SPRINGDALE — National Park Service officials have identified the visitor who died after a fall from the Angels Landing trail in Zion National Park as Gilberto Ramos, 68, of Laredo, Texas. Angels Landing rises above Zion Canyon in Zion National Park. Park officials said a Texas visitor died Friday after a fall from the popular trail. Park officials said an emergency response began about 2 p.m. Friday, April 17, after reports that a hiker had fallen from the popular trail’s cha

KANAB — The Kane County Commission on April 14 considered proposed changes to the county’s General Plan, with discussion centering on how future growth should balance the rights of existing residents, property owners and new development. The meeting opened with routine business and a legislative update from a representative of U.S. Sen. Mike Lee’s office, who discussed federal efforts related to agriculture, privacy and election issues. The Kane County Commission met on April

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced April 17 that the Bureau of Reclamation will release between 660,000 acre-feet and one million acre-feet of water from Flaming Gorge Reservoir over the next year to help stabilize Lake Powell after poor snowpack, reduced runoff forecasts and continuing drought pressure across the Colorado River Basin. A lone kayaker paddles through a narrow canyon arm of Lake Powell in this Utah Office of Tourism image. Federal officials announced

KANOSH — A cluster of small earthquakes was recorded last week in Millard County near the town of Kanosh, according to the University of Utah Seismograph Stations. The swarm began early Sunday morning, April 19, and included more than 30 quakes over several hours. The largest magnitude measured was 3.6 and occurred shortly before 9 a.m. Several other tremors ranged between magnitudes 2.0 and 3.0. No injuries or property damage were immediately reported. Events of that size ca

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources currently has 15 desert tortoises available for adoption and is accepting applications. Photo courtesy of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Mojave Desert tortoises, native to areas north and west of the Colorado River in Arizona, Utah, Nevada and California, were listed as threatened under the Endangered Species A ct in 1990. As such, desert tortoises are protected under federal and state laws. In Utah, it is illegal to collect or re

While astronauts circled the moon this week aboard NASA’s Artemis II mis­sion, part of the power that sent them there came from Utah. NASA’s Artemis II mission lifts off aboard the Space Launch System rocket. Solid rocket boosters built in Utah helped power the mission carrying astronauts on a trip around the moon. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA. The Space Launch Sys­tem rocket that launched the crew relied on two massive solid rocket boost­ers built in northern Utah by Northrop

KANAB - The meet­ing of the Kane County Planning and Zoning Board held on April 8 had a full agenda of Land Use topics and public hearings. Following the regular opening procedures and a brief update from County Commis­sioner Gwen Brown, the board started on the agenda’s action items. The first item was administrative, with the board considering granting Land Use Ad­ministrator Shannon McBride authoriza­tion to process amend­ments and compliance issues for the Camp Kaia Condi