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We've already had several notable fires in Southern Utah this spring, and there's no doubt more are on the way, with dry air and dry fuel in the region. Luckily, there has been little loss of property and no loss of life in the spate of fires we've seen so far...

Yesterday NASA admitted that there are thousands of pounds of space junk floating in orbit around our lovely planet. In the past 60 years or so there have been more than 6,000 space missions and in large part, those missions jettisoned their leftover "junk," things like used batteries, waste and broken industrial parts...

Southern Utah! listen, soda is good and all, but we have far too many soda and snack shops in Southern Utah. It's ridiculous when you look at it all on paper.

outhern Utah is host to MANY annoying creepy crawlies, but there is one pest that reigns supreme both in the creepy and annoying categories.

There's an update on the elderly couple that was found dead a couple of months ago in separate rooms in their house in American Fork, Utah. Authorities have ruled the deaths of an elderly American Fork couple whose bodies were found in their home this year as undetermined...

Even with a good water year like we've had, the Washington County Water Conservancy District is still offering rebate money if you remove grass turf and install desert-friendly landscaping in your yard (see the bullet points below). Having a large grassy lawn used to be a sign of wealth...

St. George Town Square has received high marks as one of the best of its kind in the country in a USA Today ranking.

Southern Utah News: A juvenile in Mohave County was arrested for posting a threat on social media saying they were going to "shoot up the school."

My how time flies -- it has been more than two years since St. George Police Department marksman Seth LeFevre was faced with the choice of a lifetime. Should I take the shot? OK, here's the situation (by the way, this is a real situation that happened in February of 2022): An armed man has carjacked a vehicle in Southern Utah and led police on a high-speed chase...

OK, OK, the odds of an elephant getting loose in your town are very low. Like ridiculously low. Astronomically low. Practically none. But it could happen. Wednesday morning an elephant, spooked from the noise of a car backfiring, escaped its cage and bolted from a circus/carnival in Butte, Montana...