This file photo shows a landscape in Zion National Park. | Stock Image, St. George News.
ST. GEORGE – In case you missed it, here’s your weekend recap of the top five most watched stories, which ran from Saturday through Sunday 5-6. June, on St. George News.
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UPDATED: Utah forest fire burns closer to homes after hundreds are evacuated
An aerial view of the fire burning through wood and grass on Cedar Mountain, Mammoth Creek Village, Utah, June 5, 2021 | Photo courtesy of the US Forest Service / Dixie National Forest, St. George News
CEDAR CITY (AP) – Wildfire burning in southern Utah has triggered the evacuation of nearly 300 homes and burned some structures within a mile radius as high winds threatened to start the uncontrolled fire, officials said Sunday.
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26-year-old woman dead after the fall of Zion
This file photo shows a landscape of Zion National Park | Stock Image, St. George News.
ST. GEORGE – Zion National Park rangers recovered the body of a 26-year-old woman in Mystery Canyon on Sunday afternoon, a park ranger press release said.
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SWAT officials find a man suspected of a variety of crimes hiding on the roof of a house in Hurricane
File photo illustrating tactical officers using Washington County Metro SWAT during the standoff in Washington City, Utah, March 16, 2021 | Photo by Rich Allen, St. George News
ST. GEORGE – The prime suspect in a string of active theft investigations across Washington County was arrested after SWAT officials found him hiding on the roof of a hurricane residence early Tuesday morning.
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From St. George to the big stage: Miss Southern Utah vies for Miss Utah
Miss Southern Utah Hillary Beecher poses at Panorama Elementary School in St. George, Utah on June 5, 2021 | Photo by Megan Webber, St. George News
ST. GEORGE – St. George-born and reigning Miss Southern Utah Hillary Beecher will take the stage in Provo next Tuesday along with 48 other contestants to compete for the Miss Utah title.
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Fatal tour bus accident near Bryce Canyon National Park reveals safety deficiencies
This 2019 file photo released by the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office shows a tour bus that crashed near Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah on September 20, 2019. The tour bus that crashed and killed four Chinese tourists near a national park in Utah in 2019 had problems earlier that day because the engine would not start | Associated press file photo courtesy Sheriff Danny Perkins / Garfield County Sheriff’s Office, St. George News
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – A tour bus accident that resulted in more than a dozen people being thrown onto a remote Utah highway in 2019, killing four Chinese tourists, points to a lack of safety standards for bus roofs and windows, US investigators said Thursday.
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