Rockville News

CEDAR CITY - Local business owner and resident Doug Warner got the community talking politics with his blog mylocalleaders.blogspot.com, and now other cities are soliciting him to do the same for their areas.

Detectives from the Washington County Sheriff's Office have responded to a possible homicide in the area of Gooseberry Mesa, an area near Rockville, Utah.

A Las Vegas man found dead in southwestern Utah Friday was shot several times after a July 7 confrontation in remote desert wilderness, police said.

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ST. GEORGE - The badly decomposed body of a Hispanic male was found Friday afternoon by passers-by in the Gooseberry Mesa area of Washington County, a remote area near Rockville.

Small communities in Washington County will save a little money in November's municipal election after the Washington County Commissioners voted to allow the communities to go strictly to mail-in ballots.

ZION NATIONAL PARK -One person was transported to Dixie Regional Medical Center and approximately 250 people were evacuated from Zion Lodge because of a propane leak Thursday.

Kate Starling is a daughter of the desert, but it wasn't until later in life that she began to depict its arid landscapes through oil on canvas.

SPRINGDALE - Many Southern Utahns have seen a play or a concert at the Tuacahn Amphitheater in Ivins.

In some ways, those who battle autoimmune disease are at war with themselves. Among these diseases are such prominent ones as type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, celiac, Crohns disease and Graves' disease.

ROCKVILLE -- A musical performance is scheduled for Thursday at the Rockville Community Center in Rockville.

Start from the outside, then work your way in. That's the artistic lesson Kathryn Stats learned the first time she attempted to paint Zion National Park more than 30 years ago.

More than 30 years ago a small group of Zion Canyon residents gathered with the desire to promote the arts and influence the community they loved.

Washington County is full of scenic wonders, from Snow Canyon to Zion Canyon. It's a land that has seen its share of residents, from the early white settlers to the Paiutes and Puebloans that preceded them to the prehistoric beasts that left their marks in the mud that later became sandstone.