Cedar City, UT

CEDAR CITY — Are Cedar High School and the surrounding community ready to revisit the Redmen mascot issue?. Iron County School District Board of Education member Jeff Corry, who taught at Cedar High for 33 years, is planning to bring the contentious issue to another vote. The school board heard...

CEDAR CITY — Traffic on northbound Interstate 15 north of Cedar City experienced delays Wednesday afternoon after an SUV pulling a full-size camp trailer tipped over and went into the center median. The incident reportedly happened shortly before 2 p.m. near mile marker 64. Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Ryan Bauer...

CEDAR CITY — The 36th annual Larry H. Miller Utah Summer Games will commence with the Opening Ceremony on Friday in the Eccles Coliseum at Southern Utah University. Headlined by The Spazmatics and The Boogie Knights, the Opening Ceremony includes the athlete’s parade, lighting of the torch, family-friendly activities and fireworks.

ST. GEORGE — A FedEx semitractor-trailer caught fire on northbound Interstate 15 near Kanarraville, sparking a grass fire alongside the freeway and closing all but one lane. The Utah Department of Transportation said the fire, first reported at 8:45 p.m., has caused the right and left lanes to be closed off 7 miles south of Kanarraville at milepost 35, leaving only the center lane open to traffic.

Add Utah Shakespeare Festival to the list of summer traditions that are coming back after COVID-mandated cancellations in 2020. After altering and ultimately cancelling the Cedar City festival last summer, organizers are planning on a mostly back-to-normal season with safety precautions in place. Frank Mack, Executive Producer of USF, said...

The president of Southern Utah University — who has refused to increase tuition for the last three years in his singular mission to save students money — announced Monday that he will step down at the end of the summer. Scott Wyatt’s departure comes after he has led the Cedar...

CEDAR CITY — A two-vehicle collision on southbound Interstate 15 caused traffic delays for more than two hours on Monday evening. The incident, which reportedly happened shortly after 7 p.m. just south of Exit 40, involved a large white FedEx box truck and an older model Ford pickup with a full-size camper mounted on it, which was pulling a utility trailer with a competition level racing ATV and motorcycle.

CEDAR CITY — The Point Supreme Overlook in Cedar Breaks National Monument is now closed to visitor access in order to prepare the site for the construction of a new visitor center. However, despite the closure, monthly festivals and regular programming will continue through the summer. The closure, which started...

CEDAR CITY, Utah-Wednesday, Southern Utah University football commenced a 2-game series against new Division I member St. Thomas (Minn.). The T-Birds will host the Tommies, formerly of NCAA Division III, in 2021. In 2026, they return the favor by traveling to St. Paul, Minn. The Tommies will compete in the...

The 36th annual Larry H. Miller Utah Summer Games will commence with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, June 18 in the Eccles Coliseum at Southern Utah University. Headlined by The Spazmatics and The Boogie Knights, the Opening Ceremony includes the athlete’s parade, lighting of the torch, family-friendly activities, and fireworks.

Having a healthy lunch during the summer can be difficult for some local families, but thanks to Southern Utah University and the Community Presbyterian Church (CPC) over 500 children in Iron County have access to nutritious lunches daily. The program began 14 years ago when a state-wide non-profit organization, Utahns Against Hunger, approached Iron County to find a capable entity to apply for the USDA grant and develop the program. The CPC applied for the USDA grant and solely ran the program for the first couple of years. As the program grew, a new partnership developed with SUU.

The Southern Utah Thunderbirds and the St. Thomas Tommies have scheduled a home-and-home football series for the 2022 and 2026 seasons, both schools announced on Tuesday. In the first game of the series, Southern Utah will host St. Thomas at Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City, Utah, on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. The Thunderbirds will travel to face the Tommies at O’Shaughnessy Stadium in Saint Paul, Minn., on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, which will conclude the two-game series.