Washington County News

ST. GEORGE &#8212 Jeff Dial, communications manager for the Washington County 911 dispatch center, died Tuesday morning after suffering undisclosed medical complications during a 9-hour standoff Monday near Hurricane.

Police hope a skull fragment found in the Virgin River will confirm the death of a Boy Scout who disappeared in a flash flood more than 50 years ago.

An 11-mile stretch of Interstate 15 in Washington County was closed for several hours and a school put into lockdown Monday due to a police standoff.

Drivers on southbound and northbound Interstate 15 are being detoured onto State Road 9 and State Road 17 due to a police standoff.

Craig V. Thygerson was eastbound on State Road 59 near Apple Valley about 3:20 p.m. Friday when his 1994 Geo Prizm crossed the center line into oncoming traffic in the westbound lane, the Utah Highway Patrol reported in a news release.

Polygamous sect leaders have paid nearly half of past-due property taxes owed on its state-controlled property trust, avoiding possible evictions and tax sales.

Sen. Steve Urquhart is making good on a promise to push the repeal of key immigration reforms and Friday will publicly unveil bills to scrap the state's guest worker law and the driving privilege card.

A St. George personal fitness trainer who had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old client collapsed Tuesday as a judge sentenced her to prison.

Washington County, UT: In 2011, 26-year-old Lace Walker gave a not guilty plea to the misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty.

The Salt Lake Tribune) Washington County Water Conservancy District General Manager Ron Thompson's St.

The state already knows that about one-third of adults who receive some form of public aid grew up in families that also received government assistance.

The new CROSSFIT 435 has finally arrived in St. George, Washington, Hurricane and all surrounding areas as of January 2nd.

Jimmy Johns signed a lease for 1800 SF in Sandstone Village, which is anchored by TJ Max in St.

A judge has granted a permanent restraining order barring polygamous sect leaders loyal to Warren Jeffs from a large school building used as a church by followers of a rival prophet.

"My goal as attorney general will be to run this office as a law firm based on my experience as a litigation partner in my firm and to not perhaps be quite as involved in driving the policy as my predecessor," Swallow said.

Sailor Mylroie, 10, and West Mylroie, 8, of Santa Clara, Washington County, are both competing for a $25,000 college fund.