Kane County EMS is pleased to announce it has received $24,000 in grant funding from the Kane County Commission and the Kane County Econom­ic Opportunity Board to support advanced emergency medical services education for its providers. This investment will directly strengthen emergen­cy care across Kane County’s rural com­munities and for the many visitors who rely on local EMS each year. Image courtesy of Kane County Hospital The grant funding is being used to support an Adv

In a special legislative session held on December 9, Utah Lawmakers repealed 2025’s House Bill 267, which banned public sector businesses from collective bargaining with organiza­tions like unions, and fur­thered the legal battle over 2026’s voting maps. The special session was spurred in part by the signature drive on the HB0267 issue and in part by the ongoing legal debate over Utah’s voting district laws. Many legislators on the state level, generally Republican, contest a

On December 4, 2025, Congresswoman Celeste Maloy (R-UT) introduced legislation to honor the life and service of Deputy Sheriff Brian Harris, a Kane County Deputy who was killed in the line of duty. The bill would offi­cially designate the United States Postal Service facil­ity located at 35 South Main Street in Glendale, Utah, as the “Deputy Sheriff Brian Harris Post Office.” Image via Kane County, Utah “Deputy Brian Harris grew up in this commu­nity and spent his career prot

The search for Jo­seph “Joe” Pachak, a longtime Bluff resident and well-known guide, ended in tragedy De­cember 9 after authori­ties confirmed he was found deceased in a pond on his property. Joseph Pachak / Courtesy of the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office. Pachak, 75, had been reported missing on Nov. 27 after friends and neighbors real­ized they had not seen or heard from him for several days. His dis­appearance prompted a multi-day search effort led by the San Juan County

Coconino County put on a series of economic recovery meetings, titled “listening ses­sions,” on the week of December 8, to ad­dress concerns of the economic impact of the Dragon Bravo fire and other fires on the Kaibab this year. The county contracted AC Disaster Consulting to develop a recovery plan and to organize initia­tives to aid tourism, natural resource and social recovery. Fredo­nia’s meeting was on Monday, December 8, while Page’s was Tues­day, December 9; other mee

The Utah Office of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy, in conjunc­tion with the Gover­nor’s Office of Econom­ic Opportunity and the Utah Department of Commerce, held a sum­mit on December 2, 2025, where industry leaders and local policy makers came together to address issues sur­rounding the develop­ing AI industry. Image via Governor Cox’s Office. Said Governor Spen­cer Cox, “What we want is that every decision that we make related to AI, wherever it exists: is it serving h

At approximately 2:30 p.m. on Sunday Novem­ber 30, a two-car accident occurred at the corner of Spring Drive and Movie Ranch Road in Duck Creek Utah. A third car stopped to assist and check on the occu­pants of the other vehicles. Photo courtesy of Kane County Sheriff's Office. While standing next to one of the vehicles, 57-year-old Richard Ross, from Las Vegas, Nevada, was struck by an additional vehicle travelling down the hill which slid into him and the original damaged v