Southern Utah News

On Saturday, April 15, the Washington County Dispatch responded to a report of juveniles at the fairgrounds, allegedly with guns.  A Washington County Sheriff’s Office press release said that officers responded to the call within minutes as officers were already patrolling the grounds at the time. The group...

Southern Utah is getting a renovated arts center for the local community and Utah Tech University students.  A university press release said that the Southern Utah Performing Arts Foundation and the university will be partnering to renovate the M.K. C...

The public is invited to attend a public meeting and field tour for the Utah Resources Advisory Council in Cedar City.  A Bureau of Land Management press release on Friday said this will be to get “advice and recommendations on public land planning efforts.   The publi...

The Southern Utah drag show debacle continues, and St. George residents are once again divided by the issue.    Earlier this month a drag show was postponed after the St. George City Council enforced city ordinances and did not let the show proceed at J.C. Snow P...

Southwest Utah Public Health Officer Dr. David Blodgett is not one to mince words, especially when it comes to vaccines. "They saved the world, all but eliminated some deadly diseases and increased life expectancy all over the modern world," he said recently on the Andy Griffin Show...

UT film professor's tv series heads to an international film festival in France.

Hotter temperatures means slithering snakes come out for sun. You might encounter them on trails while hiking and biking and should be aware or rattlesnakes as its mating season. The DWR recommends doing these things to stay safe this summer:

The Shivwits Band of Paiutes is looking out for trespassers on Band land which has become an increasing issue.   A recent press release said that the Reservation land spans 28,000-acres and the tribe has been seeing more trespassing on Band Land. So, to a...

Law enforcement officials and animal activists are urging the public to be mindful of the danger of leaving poets in hot cars. Although we won't hit the really hot temperatures in Southern Utah until July and August, folks from the American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are begging people to refrain from leaving their pets in cars while shopping or doing other errands... Read Mo

$3.9 million has been committed to several wildlife research, conservation and habitat restoration projects during the conservation permit funding meeting on April 4.   A recent Division of Wildlife Resources press release said that participating conservation groups help fund these larger projects through these permits. The...