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Should kids have access to their smartphones while in school, especially in the classroom? The debate is heating up in the state of Utah after Governor Spencer Cox recently sent letters to school principals and the Utah State Board of Education urging them to ban school children from having access to the devices while in class...

Washington County Sheriff Nate Brooksby is tired of having to explain why the bad guys are getting away. Brooksby, the sheriff of the county, said he gets asked all the time why one prisoner or another has been released from jail. "I get asked a lot about jail releases," he said in a social media post...

Most of us have a warm home, food to eat and a comfortable bed to sleep in. Most of us. But some do not. In fact, Washington County School District communications director Steve Dunham and high school counselor Teresa Peterson said Wednesday on the Andy Griffin Show that most Washington County residents would be shocked by how many hungry/homeless students there are in our county...

Governor Spencer Cox is planning to visit all 29 Utah counties to meet with students, neighbors, and local business owners. He told audiences last night that he would visit Iron and Washington Counties early next month. Cox kicked off what he's calling his "Connecting Utah Tour" on Monday at Tooele High School...

A recent scam has popped up in southern Utah and you may have been unwittingly helping the scammers out. As with most scams, these folks prey on the kindhearted and your sympathy for others. The alleged perpetrators have been setting up booths at local grocery stores and asking for donations or selling marked up items for "Stand For The Silent ...