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Travel.SouthernUtah.com now offers hotel reservations at the top Moab, Bryce Canyon and Lake Powell hotels.  Next time you take a weekend trip to Lake Powell, Bryce or Moab, be sure to check out our rates.  Zion, Cedar City, Kanab and St. George hotels and suites are also available.

Visit Travel.SouthernUtah.com to learn more.

SouthernUtah.com now offers on line booking for the popular Scenic Segway tours in Snow Canyon and Jeep tours of Zion Canyon.

The popular two-and-a-half hour tours tours on silent Segway scooters take you on areas of Snow Canyon seldom seen by tourists. Learn more or book your tour today at Travel.SouthernUtah.com

Choose from an an unforgettable "Outback Safari" or "Sunset Safari" Jeep tour of Zion Canyon, also at Travel.SouthernUtah.com.

Update: New copies of the books and DVDs are now available. Books/DVDs can be purchased at Christensen's Department Store, Far West Bank, Little Professor Book Center, R&K's Bookstore, The Spectrum, State Bank of Southern Utah, SunFirst Bank and Village Bank. You can find out more at UtahFloodRelief.com.

Advance orders for the newly produced book and DVD chronicling the January 2005 floods along the Santa Clara and Virgin Rivers are now being taken online at UtahFloodRelief.com. The book and DVD were created with photos and video donated by SouthernUtah.com users as well as hundreds of others in the area. All costs for publishing have been donated and all sales will be donated to help residents affected by the flood.

A 2 stage, multi-band concert will be held at Dixie State College on Friday, January 28th to raise relief funds for Southern Utah's flood victims.

We have opened a new set of forums to help with the recent flood disaster. Please feel free to use the forums to help find lost items, report found items, publicize relief efforts and groups, share road and utility information, etc. Visit here. Additionally, we are accepting submissions of flood images for an upcoming documentary at http://www.SouthernUtah.com/flood.

1/11/05 - Continuing rains have caused the Santa Clara and Virgin Rivers to swell yesterday. The national weather service has extended flood warnings until noon today as river levels are expected to drop significantly. Road closures are still in effect at most river crossings. All Washington County schools are closed today. Click for more information, pictures, maps and video...

Learn about highway and road closures at http://utahcommuterlink.com/ie.htm

Seniors still confused about whether or not to sign up for the Medicare prescription drug card program, will get help making their decision from University of Utah graduate students visiting Washington County senior centers January 13 - 14.

After nearly 12 years at the helm of Dixie State College, college president Dr. Robert Huddleston is moving on. That announcement was made today and will take effect June 30, 2005.

SouthernUtah.com's travel section has expanded! Now featuring the largest hotel in the Zion National Park area - The Best Western Zion Park Inn.

Click here for a listing of St. George hotels.

Advertise on SouthernUtah.com - Click here for more information.

Check out our revamped yellow pages section, complete with up-to-date listings. Just click the "Y-Pages" icon in the bar at the top of the page.

Send us your news stories. Email to webmaster@southernutah.com. Have a great day!

Celebrate Independence day throughout Southern Utah, throughout the weekend! Events are planned for July 3rd, 4th and 5th in Brianhead, Cedar City and St. George.

Panguitch will host the fourth annual Chariots in the Sky hot air balloon festival this weekend, June 25-27th. The public is invited to view more than 30 balloons and participate in events ranging from a "Balloon Glow" on Main street, balloon rides for kids, a craft fair and more. To learn more, visit, ChariotsInTheSky.com

More than 115 area businesses will showcase and sell their products and services at the Business Expo organized by the St. George Area Chamber of Commerce. The large concentration of businesses, conveniently located in one place, makes it easy for consumers to comparison shop in a fun and festive atmosphere, while covering a lot of territory in a short time. A wide variety of industries will be represented: telecommunications; financial services; advertising; adult education; entertainment; health, beauty and wellness; business services; home improvement and more. Show-specials, prize drawings, live demonstrations; balloon drop; sampling and plenty of networking are all part of the 11th annual Business Expo, sponsored by The Spectrum, InfoWest and Beehive Credit Union.

A special Chamber luncheon on June 16, will be dedicated to honoring military men and women who recently served, are on active duty or are veterans of foreign wars, as part of a week long celebration of Military Appreciation week June 12-19 in Utah.

At a little before 10am on Monday, June 7 the roof of the nearly-completed Main Street Plaza in St. George was on fire. Firefighters arrived quickly to douse the flames that spread to construction materials stored on the roof. The fire was reportedly accidentally ignited by a welder working on the top level. Photos of the fire are available here.

