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(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...

A woman died on Interstate 15 Saturday after her vehicle veered off the road and rolled over several times, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. The U-H-P says the crash happened just before eight p.m. when the driver of a Chevrolet Impala traveling southbound near milepost 175 allowed the car to go off the left shoulder onto the rumble strips ...

An Arizona man, Fernando Ray White, 38, is facing attempted murder charges in Millard County after he allegedly stabbed a woman seven times The woman and her sister found White hitchhiking and offered him a ride along Interstate 15. The Millard County Sheriff’s Office took White into custody Tuesday morning after they were informed that a stabbing victim had arrived at the Fillmore Hospital. A...

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are investigating the illegal killing and waste of a mature 6×7 buck deer. The deer was found east of Holden, in the Maple Hollow area of Millard County. DWR officials said the animal was killed a high-powered rifle and then left to waste just off the side of the road. Investigato...

Three people were fatally injured in a single vehicle crash around 6 a.m. Saturday morning, according to the Utah Department of Public Safety. The Utah Department of Public Safety identified the victims of the crash as Candice Marie Young, 48, from Las Vegas and Celeste Drennan 46, from Bountiful, and Young’s daughter, Angelina Smith, 13, also from Las Vegas. Smit...

Crews battling a wildfire in Millard County are gaining the upper hand. The Meadow Creek Fire south of Fillmore is 90-percent contained after burning about 42-hundred acres. The U.S. Forest Service says yesterday's rainstorm did make it difficult for firefighters to travel in the area, but they still managed to build new containment lines...

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry was front and center this morning for a blockbuster announcement involving what will be the world's largest clean energy storage. Before a crowd of more than one-thousand people, Governor Gary Herbert announced that the Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems and Magnum Development Initiative will create one-thousand megawatts of storage in Millard County...