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Nay’s Meats Awarded SBA Utah Rural Business of the Year


Grover Fire Serves as Wake-Up Call


First case of avian flu in wild birds in Utah confirmed; DWR asks public not to touch dead birds




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Nay’s Meats Awarded SBA Utah Rural Business of…

| May 18, 2022

Grover Fire Serves as Wake-Up Call

| May 18, 2022

First case of avian flu in wild birds in Utah…

| May 18, 2022

Escalante Weather

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Nay’s Meats Awarded SBA Utah Rural Business of the Year

The Insider | May 18, 2022

PANGUITCH – Tug Nay is beating the odds in a big way, and he’s been recognized for his efforts by...

Grover Fire Serves as Wake-Up Call

by Judith Hopkins | May 18, 2022

GROVER – The afternoon of Friday May 6, 2022, the residents of the small community on Miners Mountain Road in...

Series of Spot Fires Ignited Along Hwy 12 in Bryce Valley on May 11, 2022

The Insider | May 18, 2022

BRYCE VALLEY – A series of about ten spot fires were ignited along Utah Hwy 12 in the Bryce Valley...

First case of avian flu in wild birds in Utah confirmed; DWR asks public not to touch dead birds

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources | May 18, 2022

SALT LAKE CITY – While highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed in domestic birds in Utah last month, the first...

Utah Special Needs Registry Helps Identify People with Disabilities During Emergencies

by Lisa Jeppson | May 18, 2022

WAYNE AND GARFIELD COUNTIES – Utah is subject to natural and other types of disasters, and residents with special needs...

Local Government

Garfield  County  Commission May 9, 2022

Garfield County Commission May 9, 2022

The Insider | May 18, 2022

PANGUITCH – Garfield County Commissioner David Tebbs and Jerry Taylor formed the...

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Boulder Town Council May 2022

by Tessa Barkan | May 10, 2022

BOULDER – The May 2022 Boulder Town Council (TC) meeting began by...

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Wayne County Commission May 2, 2022

by Lisa Jeppson | May 10, 2022

WAYNE COUNTY – The Wayne County Commission Meeting was held on May...

Schools & Sports

Wayne High School Class of 2022

| May 18, 2022

Wayne High School Graduating Class of 2022. Front Row L to R: Kassen Pace, Ashlee Ellenburg, Kenna Stephenson, Willow Lawton, Halley Spencer, Allee Jo VanDyke, Shaleen Nelson. 2nd Row L to R: Eli Beecher, Kelton...

Pangutich Students Learn the Value of a Quarter in Honor of National Teach Children to Save Day

| May 18, 2022

PANGUITCH – In the age of credit cards and digital banking, Zions Bank employees are helping Garfield County students understand the value of a quarter. Not only can setting aside a few quarters per week...

PHS Sports Sidelines

| May 18, 2022

The Lady Bobcat Softball team ended their season on a positive showing at the first round of the 2A state tournament but came up a bit short. They started the day playing Parowan and opened...

Obituaries

Geraldine Taft

| May 18, 2022

BICKNELL – Geraldine Poulsen Taft, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, passed away at age 80, in her home in Bicknell, Utah on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Geraldine was born June 30, 1941 to the...

Patricia Ann (Olds) Henrie

| May 18, 2022

PANGUITCH – Patricia Ann (Olds) Henrie was born August 30, 1940 in Toquerville, Utah, the youngest of eight children born to Arthur and Lottie Olds. Her parents both only reached the 8th grade and stressed...

Barbara Gardner

| May 10, 2022

BOULDER – Barbara Coleman Gardner, 91, passed away at her home in Boulder, Utah on May 4. 2022. Barbara was born January 23, 1931 to Esther Peterson and Parley Franklin Coleman, in Salt Gulch, (Boulder)...

Columns

FYI Panguitch

FYI Panguitch

by Mack Oetting | May 18, 2022

I do believe we have skipped spring with this really warm weather, now if only the wind would leave. Last week Pat and I went over to Cedar City early...

Weekly Sky Report

Weekly Sky Report May 23 – May 29

by John Mosley | May 18, 2022

As has been true all spring, the action remains in the morning sky because that’s where the planets are, and this week the moon joins them. The sun has been...

Ben Jackson

Planting a Seed: Food, Health and Choice

by Ben Jackson | May 18, 2022

Welcome back for another installment of Food, Health, and Choice. This week we will continue with Food. Reminder, my name is Ben Jackson of Ben’s Hens, and these are my...

Opinion

Grover Fire: A thank you to local heroes, and a warning of things to come

| May 18, 2022

Residents of Grover, Utah will not forget Mother’s Day weekend of 2022 while the Carcass Creek fire raged burning 8-10 acres threatening homes, owners, and animals along Miners Mountain Road. Miners Mountain Road Community was established around 2007 to be supportive of each other and our mutual needs. Neighborhood Watch...

Thoughts About the Leaked Draft Opinion of the Supreme Court

| May 10, 2022

I read the leaked draft of the Supreme Court’s preliminary opinion. This quote tells the whole story, “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled.” This second quote elaborates the point, “We therefore hold that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. Roe and Casey must be...

You Still Have a Chance to Register to Vote

| May 3, 2022

Citizens of Garfield County, you still have a chance to register to VOTE! This is your chance to make your voice heard in the upcoming elections, including deciding who will win the SENATORIAL Primary race and will represent the United States and democracy in Washington D.C. Yes! There is still...

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