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ST. GEORGE, Utah (KDXU) - Officer Tiffany Mitchell is warning drivers to avoid the St. George Boulevard and Bluff Street intersection for the next couple of hours after a crash involving a motorcycle Monday morning before 8 a.m. "Southbound Bluff St ...

HURRICANE, Utah (ABC4/ KDXU) – Utah Highway Patrol Troopers say they are finding more and more drugs on state roads. “Right now, we’re seeing a huge uptick in our methamphetamine and fentanyl seizures across the board, additionally we’re seeing firearms with the majority of the seizures that we make,” says Lt. Brent Shelby, the head of UH ...

ST. GEORGE, Utah (ABC4/ KDXU) – Traffic incidents are happening almost daily in St. George and according to Officer Tiffany Mitchell, it’s only getting worse. “So the beginning of November, we had 300 more crashes at that point with two months left to go in 2021, than we had the previous year,” she says. Mitchell says offic ...

ST. GEORGE, Utah (ABC4/ KDXU) – 3,490 feet is the minimum elevation at which the generators in Lake Powell can run, according to Gene Shawcroft, the general manager for the Central Water Conservancy District and Utah’s Colorado River Commissioner. He says ...

SPRINGDALE, Utah (ABC4/ KDXU) – A lot of people go to Springdale for one big reason, Zion National Park, which recently reached record visitation numbers. “There’s a number of people coming in, and they’re looking for temporary accommodations, but we still need to find ways to house the workers that support all those activities,” says Superintendent Jeff Bradybaugh. Bradybaugh says there’s h ... R

HURRICANE, Utah (ABC4/ KDXU) – Today’s national inflation rate is at 7.5%, competing against historical highs. Gas prices shot up 10 cents overnight as Russia's invasion into Ukraine continues to shake the economy. In Utah, inflation is at 9% affecting one of the most vulnerable populations in the state, the elderly. 70-year ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) - A Utah man is leaving his family behind and putting his life on the line to fight in the Ukrainian Army as the country continues to fight off Russia’s invasion. He is a 40-year-old United States Marine Corps Veteran named Brian. (ABC ...

ST. GEORGE, Utah (ABC4/ KDXU) – Athletes from Russia and Belarus are banned from competing in the 2022 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in St. George this year. According to an official statement by The IRONMAN Group on Wednesday, a triathlon scheduled for St. Petersbur ...

CEDAR CITY, Utah (ABC4/ KDXU) – Iron County has one of the oldest jail facilities in the state, according to Sheriff Ken Carpenter and he says they’ve outgrown it. County leaders have finally narrowed down the construction site to four possible locations in their latest public hearing, but it’s been in the works for several years, according to Sheriff Carpenter. He says his i ...

ST. GEORGE, Utah (ABC4/ KDXU) – As unrest continues overseas amid the Russia and Ukraine conflict, locally in southern Utah, international students at Dixie State University with families back in their home countries are uneasy. These brothers at Dixie State University are thousands of miles away from home, but say they’re just as scared as their family back in Ukraine. “Alarms ...