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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Iron County Sheriff's Office in January, shows a man who authorities on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 identified as Troy James Knapp, walking past a cabin in the remote southern Utah wildness near Zion National Park. Authorities say Knapp, captured by a motion-triggered surveillance camera sometime in December, has been linked to more than two dozen cabin burglaries over the past five years. (AP Photo/Iron County Sheriff, File)

Authorities ID S. Utah mountain man sought in burglaries

Brian Skoloff, Paul Foy The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 10:47am

CEDAR CITY -- Troy James Knapp is a wanted man, a mountain recluse authorities say is responsible for more than two dozen cabin burglaries in the remote southern Utah wilderness. He's considered armed and dangerous, a ticking time bomb.

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This undated photo provided by the Iron County Sheriff's Office shows confiscated evidence found at a remote camp littered with supplies and trash in the southern Utah wildness near Zion National Park. Authorities believe the material at the camp was left behind by a suspect in more than two dozen burglaries of mountain cabins over an area of roughly 1,000 square miles for the past five years. (AP Photo/Iron County Sheriff)

Mountain man scares owners of remote Utah cabins

Brian Skoloff, Paul Foy The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 17, 2012 - 10:44am

ST. GEORGE -- He's eluded authorities for more than five years, a mountain man who roams the wilderness of southern Utah, breaking into remote cabins in winter, living in luxury off hot food, alcohol and coffee before stealing provisions and vanishing into the woods.

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North Ogden City Manager Ed Dickie's last day will be March 9.

North Ogden city manager takes job in Southern Utah

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, February 5, 2012 - 11:43pm

NORTH OGDEN -- City Manager Ed Dickie is heading to Southern Utah to be the city manager of Santa Clara.

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Tardy opening for Utah's Eagle Point ski area

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 27, 2012 - 11:48am

BEAVER -- The southern Utah ski area Eagle Point will open for the season Friday, a month later than last winter because of a lack of snowmaking.

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This undated photo provided by Cedar Breaks National Monument shows tourists star-gazing at the Cedar Breaks National Monument in Utah. Defined simply as traveling to study astronomy and observe the sky, astro-tourism has been a staple of Iron County for years. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Cedar Breaks National Monument via Daily Spectrum)

Southern Utah hopes to benefit from 'astrotourism'

Josh Huntsman The Daily Spectrum

Last updated Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 11:41am

KANARRAVILLE -- As one of the best places on earth to view the annular solar eclipse May 20, the sleepy town of Kanarraville may prove to be a tourism hot spot this year.

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Officials continue rescue of crash-landing birds in Southern Utah

Stephen Ceasar Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 4:28pm

Wildlife officials were hauling away the dead and rescuing the survivors days after thousands of birds slammed into a Walmart parking lot and other solid surfaces in southern Utah, apparently mistaking them for water.

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The Sierra Club is threatening another lawsuit in a so-far futile effort to defeat Utah and federal approvals for this vast strip mine near Alton, about 10 miles from Bryce Canyon National Park. (Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance/The Associated Press)

Strip mine near Bryce Canyon set to expand

Paul Foy The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 11:29pm

SALT LAKE CITY — The Sierra Club is threatening another lawsuit to turn back a strip mine at the backdoor to Utah’s Bryce Canyon National Park.

“It would be like putting a strip mine next to Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon. People would be outraged,” Bruce Hamilton, deputy executive director for the Sierra Club, said Wednesday. “We’re trying to make this a national issue.”

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Excavation work continues on the Washington County Water Conservancy District's new demonstration garden and artificial river next to the agency's offices on Red Hills Parkway Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 in St. George. (AP Photo/The Spectrum, Jud Burkett)

Southern Utah water agency building fake river

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 6:02pm

ST. GEORGE -- Activists are questioning why the Washington County Water Conservancy District is building a garden and artificial stream at its St. George headquarters.

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Ex-polygamous sect spokesman convicted of contempt

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, November 24, 2011 - 8:04pm

ST. GEORGE -- A southern Utah judge has found the former spokesman for the polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs guilty of a contempt of court charge for failing to show up for a pair of hearings.

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Former San Juan County sheriff pleads guilty to misuse of funds

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 31, 2011 - 5:16pm

MONTICELLO -- A former southern Utah sheriff has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of misusing public money.

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Southern Utah landslide repairs to cost millions

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 10:53am

CEDAR CITY -- Transportation officials say a massive landslide that closed a state highway in southern Utah will take months and millions of dollars to remove.

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Iron County man arrested for shooting at hunters

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 24, 2011 - 5:25pm

CEDAR CITY -- A man from Iron County has been arrested after authorities say he shot at two hunters to scare them off what he thought was his property.

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Stargazers, national parks hope to save dark skies

Staff The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 7, 2011 - 2:24pm

CEDAR CITY -- Gazing skyward from his backyard, longtime southern Utah resident Abe Heck used to marvel at the Milky Way. Now he can't even see it.

"I could see nebulas through the telescope in town," he said. "Now you have to drive to the mountains or the desert to see a decent picture of the night sky."

Under natural moonless conditions, the National Park Service said it is easy in some areas to see one's shadow from the glow of Venus or Jupiter and, in some cases, from the Milky Way.

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Portions of 8 Utah streams studied for protection

Josh Loftin The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 1:20pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Federal officials are proposing protections for portions of eight streams in southern Utah noted for their wildlife, scenic waterfalls or pioneer inscriptions.

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Bicycle bandit gets 3 years for bank heist

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 9:30am

ST. GEORGE -- A 33-year-old man convicted of robbing a southern Utah bank and fleeing the scene on a bicycle has been ordered to spend more than three years behind bars.

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