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Girl, 3, swept away in Virgin River found dead

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 8:12pm

MESQUITE, Nev. — The body of a 3-year-old girl swept into the Virgin River near Mesquite while playing has been found.

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Ivins resident John Bangerter talks Thursday, Feb. 23. 2012 in St. George, Utah about a flash flood that swept through the Zion National Park Narrows 50 years ago. Bangerter and most of the members of his outdoor expedition group caught up in the flood survived, but five participants were killed. Springdale's police chief is trying to determine if a partial skull found five years ago in the river is from one of the victims who was never found. (AP Photo/The Spectrum, Kevin Jenkins)

Survivor of 1961 Utah flash flood recalls tragedy

Kevin Jenkins The Spectrum

Last updated Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 6:15pm

ST. GEORGE -- Somewhere beneath the waters of the Virgin River -- perhaps even of Lake Mead more than 100 miles downstream -- lie the remains of two Boy Scouts killed 50 years ago in a flash flood that swept through the Zion National Park Narrows.

A skull fragment recovered from the river five years ago and believed to be from one of the flood victims is evidence of the passage of time since the deadly incident. Even now, the memory of that day in September 1961 doesn't rest easily for one of the survivors of the ill-fated trek undertaken by a wilderness expedition group called Socotwa.

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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

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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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