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Should kids have access to their smartphones while in school, especially in the classroom? The debate is heating up in the state of Utah after Governor Spencer Cox recently sent letters to school principals and the Utah State Board of Education urging them to ban school children from having access to the devices while in class...

Washington County Sheriff Nate Brooksby is tired of having to explain why the bad guys are getting away. Brooksby, the sheriff of the county, said he gets asked all the time why one prisoner or another has been released from jail. "I get asked a lot about jail releases," he said in a social media post...

Most of us have a warm home, food to eat and a comfortable bed to sleep in. Most of us. But some do not. In fact, Washington County School District communications director Steve Dunham and high school counselor Teresa Peterson said Wednesday on the Andy Griffin Show that most Washington County residents would be shocked by how many hungry/homeless students there are in our county...

A robbery suspect is in jail, but only after he turned Washington County into a crazy police chase and suspect pursuit that those involved will not soon forget. In a scene that seems like it was lifted straight from a Hollywood script, police from multiple agencies, including St...

At long last, the messy (rain, snow, hail, etc.) weather has broken and we seem to be in for a long stretch of our patented sunshine-dominated days here in Southern Utah. And just in time is a warning from the Washington County Sheriff's Department's Search and Rescue team...

Governor Spencer Cox is planning to visit all 29 Utah counties to meet with students, neighbors, and local business owners. He told audiences last night that he would visit Iron and Washington Counties early next month. Cox kicked off what he's calling his "Connecting Utah Tour" on Monday at Tooele High School...

A recent scam has popped up in southern Utah and you may have been unwittingly helping the scammers out. As with most scams, these folks prey on the kindhearted and your sympathy for others. The alleged perpetrators have been setting up booths at local grocery stores and asking for donations or selling marked up items for "Stand For The Silent ...

There's no doubt St. George and 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 Washington County is also home to another element, a sad and dark side that many leaders and owners of 4,000-square foot homes don't want to talk about. ...