ST. GEORGE — A 20-year-old professional scooter rider from St. George has qualified to compete at the International Scooter Association’s world championships in Spain in early July. Pierce Goodwin recently competed in the ISA’s USA Nationals event at Camp Woodward, Southern California. “I ended up taking 12th place,” Goodwin told St. George News during a […]

ST. GEORGE — Hundreds of officers in Utah, and thousands more nationwide, kicked off a multistate blitz this week enforcing click-it-or-ticket laws with a zero-tolerance message. “Seat belt use is the single most effective way to survive a crash,” Utah Highway Patrol Colonel Michael Rapich said in a statement released this week. Driving or riding unbuckled will […]

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. — Officials from the National Park Service announced Thursday that effective immediately, they will be initiating water conservation measures on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. It’s designed to ensure that the area’s facilities can remain open until repairs are made to the damaged water pipeline. According to a press release […]

FEATURE — ‘Bout Time! Pub and Grub recently won first place in four categories in the 2019 Best of Southern Utah awards. “I’m way excited that we got Best of Southern Utah,” said Darwin Harrington, owner and general manager of ‘Bout Time’s St. George location, 929 W. Sunset Blvd. “We were nominated in five categories and […]

Graduates in the St. George and Cedar City areas celebrated their commencement ceremonies Wednesday and Thursday.

ST. GEORGE — According to the National Weather Service, the weather for Memorial Day weekend includes mostly sunny weather in the majority of southwestern Utah to start, but cooler temperatures and chances of rain will return for Memorial Day. Below are your St. George, Cedar City, Zion National Park and Lake Powell area weekend weather forecasts, […]

ST. GEORGE — With just six weeks to go, anticipation is growing for KONY Country’s “4th of July Celebration” spectacular, and now that KONY ticket stops have ended, tickets will officially go on sale to the public Friday at 10 a.m. Country singer Michael Ray, headliner for Southern Utah’s biggest Independence Day party, said he is excited […]

Pine View High School 2019 Commencement

Hurricane High School 2019 Commencement

ST. GEORGE — The approval of future outdoor recreation projects like campgrounds and RV parks has been paused by Washington County officials as they work to amend county code that has been called “quite broad” by county commissioners. The ordinance is flawed, Washington County Commissioner Dean Cox told St. George News over the phone Thursday. […]