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(Best Friends Animal Society) Staff members at Best Friends Animal Society worked to clean and rehabilitate a great horned owl after he fell into a cement mixer.

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A fluffy owl tumbled into a St. George cement mixer. With ‘toothbrushes and mascara wands,’ these Utah rescuers slowly rehabilitated him.

By Brock Marchant | Dec. 28, 2025, 9:02 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) A car drives past the sign for Capitol Reef National Park near Torrey on Saturday, June 7, 2025.

Mike Lee reverses course on controversial national park proposal, but conservation groups say concerns still remain

By Brooke Larsen | Dec. 23, 2025, 1:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ryanne Day at Dinner on Main in St. George on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025.

Zeppe’s Italian Ice opens a second location in St. George, plus 11 more new restaurants in Washington County

By Ryanne Day | Special to The Southern Utah Tribune

(Mark Eddington | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lincoln Neider, left, plays cards with classmate McKay Tebbs at Desert Hills High School's teen center in St. George, Monday Nov. 24, 2025. The centers are open to all students and offer meals, showers or simply a place to decompress and relax.

‘Everyone is welcome here’: Teen centers offer refuge for Washington County students

By Mark Eddington | Dec. 22, 2025, 7:21 p.m.

(Lexy Borgogno | The Southern Utah Tribune) Labor Day weekend brought new parking signs that frustrated both customers and business owners at Ancestor Square in St. George. Now, signs are down, and shoppers are back, leaving parking free at Ancestor Square again.

Locals fought against paid parking at this St. George business park — and won

By Lexy Borgogno | The Southern Utah Tribune | Dec. 21, 2025, 1:00 p.m.

(Brian Walnum) Driver Kaden Wells of St. George and navigator Emma Cornwell, his fiancee, compete for Risq Racing during the Baja 1000, held near Ensenada, Mexico, on Nov. 14-15, 2025.

How a Utah couple fought through Baja 1000 chaos to win three off-road series titles

By Julie Jag | Dec. 22, 2025, 9:26 p.m.

(Mark Eddington | The Salt Lake Tribune) Christmas decorations at the home of Joe and Robin Reese in Santa Clara, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025.

Need a little Christmas? Southern Utah town’s Swiss traditions, stunning lights are just the ticket.

By Mark Eddington | Dec. 20, 2025, 1:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) "Handcart Pioneers, 1932", from an exhibition of Minerva Teichert's work at the Church History Museum in Salt Lake City on Thursday, July 6, 2023.

A new exhibit at the St. George Museum of Art tells the story of art in southern Utah

By Heather May and Benjamin Dawson | The Southern Utah Tribune

(Pool) Mia Bailey departs a 5th Judicial District courtroom in St. George, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, after receiving a sentence in the murder of her parents in 2024.

‘We lost our parents and we lost our sibling’: Mia Bailey sentenced for killing parents in Washington City

By Jessica Schreifels | Sheila McCann | Mark Eddington

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Glen Canyon Dam in Page, Ariz., on Monday, May 19, 2025.

‘The time to act is now’: Colorado River states still clashing as feds pressure them to reach a deal

By Brooke Larsen | Dec. 19, 2025, 9:37 p.m.