About 300 residents filled the Kanab Center on Janu­ary7, for a public hearing on the proposed preliminary incorporation of Willow, a large development east of Kanab. Speakers raised objections to the state-required feasibility study and broader concerns about growth, infrastructure and local control. Residents line up to speak during a public hearing on the proposed Willow incorporation at the Kanab Center on January 7. About 300 people attended the state-required hearing. P

On the morning of Janu­ary 8, Kanab City Police units were dispatched to a single vehicle rollover at or near milepost 62, just east of town. Photo by Matthew Bowman. A single vehicle with one occupant had hit the right edge of the highway during a white-out snowstorm and over corrected, causing her vehicle to roll onto its side. The female driver was extricated by the Kanab Fire Department and transported to the hos­pital by ambulance with injuries. The case is under inves­t

A popular Kanab small business was damaged overnight after multiple windows were broken in what appears to be a de­liberate act of vandalism. One of several windows damaged at Brown Box in Kanab during an overnight vandalism incident January 5–6. The business reported the damage was caused by rocks thrown through the glass. Photo courtesy of Brown Box. The owners of Brown Box reported that sometime during the night of Janu­ary 5–6, rocks were thrown through several of the sho

Officials of the town of Orderville conducted the swearing in of the newly elected Mayor and two new members of the Town Board at the board meeting chambers on the eve­ning of January 7, 2026. Newly elected mayor Ray Spencer taking the oath of office. Photos by Ty Gant. Outgoing Mayor Lyle Goulding commented, “I’m going to spend the last few minutes of my time in this seat prais­ing these two members of the town board,” complimenting town board members Mari­anne Leigh and Ror