Tag: southern Utah
Southern Utah Gardening: Plant beets in winter for early spring delights
Plant beets in winter! Yes, beets—so delicious and nutritious and very easy to grow. The mild winter we enjoy in St. George is perfect...
Daniel Beard discusses water policy in the West at Dixie Center
On Friday, Oct. 30, Citizens for Dixie’s Future is sponsoring “An Evening with Daniel Beard.” Daniel Beard is the former commissioner of the Bureau...
Jeri Ryan got Barack Obama elected
The entire politisphere is agog over the fact that everybody who isn’t a politician is leading in the polls right now. That would be...
Recent study ranks Utah first for innovation, entrepreneurship; high ranks elsewhere
A new study has ranked the State of Utah as the most fundamentally sound state across six different categories. The categories were economic performance,...
Cedar City council candidates debate issues at Southern Utah University campus
Southern Utah University, personal values, and water were just some of the issues discussed during a debate Thursday night for Cedar City’s city council...
Book review: ‘I Knew You by Name: The Search for My...
Book review: "I Knew You by Name: The Search for My Lost Mother" by Peggy Barnes
Dog Ear Publishing, 2015. 168 pages.
“Surely God designed a...
Teachers with guns in Utah: It’s better to keep them secret...
Over UEA weekend, the Utah Shooting Sports Council offered a free concealed weapons training classes to teacher and other school employees. As a result...
Photo Gallery: Autumn throughout North America
I’m a transplant out here in the Southwest. Since arriving in St. George seven years ago, my photography trips around the country have diminished....
CARTOON: ‘McSpooky Town’
'McSpooky Town' is an original cartoon exclusively for The Independent from cartoonist Clay Jones inspired by Don Gilman's article 'Hamburger eating contests at Spooky...