Arsonists deliberately ignited a string of 14 fires along Skyline Drive in the Manti-La Sal National Forest over the Labor Day weekend. And forest service officials are asking for witnesses to come forward and report any information regarding the suspicious fires at their tip line 775-355-5337. No tips have come in yet, said Samantha Stoffregen,…
For a newly organized group of Sanpete County seamstresses, sewing cotton face masks makes everybody in the community feel a little safer.
The group, the Sanpete chapter of “Sewing for Life,” was just formed by organizer Gena Newton to sew and distribute supplemental masks to all the first responders in Sanpete County.
Even though there are no reported cases of COVID-19 in Sanpete County, residents should not be cavalier about the highly contagious virus, says Nate Selin, director of the Central Utah Health Department.
Without a doubt, the new coronavirus will soon spread to central Utah, he says. Five cases popped up in the St. George area last weekend, and there are sure to be more.