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SUU Breaks Ground for New Music Center
On Thursday, April 25, 2024, SUU held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Music Center at the Corner of 300 West and Center Street. As Dean Shauna Mendini would point out, being kitty corner from the Southern Utah Museum of Arts (SUMA), across the street from the the home of SUU’s Theater Arts and Dance Program, and only about half a block west of the home of the Utah Shakespeare Festival, the new building in this location will complete a corridor of arts for the university and for Cedar City.
Unexpected spike: UVU's Kelsi Oldroyd turns from softball to throwing a javelin
OREM — Throwing the javelin wasn't something Kelsi Oldroyd thought she'd ever do, yet last month she qualified for the Olympic trials, shocking no one. Oldroyd, a 20-year-old junior at Utah Valley University, grew up in Cedar City playing basketball, soccer and softball with her older sisters. She fully intended to continue in those endeavors until her junior year in high school when she was asked to try track and field.
Cedar City Man Receives Minimum Sentence for Distributing Harmful Materials to Minor Despite Prosecutor's Pleas
Despite the prosecutor's urging for a harsher punishment, a 5th District Court judge decided to impose the minimum sentence on a Cedar City resident last week after he pleaded guilty to distributing sexual images to a minor. Judge Jeffrey Wilcox sentenced Sean Brandon Foard, 48, to 270 days in Iron...
New Neighbors in Enoch
It's always gratifying to hear or read about a person who has set out to achieve a lifetime goal. That goal might be to write a best selling book, visit all the National Parks, or open a restaurant. Those stories are often heartwarming and make for a nice story on the news. It's not so common to actually meet someone who has achieved that lifelong goal. Last week, I met such a person. His name is Martin Tyner and you may have heard of him during his 45 years of work with wildlife rehabilitation, or you may have visited his former facility, The Southwest Wildlife Foundation of Southern Utah in Cedar Canyon near the waterfall.
Improvements begin for Cedar City’s Canyon Park
CEDAR CITY — Officials and civic leaders recently broke ground on long-awaited improvements to Cedar City’s Canyon Park. The project, a collaborative effort between Cedar City Rotary Club and Cedar City Corporation, is one of several ways Cedar City Rotary Club is celebrating its 100-year anniversary. “After six...
UHP: Road worker holding stop sign injured in auto-pedestrian collision near Brian Head
CEDAR CITY — A road construction worker was injured when he was hit by a vehicle near Brian Head on Thursday. The incident, which was reported about 11:30 a.m., occurred on state Route 143 a mile or two below the S-curve that's just outside Brian Head town limits. Utah...
Cedar City interfaith leaders invoke heavenly blessings during ‘National Day of Prayer’
CEDAR CITY — More than 150 people gathered on the Southern Utah University campus Thursday night to observe National Day of Prayer. “The National Day of Prayer is an annual day of observance designated by the U.S. Congress held on the first Thursday of May, when people are asked to turn to God in prayer and meditation,” explained Cedar Area Interfaith Alliance President Greg Powell as he welcomed those in attendance.
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