virgin river gorge

Just in the past week, four people have died in Utah in traffic accidents in which they were ejected from their vehicles. I guess two of the deaths were technically in Arizona, in the Virgin River Gorge just south of St. George this weekend, but they were Utah residents who were killed...

Mayday Canyon in the Virgin River Gorge near St. George has wreckage from a downed fighter jet. Hikers use part of the engine to repel from.

KDXU Sunrise Stories for July 26, 2023. Senior missionary passes from car crash, the Virgin River Gorge is under construction again, and the UPS strike is possibly averted.

(Littlefield, AZ)  --  Traffic heading south on Interstate 15 moved at a crawl last evening. The traffic through the Virgin River Gorge was moving around five-miles-an-hour from St. George to Mesquite. No accidents were reported, just a lot of people leaving the area. Northbou...

The remains of a local man were found in a remote area east of Bloomington last Friday. The man was identified as 39 year old Steven Richins. The multi-day search for the missing man began when a woman was found lying under a bridge about 2 miles south of Cedar Pocket in the Virgin River Gorge suffering from extreme exposure and disoriented ...

St. George resident, 39 year old Robby Joe Fritts died in the crash, Arizona Department of Public Safety officials said Tuesday. *********************************************************************** A wrong-way head-on collision Monday morning in the Virgin River Gorge near Cedar Pocket closed I-15 for several hours and killed one, injuring several others... Read More ...

According to Arizona Highway Patrol Sgt. John Bottoms, "We are experiencing heavy traffic volume as everyone is returning from their holiday. We currently have NB traffic backed up to the Beaver Dam  area approximately 7 miles on I-15. ...

A semitractor-trailer fire on the Arizona stretch of Interstate 15 was quickly extinguished thanks to the efforts of area firefighters Thursday afternoon. The driver of a FedEx semi hauling three trailers noticed smoke coming off the third trailer and pulled over in the area of milepost 25 on southbound I-15 in the Virgin River Gorge...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Arizona Strip Field Office will be extending the temporary closure of the Virgin River Canyon Recreation Area Campground in order to complete necessary renovations of the restrooms and other infrastructure to ensure the health and safety of visitors...

An accident last evening caused a major backup in the gorge and resulted in two people being transported to DRMC in St. George. Arizona Highway Patrol Trooper Thomas Callister said a vehicle traveling north failed to see that the traffic had stopped and collided with another vehicle at freeway speeds...