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CICWCD to support State Bill 20, work with other entities
CEDAR CITY – The Central Iron County Water Conservancy District voted at Thursday’s meeting to support a state bill aimed at resolving over-allocated water rights. State Bill 20, sponsored by ...
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The commission’s powers, authority
The purpose of the Commissioner’s Column is to provide information regarding the daily operations of Iron County. The column’s intent is to address the commission’s decision-making process for bud...
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Survey results announced: Rep. Vickers collects local opinions on issues
This year’s session of the Utah State Legislature is in full swing and nearing the halfway mark.  Thus far, the most significant issues have been the budget, the retirement system, health care ref...
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Sen. Bob Bennett shakes hands with a local after speaking at the Crystal Inn Saturday. Sen. visits Cedar for campaign
CEDAR CITY – United States Sen. Bob Bennett® visited Cedar City Saturday after kicking off his campaign Feb. 3 in Salt Lake City, and told locals gathered at the Crystal Inn that he has t...
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Parowan authorizes sewer project bonds
PAROWAN – The city council passed a resolution last Thursday to refinance a three-year-old sewer project bond with State Bank of Southern Utah and authorize a bond through the state for new sewe...
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Session to explain 2 ballot initiatives
CEDAR CITY – The Michael O. Leavitt Center will present an informational session on the Utahns for Ethical Government ballot initiative and the Fair Boundaries initiative on Tuesday at 5:30 p....
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Priority list made for right of way projects
by Ashley Langston
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IRON COUNTY – The Iron County Coordinating Council met Feb. 3 in Parowan and set its priority list of requested “corridor preservation projects.” The council is a body comprised of the mayor and c...
Enoch getting early start on budgeting
by Jamie Hansen
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ENOCH – Enoch City Manager Bryan Dial said he wanted to “start the budget process early” at Wednesday’s city council meeting. “The budget process works best when you have more time,” said Dial, ex...
Mayor work for unity, fun
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KANARRAVILLE – Keith Williams is just over a month into his first term as mayor, and he wants to continue building on the sense of community that is there and retain “what makes Kanarra Kanarra.” ...
Petitioners working to gain signatures
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IRON COUNTY – Two different legislative initiative petitions are circulating the state, one online and one door-to-door. Volunteers from Utahns for Ethical Government may be knocking on many Iron ...
Council hears concerns after dogs shot
by Ashley Langston
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PAROWAN – The city council heard from several concerned residents last Thursday after two dogs were killed the previous week by a man police deemed was protecting his lambs. Natalie Jenson said th...
Water project bid approved
by Jamie Hansen
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CEDAR CITY – Each summer, as visitors pour in, dry lawns need watering and the rain slows, Cedar City nears its water supply capacity. The city council approved a construction bid at the Jan. 27 m...
National News
Dems look to health vote without abortion foes (AP)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks about healthcare reform at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jose Luis MaganaAP - House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week.


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Strong quakes torment Chile as president sworn in (AP)

Chile's newly inaugurated President Sebastian Pinera, waves the the crowds after his swearing-in ceremony in Valparaiso, Chile, Thursday, March 11, 2010.(AP Photo/Aliosha Marquez)AP - The earth shook and shook Thursday as dignitaries walked in for the swearing-in of Sebastian Pinera as Chile's president. It shook some more as they waited for him.


Thu Mar 11 18:06:04 -0600 2010
Court upholds 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance (AP)

File - In this June 14, 2004 file photo, Michael Newdow looks down at the fax copy of the Supreme Court's ruling preserving the phrase 'one nation under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance outside his Sacramento, Calif., home. A federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled that the phrase 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional. In a 2-1 ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected arguments by Newdow that the phrase violates the separation between church and state. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,Ffile)AP - A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments on Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.


Thu Mar 11 18:06:15 -0600 2010