Sevier News

MARYSVALE / ST. GEORGE - Our loving wife and mother, Evelyn Joy Hamel Henrie, passed away in her home on December 24, 2008, at the age of 81, leaving behind her husband of 61 years, James O. Henrie, seven ...

CEDAR CITY - To help preserve the lifestyle and habitat of a threatened species, the prairie dog, Iron County is working with surrounding counties as well as local, state and federal government agencies to ...

For Sevier County Commissioner Ralph Okerlund, 2009 will be a year of changes. An open house was hosted in Okerlund's honor Monday afternoon in Richfield as he prepares to bid farewell to his role as Sevier ...

A Richfield man and wife were arrested Dec. 3 after allegedly trying to purchase methamphetamine from an undercover informant by signing over a car.

The Bush administration is holding onto power in its final two months with a death grip that's strangling progressive and innovative policies affecting land use, the environment and, now, even education.

Nov. 4 was more than Election Day for a group of voters in Sevier County. It was Vindication Day.

The sixth annual Shop With A Cop auction is set to be hosted Saturday morning in Richfield.

Voters have turned out in record numbers this year for early voting, which began Oct.

Foes of a proposed coal-fired power plant in Sevier County are crying foul over mailers sent to residents this week, urging them to vote down Proposition 1. The citizen-led initiative - pulled from the ballot ...

It is my great privilege to serve the citizens of Emery, Sanpete and Sevier in the Utah Legislature.

The Richfield Reaper offered both the Right to Vote Committee and Sevier Power Company the opportunity to explain their views on the upcoming vote for Proposition 1. The proposition has already been the subject ...

What was first reported as a plane crash in Millard County has turned out to be more of a "hard landing." Pilot Errol Spaulding and passenger Dale Cresap, both of Idaho, were enroute from Idaho Falls to Lake ...

As part of Fire Prevention Week, and as a way to show off the unique fire trucks from the different fire departments in Sevier County, one fire truck from each department was displayed at Lin's grocery store ...

Earlier this year, the Legislature gutted the people's power to make land-use laws through initiatives and to refer the implementation of land-use laws to the voters.

The Richfield Reaper received eight letters during the past week that are not being printed.

The Utah Supreme Court on Friday struck down a new law limiting citizen-initiative powers.

Jeff Owens, left, legal counsel for the Right to Vote Committee, listens as Cass Butler, attorney for Sevier Power Company, addresses Utah Supreme Court justices Matthew B. Durrant, Chief Justice Christine M. ...

The legislature convened for a special session at the end of September and balanced the budget for the current fiscal year which commenced July 1 and ends on June 30, 2009.

The national fight over coal-fired power plants played out Thursday in Utah's highest court.

Environmentalists and local critics of a proposed electric-power plant are raising a new concern about plans to bury thousands of tons of coal ash at a new landfill.