Washington County News

ST. GEORGE - Property owners in Washington County will see a difference in their property valuations when receiving their tax bills later this year, but it doesn't change the bottom line in what their payments will be.

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Illegal firework use has been a problem in Iron County for many years. Iron County Sheriff, Mark Gower, wants people to be aware that they can be criminally charged and fined for fires started because of negligence.

ST. GEORGE - County fire officials would like to remind residents and visitors alike that discharging of fireworks is prohibited from June 1 through Oct.

WASHINGTON COUNTY - What are believed to be the remains of a male pilot from Las Vegas were found Tuesday in the wreckage of a plane crash near Beaver Dam Wash in Washington County.

WASHINGTON COUNTY -- Investigators say the body of a person believed to be the pilot of a single-engine aircraft that crashed on Utah Hill near St.

Washington County sheriff's officials are on their way to the site of a reported plane crash near the Arizona and Utah state line.

ST. GEORGE - A group of people interested in keeping the election process fair in Utah gathered Saturday at the Washington County Library to discuss the possibility of a Fair Boundaries Commission Initiative to combat gerrymandering.

A citizen review panel in southern Utah's Washington County is asking law enforcement agencies to stop using Tasers until an investigation into the death of 32-year-old Brian Cardall -- who was shocked twice with a Taser on a highway earlier this month --is completed.

A former Hurricane lawman accused of turning a missing child call into a sexual encounter with the girl's mother has pleaded no contest to a a charge of custodial sexual relations.

ST. GEORGE - Blaine Douglas Chesleigh, age 49, was sentenced to bench probation Tuesday in 5th District Court for his part in a March 15 assault at a local motel.

Like the walls of many homes where children reside, the living room wall in Brandi Mostowy's home is filled with drawings and paintings by her daughter, Bailee Danklef.

Brian Cardall's body was lying on the side of the road -- naked and still warm -- when the Hurricane Police Department started working on what a sharp attorney could call a defense.

In an effort to conserve valuable public resources, it makes sense that the Washington County Critical Incident Task Force investigate such events that occur in its jurisdiction.

ST. GEORGE - Audio recordings of a Tasering incident that resulted in the death of Brian Cardall, age 32, released Wednesday by his family, indicate that the man was shot twice with the weapon and apparently stopped breathing at the scene.

Marijuana discovered in Pine Valley PINE VALLEY, Utah a ' Authorities uncovered an astonishing amount of marijuana plants and seedlings in Washington County on Wednesday.

ST. GEORGE - Former Southern Utah attorney Matthew Graff is in Purgatory Correctional Facility in Washington County, said Iron County Attorney Scott Garrett on Wednesday morning.

ST. GEORGE -- The family of Brian Layton Cardall, who died after being shot with a Taser gun by Hurricane police, has released a statement and audio recordings related to the incident.

The Washington County coroner says he believes the deaths of two young siblings found in the trunk of their family car was accidental, but that authorities are awaiting a final determination.

Scott Kerbs / The Spectrum & Daily News Firefighters responded to a fire at the Washington County Landfill, on Sunday, at approximately 1 p.m. Washington City Fire Chief Jerry Allred said the blaze was quickly controlled and is believed to have started as a result of spontaneous combustion.