The Kanab City Fire Department responded to four separate fires over the past week while also handling other emergency incidents, arriving on scene in an average of seven minutes and helping contain each blaze before it spread to additional homes and structures. Although each fire had a different cause and presented unique challenges, city officials said they all shared a common lesson: during dry summer conditions, even a small spark can quickly become a dangerous fire. On J

KANE COUNTY — A hiker who became sepa­rated from his group while visiting The Wave was rescued after an extensive overnight search in the Wire Pass and Buckskin Gulch area, according to the Kane County Sheriff’s Office. Kane County Search and Rescue personnel search rugged terrain near The Wave and Wire Pass during an overnight operation that located a missing hiker July 6. The hiker was airlifted to medical care after being found suffering from dehydration and other injuries

Kane County The Kane County Commission approved a $500,000 plan to renovate the county assessor and DMV building, addressing aging roof, HVAC and plumbing systems. The project will be funded with $200,000 from the Buildings and Grounds Fund and $300,000 from the Municipal Building Authority. Commissioners also approved a new ordi­nance regulating com­mercial water hauling and adopted several housekeeping amend­ments to county zoning ordinances. Other ac­tions included approv­

KANE COUNTY — A team of Utah and Nevada National Guard aviators re­cently helped recover two remarkable dino­saur fossils from a re­mote excavation site in Kane County, includ­ing what researchers say is the first baby duck-billed dinosaur ever found in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. A Utah Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carries a rock-encased juvenile duckbilled dinosaur fossil from a remote excavation site in Grand Staircase-Escalante National

KANE COUNTY — President Donald Trump on Monday signed proclamations dramatically reducing the size of Grand Stair­case-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments, reviving one of Utah’s longest-running public lands debates and setting the stage for anoth­er round of expected court challenges. For Kane County, the decision carries particular signifi­cance. Grand Stair­case-Escalante Na­tional Monument en­compasses much of southern Kane County and has shaped public land manage

ORDERVILLE — Community members gathered Saturday, July 11, to celebrate the grand opening and ribbon cutting of Val­ley Fitness, a new com­munity fitness center created through a partnership between the Town of Orderville and the Kane County School District. The Kanab Area Chamber of Commerce hosted the ceremony, with Orderville Mayor Ray Spencer cutting the ribbon. Orderville Mayor Ray Spencer cuts the ribbon during Saturday’s grand opening of Valley Fitness in Orderville. H