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Floodwaters tear through Kane County communities
Floodwaters tore through parts of Kane County Monday evening, September 28, inundating properties around Orderville, Glendale and Mt. Carmel Junction as heavy rain sent the East Fork of the Virgin River and normally dry washes surging beyond their banks. A shipping container is swept downstream in the East Fork of the Virgin River near Mt. Carmel Junction Monday evening, September 28. Three shipping containers were swept away during the flooding, according to a nearby prop

Southern Utah News
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Free tasting, new menu, mark Peekaboo Canyon Wood Fired Kitchen’s 10th anniversary celebration
KANAB – This Saturday, October 3, from 4 - 7 p.m., Peekaboo Canyon Wood Fired Kitchen will celebrate 10 years in business with the rollout of a new menu, free tastings, a 25 percent discount on new menu items and a complimentary desert for table orders over $25. Standard local’s discount on regular menu items apply. Photos courtesy of Peekaboo Kitchen. The restaurant on Center Street was opened in the fall of 2016 by four friends, Gregory and Julie Castle, along with Franci

Peekaboo Kitchen
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Back When: Kanab in 1956 - an evening of memories, history and storytelling
What was Kanab like 70 years ago? If you were here in 1956, you might have seen folks “Dragging Main”, a popular pastime that involved cruising up and down the streets of Kanab, visiting with friends and seeing who was out and about. Of course, in Kanab, much of that cruising actually happened along Center Street. What businesses and gathering places would you have passed along the way? Who were the familiar faces you might have seen? Join the Kanab City Heritage and Historic

Emily Bentley
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Dreamland Safari celebrates 25 years in Kanab
A business that began with a pair of local four-wheel-drive enthusiasts taking visitors into the backcountry around Kanab is celebrating a quarter-century in business. Dreamland Safari Tours marks its 25th anniversary this year, tracing its beginnings to 2001, when David and Marilyn DeVooght founded the company as interest grew in scenic tours of the Kanab area. The company changed hands in 2011, when William and Meghann James took over. During the next nine seasons, Dreaml

Southern Utah News
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Fiber optic work continues along SR-9 through Zion
Construction crews are continuing work on a major fiber optic project along State Route 9 and through Zion National Park, part of a network that will eventually stretch more than 130 miles through southern Utah. A worker in high-visibility safety gear walks beside a trailer carrying large coiled materials. Photo courtesy of UDOT. The Utah Department of Transportation’s (UDOT) Zion Canyon Fiber Optics Project is installing fiber along SR-9, the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway, US-

Southern Utah News
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Fourth annual Fredonia Fall Festival a wonderful success
This year’s Fredonia Fall Festival was a wonderful evening enjoyed by all! Photos courtesy of the Fredonia Civics Committee. Thank you, Sheena Cram, we appreciate all your hard work getting the vendors together. We had over 23 amazing vendors this year; thank you for being part of our festival and for donating to our door prizes. Karaoke with Jim was a big hit again this year! Jim Torgerson, you helped make the Fall Festival a success. We had four contestants in our Cobble

Fredonia Civics Committee
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Dr. Janiel Cragun brings comprehensive women’s health services to southern Utah
KANAB, Utah — Residents of southern Utah now have local access to highly specialized, expert gynecologic care. Dr. Janiel Cragun, MD, a board-certified gynecologic oncologist, is officially now accepting new patients at the Kane County Hospital, located at 355 N Main St in Kanab. Dr. Cragun brings an extensive background of academic and clinical leadership to the community, having previously held long-standing roles with the University of Arizona and Banner University

Kane County Hospital
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