Southern Utah University News

CEDAR CITY - A piece of Cedar City history was demolished Wednesday when the Joseph Walker barn was razed by his great-grandson, Bill Walker.

This particular location is in a market in which local employers are under-served by the current payroll services.

With the passage of a federal energy bill, more than $24 million will be heading to Utah colleges and universities.

CEDAR CITY - Dwindling water resources throughout Southern Utah are causing residents and city officials to take a look at possible sources of water acquisition using groundwater drilling.

When Lucy P. Pocock Williams delivered babies in Beaver in the 1930s, she got paid with bushels of apples.

Ben Adams is making his way back to Cedar City. After getting a bachelors degree from Southern Utah University, Adams went off to medical school, but is now back serving as the new dermatologist at Southwest Skin and Cancer dermatology practice.

The council is set to approve a Federal Aid agreement with the Utah Department of Transportation regarding a construction project near the south interchange.

Unlike the regular flu, the H1N1 virus has been especially hard on young people ages 18 to 35, With that in mind, Southern Utah University is planning a one-day clinic to provide vaccinations for students.

CEDAR CITY - World War II veteran Kent 'Red' Dover has a lot to be proud of, including his years spent serving in the United States Air Force, for which he is being honored Wednesday along with all veterans during Southern Utah University's Veterans Day Observance program.

Wednesday's announcement by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that it supports gay rights legislation the day after Salt Lake City's new ordinances passed unanimously outlawing housing and employment discrimination based on sexuality may have had an indirect impact on Southern Utah University.

More than 100 dignitaries from across Utah and the globe gathered Wednesday night for a Cedar City native who has been deemed the most famous woman in Cedar City and beloved by the world's largest nation.

CEDAR CITY - Come meet the Lady T-Birds at the Hoopster Clinic for a night of fun presented by Southern Utah University women's basketball.

'Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear Cedar City. Happy birthday to you.' Just imagine, if you will, following that song, as many Cedar City residents as possible inhaling altogether to then immediately blow out 158 candles on the biggest birthday cake in Utah history to celebrate Iron Mission Days, which commemorates ...

CEDAR CITY - President Barack Obama signed the Senate Fiscal Year 2010 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill into law today and, with a stroke of his pen, granted $1 million to Southern Utah University for its new Science Complex, the Walter Maxwell Gibson Science Center.

Today is National Men Cook Dinner Day. Yes, there is a day for it. It's always the first Thursday in November.

CEDAR CITY - When Canyon View High School students walked into school Tuesday, many knew that it was election day when they saw the electronic voting booths set up in the main hallway, but little did some of the students know they would be participating in a mock election.

Mike Cardon opened the doors to a new furniture store in Cedar City, Utah in 1995 called Cedar Sleep Center; ever since that monumental day Mike has been helping Cedar City residences get a better night sleep, one mattress at a time.

Twelve T-Bird musicians will take the stage Monday night when Southern Utah University's Power 91 radio station hosts the university's annual Guitars Unplugged competition on Monday, pitting some of the campus' most talented students against one another in a battle of the axes, and all for a good cause.

CEDAR CITY - Reports from the Success Academy and the Southwest Applied Technology College topped the agenda at Tuesday's Iron County School Board meeting.

Students throughout Iron County were given the opportunity to learn the traditions and history of certain styles of Mexican dance from Artist in Residence Monica Gomez Rogerson.