By Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Diamond Kyles, Navy Office of Community Outreach Petty Officer 1st Class David Barnhurst, a native of Cedar City, Utah, serves in the U.S. Navy assigned to Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific (SWFPAC) at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Washington, the homeport of West Coast ballistic-missile and guided-missile submarines. Barnhurst graduated from Canyon View…

By Tracie Sullivan, For Iron County Today For several nights after returning home, Dallin Brooks would sit upright in bed believing he needed to report for duty. Somewhere between sleeping and waking, the Iron County deputy attorney could see SWAT instructors in his room, ordering him into formation or telling him to move into position.…

From Mary Nelson, Cedar City Offices CEDAR CITY, UT – Cedar City officials are asking residents to shut off all outside water use until Thursday August 13, 2026 at 8pm, due to a well pump failure and a supply line leak, while city crews repair the well and supply line. “To ensure our system has enough water for us to drink and…

By Sara Penny Cedar City:  Your Cedar City Arts Council invites you to a summer Social on Tuesday, August 18, at 7 p.m. in the Johnson Center, 59 N. 100 West. This free public event links the community to local artists. Presenters share their music and art at the Socials. Andrea Anderton will introduce her new…

By May Hunter, For Iron County Today The USA West Square Dance Convention was in full swing in Cedar City, Utah, from August 5-8, 2026. The four-day event welcomed more than 500 registered dancers from across the western United States and Canada for performances, workshops, and social dancing. The festival was held at the Heritage…

By May Hunter, For Iron County Today The 2026 One Utah Summit was held August 4–6 at Southern Utah University’s America First Event Center. The One Utah Summit is Utah’s premier annual business and rural economic development conference, bringing together leaders from across the state to discuss frontier energy, agriculture, tourism, infrastructure, education, and global…

By Tracie Sullivan, For Iron County Today A Cedar City man was recently arrested after allegedly selling drugs to confidential informants four times before investigators found suspected drugs and a handgun in his home.  Isaias Jose Gonzalez-Marquez, 23, was taken into custody July 20 after members of the Iron/Garfield/Beaver Drug Task Force searched his home…

By Tracie Sullivan, For Iron County Today A Cedar City man was recently arrested after allegedly selling drugs to confidential informants four times before investigators found suspected drugs and a handgun in his home.  Isaias Jose Gonzalez-Marquez, 23, was taken into custody July 20 after members of the Iron/Garfield/Beaver Drug Task Force searched his home…

Release of draft analysis launches 90‑day project comment period  By Jennifer Plecki, Dixie National Forest CEDAR CITY, UT – July 30, 2026 – The Dixie National Forest submitted a notice of availability for publication in the Federal Register for the draft environmental impact statement on the Brian Head Resort Expansion Project. The publication will initiate…

By Sally Hunter Jensen, CCAC Membership Director The Cedar City Arts Council (CCAC) is a small organization that does big things behind the scenes of our community art scene. I am sure that many folks in town are unaware of just what we do! Since becoming the Membership Director, it is my job to answer…

By May Hunter, For Iron County Today The Osmond family’s legacy in Cedar City is centered around The Pioneer Legacy Celebration, a free annual musical production and fireworks spectacular founded by Merrill Osmond and his son, Justin. The celebration highlights the values, sacrifices, and enduring spirit of America’s pioneers. As settlers moved westward, they carried…

By Tracie Sullivan, For Iron County Today What a Utah Highway Patrol trooper initially thought might be a gun tucked into a passenger’s waistband turned out to be a kilogram, or about 2.2 pounds, of suspected fentanyl, authorities say. The discovery led to the arrests of Desiree Ann Roy, 40, and Jose Mario Yepiz Gonzalez,…