Scofield News

The family of John Jones now shares a tragic bond with the families of six Crandall Canyon mine disaster victims.

The story of the history of a newspaper can never be complete without including the news that it carries.

Organized recycling in Carbon County might soon become a reality thanks to the efforts of a local grass roots group called the Green Team.

Local residents accessing the Mountain View Cemetery in Helper on Cemetery Road are noticing a cross erected just off the road in recent days," said Lois Giordano, a member of Saint Anthony of Padua Parish in Helper.

Reclamation projects along the Price River are planned for nearly its entire length, from Scofield on down.

The Scofield fire that burned late this summer might be long out, but its legacy has endured.

What once stood for a little bit of heaven - a getaway for their children, grandchildren, brothers and sisters - now stands for a place of contention.

Send this Headwaters page to a friend or colleague: Utah cabin owners question BuRec's future flood scenario In the latest round of a dispute that goes back decades, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has ordered owners of cabins and houses around the Scofield Reservoir in Utah to clear out, claiming that the structures are in danger of being washed ...

How many times can you lie to someone and still have them believe you? The federal government has lost much of its credibility with the public over the last 60 years, largely because they have lied about so many things and people have stopped listening to their explanations.

Investigators have not identified a dog that attacked a person last year on a trail near The Canyons, an attorney for a sheep rancher in the Snyderville Basin claims.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation representatives came to Carbon County on Thursday evening armed with court documents.

From left, John Lamb, Judy Mancina Lamb, and Paul Mancina outside their cabin next to Scofield Reservoir.

Wildfires are keeping several Utah communities on high alert Tuesday morning. The Mill Flat fire is causing concern for people in the New Harmony area in Iron and Washington Counties.

Containment is expected at the end of the day today and all road closures and evacuations will be fully lifted this evening at 8 p.m. Todaya s efforts will be focused on removing hazard trees suspended over roads and trails.

The managed fire that has been burning west of Scofield since June turned into a monster on Sunday night, but by Tuesday afternoon it had been cut down to gerbil size, and things looked up for residents and property owners in the Scofield Mountain Home Subdivision.

The Carbon County Planning and Zoning Commission met on Sept. 1 to review the Scofield master plan and address some of its shortcomings and public concerns that were brought forth during an Aug.

Now that crews have thoroughly secured the lines adjacent to homes near the east perimeter, the focus will shift to tying containment lines on the north and south flanks.

Crews made progress on a large wildfire burning in southwestern Utah on Tuesday but another fire farther north jumped a highway, torched power poles and knocked out electricity to several communities.

Crews and helicopters have made good progress on containment of this fire. Yesterday afternoon the fire transitioned from the joint jurisdiction of Utah Forestry Fire and State Lands and the Manti-La Sal National Forest to a local Type 3 Incident Command Team under the Command of Steve Rutter.

A subdivision in Carbon County is evacuated, after a prescribed burn grew out of control.