The county assessor says that’s because of high property values and freezes to the school fund tax rate.

As water levels at Lake Powell continue to drop, the groups say important and old mechanisms on the dam will be useless.

The losing candidate for state House District 72, Willie Billings, called for the recount and wanted it to be by hand. County elections officials said they couldn’t do that.

New businesses are livening up an important east-to-west thoroughfare through the city.

Utah water officials say they’re concerned about the move, and that it will diminish the voices of Colorado River Basin states.

Fires are monitored after they’re contained, but hot spots can spread when there’s high wind and temperatures, as well as low humidity.

The increase applies to municipalities in the county and secondary water users.

To keep up with the demands of a quickly growing population, St. George is also looking at an increase in property taxes.

There’s been confusion related to the Washington County House seat after Rep. Travis Seegmiller announced his resignation in May.

People are the leading cause of fires in Utah. Currently, the biggest concern for officials is campfires.

More than 5,000 members of the Navajo Nation live on the Utah side of the reservation but only about half of Navajo households in San Juan County have running water.

The exchange is for low-revenue generating state land within the monument for developable federal land in 21 counties across the state.