Local sister entrepreneurs Amy and Marlo have introduced a new, positive system for parenting based around their product, the Good Decision Chair. The Good Decision Chair is designed to reinforce the importance of making good decisions and to help parents implement positive discipline. The products and programs will be featured Wednesday night during the 5 o'clock news on KUTV Channel 2. You can learn more about their product, as well as their acclaimed "Ten Points for Successful Parenting" at their web site: http://www.gooddecisionchair.com

Amazing! Exciting! Fun and entertaining! All are descriptive words teens, age 14 - 18, will be using to describe their experience at the upcoming - and "first ever" - Southern Utah Youth Leadership Summit. Magicians, East African drumming, homeland security for teens, politics for dummies, and funding for young entrepreneurs are just a sample of the workshops and activities planned on June 3 - 5 at Dixie State College. Dynamic speakers from all over the state - some famous, some just fun - will help teens develop skills to STAND TALL AND REACH!!! [Submitted]

The National Civic League announced that Cedar City has been named one of thirty finalists for the All-American City Award. According to the NCL, the award, "recognizes exemplary grassroots community problem-solving and is given to communities that cooperatively tackle challenges and achieve results." More coverage available at The All-American Cities web site, and The Spectrum.

"They just told me at the city that they're definitely coming," Washington City Mayor Terrill Clove said Monday. California based In-N-Out burger confirmed Monday that they will move forward with the first In-N-Out restaurant in Utah, even though the timeline is not certain. For more information, see Deseret News.

The Utah State Senate has received the votes necessary to call a veto override session. Although an official ballot count is not yet available, discussions have been focused on the following 3 bills and two line items:

Habitat for Humanity of Southwest Utah has announced a new "Adopt a Saturday" program for local businesses. Local company employees and company friends choose a Saturday and provide both labor and funds. Under skilled professional and volunteer supervision they participate in a phase of the building. "Adopting" companies provide lunch for their Saturday.
Businesses can help make a dream come true for a needy family.
For more information, call 674-7669.

Recent rainstorms and warm weather have helped get area lawns and plants growing, but it's still too soon to start irrigation. The area is still classified as an extreme drought, and the longer we can wait to start irrigation, the hardier plants will be this summer. Learn more from the Washington County Water Conservancy District.

Late Wendsday night, the Utah Legislature was the first in the nation to pass an anti-spyware law. The law is also designed to protect consumers from some unwanted pop-up ads.

The second substitute for SB66, a bill designed to address concerns about the upcoming UTOPIA network, passed the house last night.

Dixie State College is participating in the AmeriCorps UCAN Serve program by providing over 100 education awards to students who serve as learning partners or social service providers for children, teens, and families. Learning partners may be student teachers, tutors, mentors, volunteer coordinators and more.

A handful of soldiers from the 141st Millitary Intelligence Batallion returned home Sunday after more than a year in Iraq. Welcome home!

Dixie State College will soon commence on a $651,000 project to replace the turf at Hansen Stadium with synthetic grass. The project could save much of the $100,000 per year in maintenence and water costs, and the new turf is warranted to last at least eight years.

SouthernUtah.com is happy to welcome Tad Trueblood's World Affairs weekly column to the site. Check it out below, and be sure to share your opinions in the World Affairs Forum.

KONY Coins for Kids has recently launched its own web site where you can learn where to donate, how to volunteer, or even where to apply for help if your kids are in need. Check them out and let's help them beat last year's record of over $100,000 in donations! Check them out at www.coinsforkids.net.

KONY Coins for Kids has recently launched its own web site where you can learn where to donate, how to volunteer, or even where to apply for help if your kids are in need. Check them out and let's help them beat last year's record of over $100,000 in donations! Check them out at www.coinsforkids.net.

A new section has been added to the site. The Photo of the Week, accessible by clicking the "Photos" icon in the bar above, is a publicly judged photo "contest." Current categories include:

• Portraits
• Landscapes
• Nature
• Travel
• People

Submit your photo today, and you may win.

You can now customize your SouthernUtah.com home page. Put your favorite items at the top of the page, close unwanted sections and more. Click for more details...

Welcome to the NEW SouthernUtah.com. This new, improved engine makes it easier for you to suggest new links and news to us, and makes it easier for us to manage the content on the site. Classifieds users can now edit and delete their classifieds, and those who submit links to their sites to us can now edit the links if the addresses change. In addition to these changes, there are many more.

Welcome to the NEW SouthernUtah.com. This new, improved engine makes it easier for you to suggest new links and news to us, and makes it easier for us to manage the content on the site. Classifieds users can now edit and delete their classifieds, and those who submit links to their sites to us can now edit the links if the addresses change. In addition to these changes, there are many more.

The launch of the new, improved SouthernUtah.com is coming up fast.

The new site will have a new look and feel, improved Classifieds (allowing users to deleted and edit classifieds they have posted), better integration with the forums, an improved stock tracker and calendar, improved search capability and more!

We just have a few more things to complete before the site is ready.

The launch of the new, improved SouthernUtah.com is coming up fast.

The new site will have a new look and feel, improved Classifieds (allowing users to deleted and edit classifieds they have posted), better integration with the forums, an improved stock tracker and calendar, improved search capability and more!

We just have a few more things to complete before the site is ready.