Chris Holmes

I’m Chris Holmes, co-host of the Big Picture Morning Show. I also enjoy my work as a sports and news contributor on KSUB. I hold a Masters of Professional Communication degree from Southern Utah University. While at SUU my work received numerous awards including the 2009 King Foundation Best of Festival Award in the National Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts. I live in Cedar City, with wife, Marie.

Canyon vs Cedar Baseball Streaming at VarsitySportsTV.com

After Cedar got the best of Canyon View yesterday in softball (10-0 in 6 innings; WP: Sadie Parson), the two schools meet again, today in baseball. Once again VarsitySportsTV will have the coverage starting at 3p, at Cedar High School. ...

Salina Utah Massacre – Murdered German Soldiers in Small Town Utah

When used in the historic context of the American West, the word "massacre" usually involves Anglo-Native conflicts--either a mass killing of whites by natives (Gunnison Massacre of 1853, where Captain John Gunnison and a surveying party were killed by Utes near Delta) or of natives by anglos (Bear River Massacre of 1863 where some 200 U ...

Body in Shed is Missing Woman – KSUB News Summary

Body Found in Shed Is Missing Woman (Provo, UT) -- A body found in a shed behind a Provo home is that of a missing Springville woman. Police were called to a home on Heather Lane Sunday, where they found 53-year-old Arthuro Carrion, who had a key to the outbuilding...

Former SUU President Michael Benson Named President at West Virginia

Former SUU President Michael T. Benson has been named the 27th president at West Virginia University. The announcement was made by West Virginia University on Monday. Benson is the current president at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina. His app...

Teen Sentenced in St George Attack – KSUB News Summary

Teen Sentenced For Attack On Woman (St. George, UT) -- A LaVerkin teen has to register as a sex offender following an attack on a woman in Washington County. Oliver Hepworth appeared before a judge in St. George this week after pleading guilty to forcible sexual abuse, kidnapping, and assault...

BYU to Reopen Jerusalem Center – KSUB News Summary

BYU To Reopen Jerusalem Center (Provo, UT) -- Brigham Young University is reopening its Jerusalem Center. Academic programs there were halted 18 months ago when Hamas attacked Israel. Officials say now that a cease fire agreement has been reached, they feel confident in welcoming back students in April...

Unified Team Players Take Spotlight in Cedar – CV B-Ball Match

Cedar and Canyon View High schools each split up into two teams and matched up for two games, Tuesday. Canyon View won the first game, Cedar the second. The event was the second time the schools met, since playing at Cedar High in January. The e...

One Dead, One Injured and Arrested in Iron County Stabbing

Cedar City, UT – One man is dead, another treated for injuries and under arrest following a stabbing incident in Iron County. On Wednesday (2/12/25), just before 530pm, deputies from the Iron County Sheriff’s Office, a SWAT team and Emergency medical personnel, responded to an area north west of Cedar City after a report of a stabbing involving two men. One man w...

T-Bird Gymnastics Sweeps Conference Honors for Second Week

CEDAR CITY, Utah – For the second time in two weeks the Southern Utah University gymnastics team has swept the weekly conference honors. Freshman Mia Hampton, sophomore Rylee Miller and sophomore Brinlee Christensen earned recognition after their performances in Friday's meet against Sacramento State. The Mountain Pacific ...

SUU Gymnastics Scores Highest Mark; Bests Utah State

CEDAR CITY, Utah — The Flippin' Birds continued the home stretch of their season with a tough battle against Utah State Monday night. The Thunderbirds came away with a new season-high and the win, 196.475-195.725. The victory improves the Flippin' Birds' overall record to 9-3 on the year and sets them up for a big-time showdown with #13 Stanford on Valentine's Day. Southe...