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>>SUU Shooter Report Likely a Prank, School Says (Cedar City, UT) -- Southern Utah University is getting back to normal following reports of an active shooter last week. The Cedar City school said it received reports of a shooter on Thursday, bringing classes and activities to a stop. Howe...

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and is far more relevant to residents of Southern Utah than one might think.

The RESEP (Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program) clinic from St. George Regional Hospital will be holding public informational meetings in several southern Utah cities on April 19th & 20th, 2024. These meetings are to inform the public that the RECA law is set to expire in June 2024 and to discuss bills that have been submitted to Congress. The te ...

I've lived in 10 different state in the USA during my lifetime and one common link among them all is that the residents of the different locales think they have the worst drivers in America. It's easy to believe, especially if you just got home after some numbskull just cut you off in traffic and another thickheaded driver had his left blinker on and then turned right in front of you...

>>Local Panguitch Officials Say Mitigation Efforts Have Been Working (Panguitch, UT) -- Officials in Garfield County lifted an evacuation notice and Utah Department of Transportation has reopened State Highway 143 below the Panguitch Lake Dam.  Off...

Dogs? Cats? Nah, it's all about the birds in Southern Utah. At least, that's what Stockton Myers thinks.

Quick -- no Google or Alexa -- what is the deadliest creature on Planet Earth? Lion? No. Shark? Not even close. Wolf? Nope. Piranha? Rattlesnake? Tiger? Killer whale? Nope, nope, nope and nope. Those are the most common guesses and they are creatures we're supposed to be afraid of, according to Hollywood...

Windy weather caused a residential fire in Hurricane to spread to another home, prompting an emergency response from Southern Utah fire crews.

I've seen a couple of angst-ridden posts online lately, people stress-writing about a recent experience in getting on the freeway. I feel your pain. I remember as a new driver a few years ago (OK, more than a few) the biggest stress I had was the thought of having to merge with full-speed drivers when trying to merge onto the fast-moving Interstate. ...

The Garfield County Sheriff's Office Tuesday, issued a public service announcement regarding the on-going situation at Panguitch Lake Dam, elevating the crisis to a Level 2 Emergency Situation "due to potential risks identified with the dam's integrity...