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Southern Utah Public Land Under Fire Restrictions
Southern Utah Public Land Under Fire Restrictions
Southern Utah Public Land Under Fire Restrictions
(St. George, UT) -- Color Country counties are included in fire restrictions announced by Utah Interagency Fire and the Bureau of Land Management. Unincorporated county, state, and federally administered public lands in Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, and Washington counties are part of the restrictions...
Containment Grows on the Halfway Hill Fire
Containment Grows on the Halfway Hill Fire
Containment Grows on the Halfway Hill Fire
(Filmore, UT) -- Fire crews continue to make good progress on the Halfway Hill fire burning near Filmore in Millard County. The Great Basin Fire Incident Management Team 4 reports the blaze has burned 11,773 acres and is 39-percent contained...
Evacuation Orders Lifted For Halfway Hill Fire
Evacuation Orders Lifted For Halfway Hill Fire
Evacuation Orders Lifted For Halfway Hill Fire
(Millard County, UT) -- Officials in Millard County have lifted evacuation orders for a subdivision located near the Halfway Hill Fire. The Virginia Hills subdivision was evacuated shortly after the fire began last Friday. The fire had burned over 11-thousand acres and was ten-percent contained as of last night...
Cox Warns Utahns on Fire Danger, Liability
Cox Warns Utahns on Fire Danger, Liability
Cox Warns Utahns on Fire Danger, Liability
(Tooele County, UT)  --  Governor Spencer J. Cox is warning Utahns that they will be held responsible for any action that causes a wildfire.  The governor visited Tooele County yesterday to get an update on the Jacob City Fire.   The governo...
Left Fork Fire Grows, So Does Containment
Left Fork Fire Grows, So Does Containment
Left Fork Fire Grows, So Does Containment
(Dixie National Forest, UT) -- Fire managers say containment of wildfire in southern Utah will grow thanks to favorable weather. The Left Fork Fire has burned more than 42-hundred acres in the Dixie National Forest since it was first reported on June 18th...
Wildfire Near Toquerville Falls 50% Contained
(St. George, UT) -- A wildfire near Toquerville Falls is 50-percent contained. The fire has been held to 20 acres by firefighters, and the cause is not yet known. It started shortly after noon yesterday and two heavy tankers were dispatched to put fire retardant around the area ...
FEMA provides nearly $11 million for Brian Head
FEMA provides nearly $11 million for Brian Head
FEMA provides nearly $11 million for Brian Head
ST. GEORGE, Utah (KDXU) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency is providing an additional nearly $11 million to go towards recovery from the Brian Head Fire. According to leaders from the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, the money will be used for resources like food, supplies, tender fuel, land agreements and more ...
Daily News Round Up
Daily News Round Up
Daily News Round Up
July 19, 2021 COVID-19 Cases Continuing To Rise Throughout Utah (St. George, UT)  --  COVID-19 cases keep rising throughout Utah. The state's most recent update added 669 new cases to the total, pushing it over 422-thousand. Three ne ...
Daily News Roundup
Daily News Roundup
Daily News Roundup
July 6, 2021 Governor Cox Addresses Rise In COVID Cases Photo Credit: Melody Pitman Bainbridge (Salt Lake City, UT)  --  Governor Spencer Cox is addressing the state's rise in COVID-19 cases. Over the weekend, the governor appeared in an interview with CBS Face the Nation to discuss Utah becoming a national hotspot due to the rise in the delta variant in the state. Cox says ...

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