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CEDAR CITY — Police say a driver was cited for failure to yield following a two-vehicle collision at the north end of Cedar City on Thursday afternoon. The incident was reported shortly after noon just west of the overpass where state Route 130 (Main Street) crosses over Interstate 15 at Exit 62. It involved a […]

ST. GEORGE — Two rivalry games in two Southern Utah cities for the second time this season. That’s what Thursday night will mean for college basketball fans in St. George and Cedar City. It’s the second go-round of Western Athletic Conference men’s and women’s basketball games.Last time out Jan. 18, the host teams both won […]

ST. GEORGE — Family members of a Southern Utah woman missing for almost three months are sending out another public plea for help. On Jan. 8, the St. George Police Department shared a missing person post on social media for Courtney Lynne Townsend, 32, reporting the woman had been missing since late last year. The […]

FEATURE (THE CONVERSATION) — Among China’s traditional holidays and celebrations, none ranks higher in importance than the Lunar New Year (農曆新年). Also known as the Spring Festival (春節), or simply Chinese New Year, it marks the beginning of the year according to the traditional lunar calendar. The Lunar New Year usually starts sometime between late […]

ST. GEORGE — A Utah bill that will give “peace of mind” to those who may be in an interracial marriage has passed the Utah House and is on its way to the Senate. The marriage modifications bill, designated HB 134 in the 2024 Utah Legislature, was sponsored by Republican Rep. Anthony E. Loubet who […]

ST. GEORGE — Three of the top four teams in Region 9 earned important victories Wednesday night, and the boys’ basketball standings still show the Dixie Flyers firmly in control. The No. 2-ranked team in the 4A classification left no doubt with a convincing 76-56 win over Pine View. The Flyers are now 18-3 overall […]

CEDAR CITY — A fire alarm at East Elementary in Cedar City led to a 30-minute evacuation of the school on Wednesday afternoon Cedar City Fire Capt. Lowell Sorensen said at 1:32 p.m., the fire department was paged to respond to a report of a possible structure fire at East Elementary, which is located at […]

View our evening newscast for Wednesday, Feb. 7, in the video player above, then read the full stories below. Full story links: 21-year-old driver arrested after crashing into I-15 median following high-speed pursuit in Southern Utah St. George down a ladder truck after collision with forklift Utah Tech University to open 37th annual Sears Invitational […]

Utah is wading into the national debate around how to regulate name, image and likeness deals for college athletes — and legislation being proposed would also shield name, image and likeness, or NIL, contracts from state public record laws. Powerful Utah lawmakers including Utah Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, are backing the bill, looking to […]

KANARRAVILLE — A driver was arrested Tuesday following a high-speed pursuit that ended when he crashed his vehicle on Interstate 15 in Iron County. Donovan Jared Grandberry, 21, who reportedly was not injured in the crash, was later booked into Washington County’s Purgatory Correctional Facility on suspicion of multiple charges, including failure to stop at […]