The meeting of the Kane County Com­mission held on Janu­ary 13, opened with a series of recognitions for outgoing county and service district board members for their service to the com­munity. Said Commis­sioner Meyeres, “We just wanted to formally recognize all of the community members who have given their time and expertise to be part of a district board, a county board, a committee … all of those things in a rural community where, if we don’t just roll up our sleeves and g

The Kanab Film Fes­tival has announced it is shutting down, bringing an end to a seven-year run that helped draw indepen­dent filmmakers and film fans to Southern Utah. Photo courtesy of Kanab Film Festival According to a report from ABC4 Utah, fes­tival organizers cited financial strain within the local community as the primary reason for the closure. The deci­sion means the festi­val, which launched in 2019, will not return in its current form. The Kanab Film Festival was c

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