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Desert Hills senior Adam Ott puts up a shot against a Salem Hills player during a recent matchup. Boys’ Region 9 action gets underway
WASHINGTON COUNTY – The weather outside is cool, but the action in local high school gyms is heating up as local boys basketball teams move into region play. The Desert Hills Thunder have jump...
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Peggy Garrison, of the Southern Utah Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program, teaches an “It’s A Noisy Planet” workshop to Mrs. Christensen’s fourth grade class at Coral Canyon Elementary on Nov. 6. Protecting their ears from ‘a noisy planet’
SOUTHERN UTAH – Peggy Garrison has been making her way around the schools in Southern Utah since August to make sure children hear her message. “Anything over 85 decibels, over time, can cause...
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Megan Bang, 11, serves herself from the Katering Koncepts salad bar at the Vista School on Oct. 8. Katering Koncepts serves only fresh, healthy lunch items to the schools it caters to. A new taste for school lunch 
WASHINGTON COUNTY – Kelly Shannon and Doug Naetzel are bringing new life—and a new taste—to school lunches. Their business, Katering Koncepts, has recently started bringing fresh, healthy meal...
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Boot camp style! Julianna Hummel and Levi Hughes were named Sadies Royalty for Desert Hills High School on Oct 7, but to earn their crowns they had to complete some unusual tasks. Sadies ‘B.O.O.T. Camp’ sets precedent for DHHS
This year for Sadies, Desert Hills High School did things a bit differently. The FFA , which sponsors the dance, decided the royalty were to be chosen from each of the clubs in the school, one b...
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DHHS principals honored
Principal Ray Brooks and vice principals Rob Goulding and Dana McConnell were honored this week at Desert Hills High in recognition of Utah School Principals Appreciation Week, Oct. 12-16. Student...
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Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, served as grand marshal of the Dixie State College homecoming parade on Oct. 10. His wife, Patricia, rides beside him. Coming home
Dixie State College celebrated homecoming with a grand parade on Oct. 10. Among notable participants in attendance at the parade were Jeffrey R. Holland, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apost...
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‘Farm Field Days’ in Dixie
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Local students recently learned how long it takes to “grow” a pizza. The message that food is produced by farmers and not grocery stores was the goal of Farm Field Days, hosted at Staheli Farms in...
Rockin’ at The Academy
by Noah Backman
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Growing up in St. George, I have had the opportunity to see the city change in many ways over the years. One of the changes I have seen is the historic Electric Theater’s evolution from a discount ...
Eagle call from Dixie Middle School
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At Dixie Middle School we take our students’ health very seriously. We are taking precautious to minimize the effects of the current flu season. We would ask if your student has a fever accompanied...
Outstanding Millcreek students recognized
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Three outstanding students in Stacy Schimbeck’s teacher advocate class at Millcreek High School were recognized for their achievements during the month of September. Millcreek senior Aubrie Abbott...
‘Grade Expectations’ at Desert Hills High
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Among all the fun of Sadies Week is the realization that the first quarter is quickly coming to a close, on Oct. 15. That means final assignments and exams are on the calendar, and students and p...
High School Athletes of the Week: Oct. 15
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Desert Hills Alexa Ford Finding time for academics and athletics is hard for most student athletes, but for tennis player Alexa Ford, it seems to be a piece of cake. When asked how she handles b...
National News
Biggest aftershock hits Chile on inauguration day (AP)

Chile's President-elect Sebastian Pinera, left, shake hands with Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe during a meeting in Santiago, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Uribe is in Chile to attend Pinera's inaguration on Thursday 11. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)AP - The largest aftershock since Chile's devastating earthquake rocked the South American country Thursday minutes before the inauguration of President Sebastian Pinera.


Thu Mar 11 09:31:37 -0600 2010
First-time jobless claims drop slightly last week (AP)

In this March 9, 2010 photo, Damashata Washington looks for work at Work 2 Future, a federally funded job training center, in San Jose, Calif. The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits fell last week, the latest sign the employment picture is slowly brightening.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP - The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits slipped last week, the latest sign the employment picture is slowly brightening.


Thu Mar 11 08:08:30 -0600 2010
Early results: Iraqi PM winning in 2 provinces (AP)

An electoral worker sorts through ballots cast in the national election in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Iraqi and UN officials say the first results from this week's parliamentary elections are likely to be released on Thursday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Early results from Iraq's key election began coming in Thursday, showing a coalition led by the prime minister ahead in two southern Shiite provinces where he was opposed by hard-line religious parties with close ties to Iran.


Thu Mar 11 08:59:35 -0600 2010