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The Utah Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by attorneys and members of the Fundamentalist LDS Church asking for a supplemental briefing and oral argument.

Hildale/Colorado City The tour now being offered of Colorado City and Hildale is good for anyone who wants to know the history of polygamy as practiced on the border of Utah and Arizona.

A Paris court convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than euro600,000 on Tuesday but stopped short of banning the group as prosecutors had demanded.

While most people think of retirement as a time to rest and relax, one southern Utah gardener has turned her retirement into an interesting niche business: harvesting wildflower seeds.

CEDAR CITY - Heber and Richard Holm say their families in the Colorado City-Hildale com munity are not happy with the daily tour business they began last month of the area, but the brothers want to show a side of their upbringing that doesn't just reflect the negative public atten tion brought on by Warren Jeffs.

A judge in British Columbia has quashed polygamy charges brought against two Fundamentalist Mormons, ruling the Canadian province's former attorney general breached the law in pursuing the cases.

The tour will offer accounts from guides who had lived in The Creek, the historic name for the community on the Utah-Arizona border that is home to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.

Originally published September 18, 2009 at 10:39 a.m., updated September 18, 2009 at 11:43 a.m. HILDALE, Utah a ' Former members of a polygamous church are offering outsiders a guided tour with promises to answer questions about the history and traditions of the community.

Roxanne Johnson began crafting handmade soaps for family and friends last year, and when they proved wildly popular, she realized a business had surfaced in all those suds.

ST. GEORGE - Grant money will provide a Life Skills education program designed to help children living in the polygamous communities of Hildale and Colorado City.

A Utah judge has ordered the sale of a 400-acre parcel of land that is part of a trust established by followers of jailed polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs.

The Hildale City Council will consider an appointment to fill a vacancy on the city council at a special council meeting Sept.

Representatives of two polygamous groups in southern Utah held a historic meeting Tuesday triggered by statements that characterized them as "rivals" squaring off over a disputed piece of property.

Saddled with debt and mired in lawsuits, a property trust once controlled by a controversial polygamous sect increasingly looks like a boondoggle.

First published March 14, 2004 AS PRINCIPAL OF ALTA ACADEMY FOR 22 YEARS, Warren Jeffs was a stickler for the little things.

Saddled with debt and mired in lawsuits, a property trust once controlled by a controversial polygamous sect increasingly looks like a boondoggle.

Even though Warren Jeffs is behind bars, the issues surrounding the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which encourages polygamy within its doctrine, continue to make headlines.

ST. GEORGE - The attorney for accused rapist Allen Glade Steed failed to agree with prosecutors Tuesday in 5th District Court on a way to resolve the case that was the key to putting former polygamous church leader Warren Jeffs in prison two years ago.

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A Utah judge has ruled that several people who want to intervene in the court-supervised handling of the United Effort Plan Trust have no legal standing to do so.