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Canyons Calling Summer Concert Series Continues July 5th, 2024
With only two concerts left in this season’s Canyons Calling Summer Concert Series, we want you to join us July 5th at 7 PM (time adjustment!) at Jackson Flat Reservoir for another amazing FREE concert featuring two of Kanab’s up-and-coming bands!. Formed in 2023, the up-and-coming Monsoon Fever...
Arizona Strip Gunsight Fire reports 100 percent containment, over 200 acres burned
A wildfire began around 9 p.m. on the evening of Wednesday, June 26, on the Arizona Strip just outside of Kanab and Fredonia. Fire crews with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Strip District took point on the response, which also included Forest Service and Arizona State responses. Photos...
Highlights from Kanab’s 18th annual Amazing Earthfest
Each year, Amazing Earthfest, a nonprofit organization based in Kanab holds a multiday free public festival celebrating the land and life of the Colorado Plateau. In addition to outdoor adventure, environmental awareness and musical performance, indigenous culture and the peoples of the region were included to a greater degree during the 18th annual 2024 festival than ever before.
Firefighters urge caution after target shooting sparks fire in red flag conditions
TOOELE — Target shooters sparked a brush fire Wednesday that quickly spread to more than 15 acres, firefighters said. According to Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands spokesman Karl Hunt, the target shooters called 911, and dispatchers got local, state, and federal crews out to the hillside northwest of Grantsville and southwest of Interstate 80.
Potentially toxic algal bloom detected at Utah Lake
SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah — Concerns over algal blooms are mounting as lakes and reservoirs across the state, including Utah Lake, are experiencing the rapid growth of harmful algae. The Utah Department of Environmental Quality has issued algal bloom warnings for Provo Bay, Lincoln Beach, American Fork Beach, and Saratoga...
Race for Utah’s 2nd District narrows, inching closer to recount threshold
The Republican primary race for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District continues to narrow more than a week after election day, and with hundreds of ballots yet to be cured, the potential for a recount is down to just a couple dozen votes.
Firework Safety for the Fourth
Each year, July 3 is a day of silent mourning, as it is the last day that someone out there is going to spend with all 10 fingers. Because of this, here are some tips and tricks from Price Fire Chief Dave Johnson, the Utah Division of Natural Resources (DNR) and others to minimize the chance of losing any ligaments.
Woman charged for allegedly trafficking illegal drugs through Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A foreign national was charged after allegedly trafficking methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl through Utah. Leonilde Andrea Lopez Vargas, 35, of Midvale, was charged Wednesday with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, possession of heroin with intent to distribute, and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, the Utah District Attorney's Office said.
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