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Big issues like water conservation and infrastructure dominated this year’s State of the City address from St. George Mayor Michele Randall and some residents want to see leaders take more action.
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Rep. Rex Shipp hopes to prevent unnecessary restrictions on local beekeeping, but some beekeepers worry about the one-size-fits-all approach.
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A recent gathering of ranchers and farmers in St. George highlights the growing movement to take better care of Utah’s soil.
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A recent caucus simulation in St. George, Utah, trained high schoolers on the basics of the state’s way of doing local party politics.
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No surprise, many new Washington County residents are former Californians or older snowbirds — or both!
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St. George hopes to get money to build the tower from the state budget during the upcoming legislative session.
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Washington County wants to take what it learned in the first year of its turf replacement rebate program and double that number in 2024.
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The plan to build a new highway through a conservation area near St. George has taken a step back. The Bureau of Land Management is revisiting its formal analysis of the road’s environmental impact after a lawsuit from conservation groups.
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The projections say Washington County will need a lot more housing as its population expands. But after years of increases, the number of new residential units fell this year.
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NuScale and Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems have called off their project to provide a new kind of nuclear power to many Utah communities.
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While the debate mostly stuck to the city’s pressing issues like affordable housing and water, it also highlighted the sharp divisions that have formed over cultural topics.
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Washington County is running out of water to support its rapid growth. But a new plan charts a path for reusing and conserving enough water to get by for the next 20 years.