A project that started as a way for one transgender person to pay for gender-confirmation surgery has grown into an active Utah-based nonprofit.

CEDAR CITY — The Snow Canyon High School mountain bike team won its second straight state championship Saturday, outscoring 26 other Division 2 teams in the Utah High School Cycling League’s season-ending races. The two-day event was staged at the Three Peaks Recreation Area north of Cedar City, with the official trophies and season-ending awards […]

ST. GEORGE — The annual Utah Outdoor Recreation Summit is scheduled to be held next week in St. George, giving Utah officials the opportunity to gather and discuss issues related to outdoor recreation. The summit will be held at the Dixie Convention Center in St. George from Oct. 22-24. The theme of the 6th annual summit […]

FEATURE — Since the English began colonizing what is now the United States, their general policy was to separate themselves from the Native Americans, living apart from them and not intermingling. Toquerville, however, bucked that trend. Apparently, the Paiute Chief Toquer invited settlers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to settle among his […]

Kraig Atkin Powell was sentenced Tuesday to six years to life in prison, following mental health treatment in the Utah State Hospital.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Attorney General’s Office has asked a federal judge to halt proceedings in a lawsuit over Utah’s 18-week abortion ban pending a U.S. Supreme Court decision. Planned Parenthood is suing the state over a law the legislature passed earlier this year, banning elective abortions after 18 weeks. In a filing, […]

ST. GEORGE — The sizzling heat of summer is over, yet the death toll of children left in hot cars continues to rise despite public awareness being at an all-time high. In fact, this is officially the deadliest October in history, according to a statement released by Kids and Cars. On average, one child dies during […]

ST. GEORGE — Sportsman permits are among Utah’s most prized hunting permits, and the time to apply for one is coming up soon. Utahns can begin submitting applications for 2020 sportsman permits on Oct. 23. To be included in the permit drawing, you have to submit your application no later than 11 p.m. on Nov. 13. […]

ST. GEORGE — Multiple poaching incidents involving five animals, two of which were killed in Iron County, were reported to authorities, prompting conservation officers to seek the public’s help in identifying those responsible. In September 2019, conservation officers with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources responded to two different poaching incidents near Vernal. The first […]

ST. GEORGE — Public outrage was expressed at a town meeting in Springdale Thursday evening discussing a proposed land swap between Dixie State University and the Zion Canyon Mesa. The meeting was organized by Mark Chambers in hopes of gathering more information about the proposal after the public was first made aware of it at a […]