States and counties across the U.S. have seen a recent push by Republi­can lawmakers, following a Presidential recommen­dation, to redistrict their boundaries and secure more congressional seats for the party, and Utah is no exception, with state boundaries being up for re­view this year ahead of the 2026 midterms. This last week, the Utah Legislature proposed a series of maps, with the congressional pick favoring Republicans by denying the Democratic party a seat in Democrat

During the ongoing fed­eral government shutdown, visitors continue to stream into Zion, Bryce Canyon, and other southern Utah national parks, but no one is paying to get in. Entrance stations are unstaffed, and fee booths sit empty while the state helps keep the parks running. Entrance station, Zion National Park, Utah. Image via National Park Service. Utah stepped in early in the shutdown to fund basic operations - a move Gover­nor Spencer Cox said was necessary to prevent l

In 1930 director Raoul Walsh returned to Kanab to begin shooting Fox Film’s $2-million produc­tion, The Big Trail. Scenes were filmed throughout the West, including Zion N.P., the Arizona Strip and the Grand Canyon’s North Rim. Publicity still for “The Big Trail” (1930), John Wayne & Marguerite Churchill. Public domain. Gary Cooper and Tom Mix were Walsh’s first choices for the lead, but Mix had left Fox and Paramount refused to loan Coo­per. Walsh noticed an athletic twenty-

Airman Apprentice Charlie Bosworth. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Marieliza Rosales, Navy Public Affairs Support Element East. Airman Apprentice Charlie Bosworth, a native of Kanab, Utah, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Airborne Command and Control Squadron 126 (VAW- 126), supporting the E-2D carrier airborne early warning aircraft, known as the Hawkeye. Bosworth graduat­ed from Kanab High School in 2024 through Kane County Adult Education. The skills and