Garfield County News

Local, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Saturday | Salt Lake Tribune

Legal battle over roads really is about roads

Utah's threatened court fight for routes across Utah really is about roads. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance's fight is about designating a very large portion of southern Utah as a wilderness area.

Comment?

Related Topix: Utah, Wayne County, UT, Torrey, UT, Opinion

Wed May 16, 2012

Deseret News

Cathy Free: Free Lunch: Watching the stars come out on the silver screen in Escalante

A fan of drive-in movies since he was 2, Mark Gudenas opened The Shooting Star on the edge of Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante wilderness.

Comment?

Related Topix: Escalante, UT, Recreational Vehicle, Airstream, Theater, Arts

Mon Apr 30, 2012

KSL-TV

Experts give essential tips to surviving the outdoors

Over the weekend, a Maine woman survived four days and nights alone in a remote area of Garfield County with a broken leg.

Comment?

Related Topix: Escalante, UT

ABC 4

Woman survives 4 nights in Utah desert with a broken leg

CEDAR CITY, UTAH - A 59-year-old woman is recovering in the hospital right now after surviving four nights alone and with a broken leg in a remote hiking area in Garfield County.

Comment?

Related Topix: Cedar City, UT

Deseret News

5 reasons to request an audit

Five examples of how Utah auditors are saving taxpayers money; reducing corporate waste, corruption and fraud; and holding our leaders and corporations fiscally responsible and accountable.

Comment?

Sat Apr 28, 2012

Deseret News

Maine woman survives 4 days in Garfield County desert

Despite a broken leg and no food, a Wade, Maine woman was able to survive four days in a remote area of Garfield County and is recovering in a hospital for exposure and her leg injury.

Comment?

Related Topix: Brigham Young University