Review Breakfast Wednesday morning. It featured civic leaders from four Iron […]

View our evening newscast for Wednesday, Feb. 21, in the video player above, then read the full stories below. Full story links: ‘Anti-business’ or for the kids? Utah bill aiming to ban the sale of flavored vape products advances Woman extricated from truck after rollover on SR-59 near Hurricane YouTube influencers convicted of aggravated child […]

ST. GEORGE — A bill that would ban the majority of flavored electronic cigarette products in the state has opponents worried it will “annihilate” the vape industry in Utah if passed. Supporters argue the ban will help curb the spread of nicotine addiction in youth. SB 61, the electronic cigarette amendments bill, is authored by […]

Question: I am dealing with a family situation that involves mental illness and would like some advice on where my stewardship begins and ends. I have a daughter who has a personality disorder, and we have adopted her children after Child Protective Services stepped in. She then had another child who lives with her. I […]

ST. GEORGE — In the end, this one wasn’t close. The Southern Utah University men’s track and field team literally ran away from the field and captured the Western Athletic Conference indoor championship title in Albuquerque, New Mexico, by an astounding margin of 71.5 points. Racking up a 171-point total, the Thunderbirds outdistanced second-place Grand […]

HURRICANE — Emergency responders to a single vehicle rollover extricated the driver from a full-sized pickup truck southeast of Hurricane Tuesday afternoon. Apple Valley Fire Department Chief Michael Gross said the incident occurred midway between mileposts 9 and 10 on state Route 59 at approximately 1 p.m. Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Cameron Roden told St. […]

ST. GEORGE — One-sided wins were the name of the game in the opening round of the 4A girls state basketball tournament Tuesday night. And three of Region 9’s four teams in action found themselves on the winning end of them as follows: No. 9 Dixie 53, No. 24 Park City 16 No. 13 Desert […]

ST. GEORGE — A quick response and building codes kept a fire at a fourplex contained to one unit on Tuesday. St. George Fire Department Chief Robert Stoker said the call for first responders came in at approximately 4:45 p.m. near 2600 East 620 North. When crews arrived, smoke was billowing from the garage of […]

ST. GEORGE — Two women known for their mental health and child-rearing YouTube and social media content appeared Tuesday for sentencing on multiple counts of aggravated child abuse. The defendants, Ruby Franke, 41, of Springville, and Jodi Ann Hildebrandt, 55, of Ivins, were facing four second-degree felony counts of aggravated child abuse. They were sentenced […]

CEDAR CITY — Four suspects, including three juveniles, were taken into custody following a felony traffic stop on Interstate 15 in Millard County on Monday afternoon. The vehicle’s lone adult occupant, identified as Edgar Omar Aguila, 18, was later booked into Millard County Jail. According to the probable cause statement filed in support of his […]