Minersville News

In 2007 an estimated 500,000 acres of public- and private-range land burned in Utah, forcing ranchers out of business, impacting wildlife and hitting rural economies in the gut.

The Narrows Fire, which consumed some 630 acres of Bureau of Land Management and state-managed lands between Cedar City and Minersville, started Monday night because of lightning, officials said.

CEDAR CITY - Interagency fire crews were fighting to contain a wildfire Tuesday 20 miles north of Cedar City, and the blaze already had consumed more than 630 acres.

I've always admired intrepid explorers like Jedediah Smith. He is credited with historians as first to explore the Great Basin when he was a partner in the Rocky Mountain Fur Co.

A windstorm that rolled through Beaver County Tuesday evening took down 15 power transmission poles, cutting off electricity to Beaver City, Milford and Minersville.

“Utah has one of our nation's largest geothermal resources, and I'm pleased Raser is setting the pattern for our future with today's groundbreaking.”

MINERSVILLE - The area around Minersville and Milford is quickly becoming a hot spot in Utah's quest to find clean, renewable energy. via TheSpectrum.com

By October, Utah will have its first new geothermal power plant in 23 years. State officials and project organizers met for a groundbreaking Friday, at the site of the new project, located 16 miles west of ... via The Spectrum Online Edition

“You don't lose a [stroke] if a prairie dog takes your ball”

A colony of Utah prairie dogs living on a Cedar City golf course could be wiped out if a federal wildlife agency insists of relocating them to other habitats, conservationists say in a lawsuit. via Salt Lake Tribune

The Spectrum reports arrests for felony crimes and compound misdemeanors and warrants carrying a bail of at least $750. All arrest information is taken from the jail booking log and police reports. via TheSpectrum.com

About five years ago, I was doing research for a story when I came across the news clipping. via Deseret Morning News

The Washington County Commission will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the county commission chambers, 197 E. Tabernacle. via The Spectrum Online Edition

It was too late to save them, but rescue crews spent the day trying to recover three bodies from a plane crash 25 miles northwest of Cedar City on Wednesday. via ABC 4

“It's a very high-energy impact”

MINERSVILLE - Authorities are investigating a plane crash that killed three Idaho men. via TheSpectrum.com

“That's done fairly often in these type of plane crashes.”

Three people are dead after a small plane crashed into the side of a mountain near Minersville early Tuesday morning. via The Spectrum Online Edition

“Their report to me, it appeared they died on impact”

A helicopter was used to retrieve the bodies of three men killed in a plane crash near the Iron-Beaver county line. via Deseret Morning News

MINERSVILLE -- Search crews are narrowing in to within a mile of the wrecjage of a Bonanza, low-sing, six-seater airplane that crashed early today in the Black Mountains near the Iron-Beaver County border. via TheSpectrum.com

Springdale The Town Council will have a special meeting at 5 p.m. Monday at the town hall, 118 Lion Blvd. via TheSpectrum.com

Nov. 3 Ronald James Shepherd and Amberlee Bailey of Salt Lake City Nov. 9 Carlos Fernando Delarios and Nancy Lee Duarte of Calabasas, Calif. via TheSpectrum.com

MINERS-VILLE--Gertrude Carter Marshall, has been called home by our Heavenly Father to join her husband, and two oldest sons on Nov. via TheSpectrum.com

St. George The Washington County Solid Waste Special Service District 1 will meet at 5 p.m. Monday in the county administration building, 197 E. Tabernacle. via TheSpectrum.com