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2 days ago | 
stgeorgeutah.com | E. George Goold
No one was injured Wednesday night after several hay bales being carried on a trailer driving on Interstate 15 spontaneously combusted. “That happens this time of year,” St. George Fire Department Battalion Chief Rick Nelson told St. George News. “The heat the bale internally puts off as it’s drying.”When fire teams arrived, Nelson said, they detached the tractor from the trailer and moved it forward, giving water hoses better access to the hay and removing the tractor from the area of the flames.
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6 days ago | 
stgeorgeutah.com | E. George Goold
Animal lovers of all kinds were treated to a fashion show Saturday at the Hilton Garden Inn, featuring the latest summer trends. While they were at it, they raised some money for RSQ, a nonprofit animal rescue service in St. George. “This is one of our favorite things to do and we are thrilled to be able to do this for RSQ today,” Elizabeth Groves, president of Southern Utah Ladies Society, told St. George News.
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1 week ago | 
stgeorgeutah.com | E. George Goold
Search and rescue teams from Santa-Clara Ivins Fire Department and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office used ropes to rescue a fallen hiker in Snow Canyon State Park on Saturday. “Inside lava tubes in one of the caves,” SCI public information officer Ryan Moore told St. George News. “It’s dark and cold down there, the hiker tripped and sustained injuries to the lower leg," he added.
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1 week ago | 
stgeorgeutah.com | E. George Goold
Seven people were evaluated for injury Wednesday evening after three vehicles collided on state Route 9 near Rockville. Hurricane Valley Fire & Rescue Battalion Chief Tyler Ames told St. George News that two of the vehicles appeared to be badly damaged. “All of the airbags in the three vehicles did deploy,” Ames said. Ames said that a total of seven passengers involved, all of whom were able to extricate themselves from the vehicles on their own.
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1 week ago | 
stgeorgeutah.com | E. George Goold
When Crimson Cliffs won the 4A state championship at Bruce Hurst Field on May 17, the trophy represented more than the Mustangs’ third baseball title in the last four years. It was also the fifth Crimson Cliffs sports team that won a 4A state title featuring senior McKay Wright. Wright’s fifth championship ring will join the other two he earned in baseball (his freshman and sophomore years) and the two he won in football (his junior and senior seasons).
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1 week ago | 
stgeorgeutah.com | E. George Goold
Region 9 will represent on Friday night when Utah Valley University plays Oregon in the Eugene Regional of the 2025 College World Series. Utah Valley won the Western Athletic Conference baseball tournament last weekend and earned the WAC’s automatic berth into the NCAA playoffs. Carston Herman, Mason Strong, Landon Frei and Luke Iverson, all from St. George, will play for the Wolverines in the regional against the Ducks, the Arizona Wildcats and the Cal Poly Mustangs.
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1 week ago | 
ksl.com | E. George Goold
ST. GEORGE — This Memorial Day story is about a father and his son — both veterans — meeting for the first time. Ken Engstrom, 90, has Stage 4 mesothelioma (lung cancer) and lives in hospice care in the city of Washington. His son, Tim Bintz, 70, served a decorated career in the U.S. Navy before retiring to Los Lunas, New Mexico, where he delivers medicine and provides comfort to hospice patients in the Albuquerque area. Father and son had never looked one another in the eye until Jan.
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1 week ago | 
cedarcityutah.com | E. George Goold
This Memorial Day story is about a father and his son — both veterans — meeting for the first time. Ken Engstrom, aged 90, has Stage 4 mesothelioma (lung cancer) and lives in hospice care in Washington City. His son, Tim Bintz, 70, served a decorated career in the U.S. Navy before retiring to Los Lunas, New Mexico, where he delivers medicine and provides comfort to hospice patients in the Albuquerque area. “Helps me feel closer to my dad,” Bintz said.
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1 week ago | 
stgeorgeutah.com | E. George Goold
This Memorial Day story is about a father and his son — both veterans — meeting for the first time. Ken Engstrom, aged 90, has Stage 4 mesothelioma (lung cancer) and lives in hospice care in Washington City. His son, Tim Bintz, 70, served a decorated career in the U.S. Navy before retiring to Los Lunas, New Mexico, where he delivers medicine and provides comfort to hospice patients in the Albuquerque area. “Helps me feel closer to my dad,” Bintz said.
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2 weeks ago | 
stgeorgeutah.com | E. George Goold
The Trailblazers finished strong on the diamond. Utah Tech’s baseball season came to an end in the Western Athletic Conference tournament, but not before the Trailblazers made some history. In Tuesday’s 6-5 win over Cal Baptist, Utah Tech claimed their first ever Division I era postseason victory. The win advanced them into the double-elimination bracket of the WAC tournament at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona.
