Washington County News

When many thousands still need help is not the time for the state to cut back on the basic assistance food stamps provide .

Firefighters were able to reach 100-percent containment on the 123-acre Mesa Fire by 2 p.m. Monday, according to Mike Melton of the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands.

Firefighters were able to reach 100 percent containment on the 123-acre Mesa Fire by 2 p.m. Monday, according to Mike Melton of the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands.

The Spectrum Emergency officials respond to a fatal plane crash near the St. George Municipal Airport on Saturday, May 26, 2012.

Cool overnight temperatures have helped southern Utah fire crews get a better handle on a wildfire burning in southern Utah.

Moisture from Mother Nature ended up helping firefighters on Saturday contain a wildfire that burned 4,200 acres of Promontory Point near the Great Salt Lake.

Welders along I-15 sparked a fast-moving brush fire in the Bloomington Hills area of Washington County on Wednesday afternoon.

ST. GEORGE, Utah - Washington County officials say a fast-moving wildfire was threatening homes and businesses in St.

The fire is burning is close to U.S. Highway 59 - the stretch of road between Hurricane and Hildale, going through Apple Valley.

Rumors and accusations of nefarious dealings entwined in a proposed massive development in this picturesque valley are flying - much like I-15 traffic hurtling past this small southern Utah town.

The fact that members of the Utah Legislature expressed some suspicion about a request to set up some electronic license plate scanners along I-15 in southwest Utah is neither surprising nor altogether wrong.

Washington County prosecutors have filed formal charges against a St. George man who would have lawfully shot an intruder with an AK-47 but for the marijuana police say they found in his home.

The colors of the rainbow flying over St. George could mean more than a fun day flying kites in the sun.

Everyone driving on Interstate 15 in southwest Utah may soon have their license plate scanned by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

A former St. George high school teacher has been sentenced to prison for fondling three young girls and a woman over the course of several years.

Ivins is receiving a grant of more than $12.4 million from the Department of Veterans Affairs to construct a new veterans home.

Mike Matheson water skis in the early morning hours on Lake Powell, Utah, Saturday, Oct.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar answers a question during a news conference on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, in Cheyenne, Wyo.

George Pyle has been a newspaper writer in Kansas, Utah, Upstate New York, and now Utah again, for more than 30 years - most of it as an editorial writer and columnist.

At least Sen. Mike Lee was honorable enough not to try to claim credit for one of the last and best accomplishments of the statesman he ousted from office two years ago.