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- Community
St. George parking garage slides draw about 2,400 rides a day
The city says the peak day, Sept. 19, had roughly 4,700 riders and that no injuries have been reported.
- Outdoors & skiing
St. George plans 2.5-acre expansion at Thunder Junction
The all-abilities park's next phase adds Ice Age-themed attractions and railroad track, with completion targeted for summer 2027, according to KSL.
- Sports
Utah Valley men's basketball loses 92-80 at Utah Tech in exhibition
Dominick Nelson scored 15 points for the Wolverines, and Christian Gibson had 23 for Utah Tech in St. George.
- Business
Bonrue Bakery opens Provo location and plans more in Utah
The bakery, founded in St. George in 2021, has announced its next shops for Orem and Spanish Fork.
- Crime & safety
St. George man gets probation for faking a plot to have himself killed
Robert Quentin Sprague admitted sending emails that made it look like a woman he had been married to was asking her uncles to help kill him.
- Community
St. George man raises money for his new charity with free Halloween display
James Mays says his eighth annual display now supports Pancakes & Love, a nonprofit he started this year.
- Sports
Utah Valley and Utah Tech meet in Saturday exhibition in St. George
Tipoff for the Old Hammer Rivalry game at Burns Arena is set for 7 p.m. MT.
- Crime & safety
Three injured when pickup rear-ends semi on I-15 north of Cedar City
A 13-year-old passenger was flown to St. George Regional Hospital with injuries the Utah Highway Patrol described as severe.
- Crime & safety
Man sentenced to 41 months for carrying 104,000 fentanyl pills in Utah
Hector Luis Castillo-Reyes pleaded guilty to a federal count of possession with intent to distribute.
- Business
Utah bookstores open and host events as reading rates fall
Booksellers told Utah Business that gifts, memberships and community events help them stay profitable.
- Outdoors & skiing
Birders report first verified storm petrel sightings in Utah after Tropical Storm Rachel
The ocean birds, carried inland by the storm, were seen at water bodies from St. George to Cache County.
- Sports
Utah Valley picked fifth in Big West preseason men's basketball poll
The Wolverines, in their first Big West season, drew 85 points in a vote of the league's 12 head coaches.
- Outdoors & skiing
Southern Utah light pollution could disorient migrating birds, advocates say
Phil Ertel of the Red Cliffs Audubon Society said skies remain dark but lighting is increasing with development.
- Business
State promises tax credit for Baxter Aerospace expansion in Washington City
The company has agreed to add 90 jobs and invest $19.55 million in Utah over five years to qualify.
- Education
Washington County school board President Stirland faces Zaleski in District 5
Both candidates told St. George News that shrinking student populations amid area growth are a coming challenge for the district.
- Money & banking · Feature
SunFirst Bank: how online-poker payments reached a small Utah lender
SunFirst’s search for capital drew it into illegal online-poker processing. Its closure, a banker’s guilty plea and the receivership’s later termination show how payment access, bank solvency and customer protection intersected.
- Money & banking
Utah’s August tracker lists five pending industrial-bank applications
Utah’s Department of Financial Institutions lists five industrial-bank applications as pending in a tracker last updated August 21. Four other industrial-bank proposals show state approval but remain opening pending.