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There's no doubt St. George and its surrounding Washington County are established on a national and even international stage as an excellent tourist destination, fitness mecca and fairly prosperous town of caring citizens. All that is true. But...

A quick follow-up on the devastating story from Taylorsville: In November, 63-year-old Sandra Dee Miller was in her own backyard in Taylorsville when she was attacked by two adult and five puppy Pitbulls. When police arrived, they had to use pepper spray to get the dogs away from the woman...

Many of us are still trying to figure out what really makes us happy. There's no denying that volunteering and helping others seems to be a key. Study after study has shown that service can be the biggest key to happiness in most people's lives...

I've had my share of speeding tickets through the years, although none lately. At one point, I'd been pulled over on every major holiday. That's a fact I'm kind of proud of, and also kind of ashamed of. But I'm older now and haven't gotten a speeding ticket in a decade or more (knock on wood)...

Everyone's talking about the cicada invasion coming to America soon. Here's the story: Nearly a trillion cicadas will be hatching and invading the United States.with what some scientists are calling "Bug-pocalypse" this month. Two different types of cicadas will be hatching at the same time -- brood XIX and brood XIII -- and this hasn't happened in more than 200 years. ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is grabbing a lot of headlines lately, with supporters of the technology saying it is changing all of our lives for the better, while detractors saying it is a dangerous step forward in tech that will ultimately lead to the downfall of mankind...

Have you heard of the Flipper Zero? Until today, I hadn't either. But the new, cheap hacker device has got police, school administrators and other officials on high alert. The makers of Flipper Zero, Flipper Devices, Inc., describe their handheld hacker toy as "a portable multi-tool for pentesters and geeks in a toy-like body...

Years ago (in 2005 to be exact), Dr. David Sabgir, a cardiologist in Columbus, Ohio, was extremely frustrated with his inability to affect behavior change in the clinical setting. You see, Dr. Sabgir often counseled his heart patients to get exercise -- go for a walk, lift weights, ride a bike, do aerobics -- something to help their hearts and bodies to better handle the modern day stresses. ... R

The 45th Annual St. George Art Festival opened today at 11 a.m. and the day will end at 7 p.m. with a free concert from The National Parks, an American-folk band from Provo.  Festivities on March 30 officially begin at 10 a.m. and will en...

So what do you and a zebrafish have in common? A lot, as it turn out. Seventy percent, as a matter of fact. According to the Elizabeth Burke with the Intramural Research Program website at Utah Tech University: "Although humans may appear to be extremely different than zebrafish, we are actually much more similar to them than you might think. In fact, ...