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By: Matt Ward
EDITOR'S NOTE: This was initially published in the July 1, 2026 edition. Some information may be outdated. Millard County government won’t look the same come January as two new county commissioners and a new sheriff are expected to take office. Results from last Tuesday’s Republican primary election were updated a second time later last week after about 600 ballots […]
By: Matt Ward
EDITOR'S NOTE: This was initially published in the July 1, 2026 edition. Some information may be outdated. A lightning-sparked wildfire burned through 11,000 acres in the Fishlake National Forest south of Scipio. The fire began Friday about five miles from Holden, on the east side of Interstate 15. By Sunday the blaze had crossed over Highway 50, north of […]
By: Matt Ward
EDITOR'S NOTE: This was initially published in the July 8, 2026 edition. Some information may be outdated. A 48-year-old Garrison man faces two third-degree felony charges after firing a gun at a man who had just run over the suspect’s dog. Tim Magner is accused of shooting a .357 handgun on June 27 and flattening the victim’s tire after […]
By: Matt Ward
EDITOR'S NOTE: This was initially published in the July 8, 2026 edition. Some information may be outdated. The wildfire that tore through a portion of Fishlake National Forest between Scipio and Holden last week was reportedly about 53 percent contained as of Monday morning. The Wild Goose Fire that started on June 26 has grown to about 12,650 acres […]
By: Matt Ward
Editor’s Note: This was initially published in the July 15 2026 edition. Some information may be outdated. County planning officials have begun an effort to overhaul where solar and wind renewable energy projects are permitted within the county. Last Thursday, county planning commissioners approved language removing utility-scale solar and wind energy developments from any zone within the county’s table of […]
By: Matt Ward
EDITOR'S NOTE: This was initially published in the June 22, 2026 edition. Some information may be outdated. Fillmore City officials agreed last week to continue supplying up to 7 million gallons of water per month to the 9-hole, private golf course inside the city. The arrangement was previously discussed when the former Paradise Golf Course was sold to local […]
By: Matt Ward
A bombshell proposal introduced at last Wednesday’s Delta City Council meeting could birth an economic bonanza for the municipality. Creekstone Energy and city officials have been in private discussions for months about the prospect of the city delivering water and sewer services to the company’s under-development, 1,100-acre data center campus some 6 miles southeast of the city’s boundaries. Creekstone would […]
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Editor’s Note: This was initially published in the July 29 2026 edition. Some information may be outdated. Fillmore City was sued last week in Fourth District Court by the owners of a local business. Eagle Market owners Crystal and Dee Penney filed a civil complaint alleging the city imposed arbitrary restrictions on their business, relying on an allegedly biased […]
By: Matt Ward
Editor’s Note: This was initially published in the July 29 2026 edition. Some information may be outdated. A 45-year-old man who set a trailer on fire in Deseret during a standoff with police in September 2024 was convicted at a July 16-17 jury trial in Fourth District Court. Michael Douglas Hathaway was convicted of two first-degree felony charges of aggravated […]
By: Matt Ward
Franchise fatigue, or its more common subvariant, superhero fatigue, is a very real phenomenon for moviegoers.
