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January 21, 2021 GMT ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — For the first time since the city of St. George was founded in 1861, a woman will serve as mayor. City councilwoman Michele Randall was appointed mayor of St. George in a four-to-one vote Tuesday afternoon, the Spectrum newspaper reports. She will serve the 11 months remaining in the term of mayor Jon Pike, who stepped down on Jan. 4 to run the Utah Insurance Department under newly elected Governor Spencer Cox. Randall said she plans to run the city in a similar way and is “very excited” to get started. ADVERTISEMENT She was one of two fi...

First female mayor to serve in St. George’s 160-year history ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — For the first time since the city of St. George was founded in 1861, a woman will serve as mayor.  The Spectrum newspaper reports city councilwoman Michele Randall was appointed mayor of St. George in a four-to-one vote Tuesday afternoon. She will serve the 11 months remaining in the term of mayor Jon Pike, who stepped down on Jan. 4 to run the Utah Insurance Department under newly elected Governor Spencer Cox.  Councilwoman Danielle Larkin said Randall best qualified person for the role, and also makin...

St. George appoints city's first female mayor City of St. George and last updated 2021-01-19 21:58:17-05 ST. GEORGE, Utah — For the first time in its 159-year history, the City of St. George now has a woman as its mayor. City Councilwoman Michele Randall was appointed to the position Tuesday in a special city council meeting. Randall will replace Mayor Jon Pike, who resigned earlier this month as he began his appointment in Gov. Spencer Cox's cabinet as commissioner of the Utah Insurance Department. “St. George is an amazing place to live and we want to keep it that way,” Ran...

ST. GEORGE — St. George appointed its first female mayor in the southern Utah city's 159-year history on Tuesday. Michele Randall, a member of the City Council for the past several years, will serve the remainder of former Mayor Jon Pike's term until the election in November after Pike accepted a position in Gov. Spencer Cox's administration. "St. George is an amazing place to live and we want to keep it that way," Randall said in a statement. "I'm ready to hit the ground running. I don't think we will miss a beat." She will be sworn into office on Thursday.

Cox/Henderson announce 19 more cabinet/staff members (Part 2) Created: 22 December 2020 Governor-elect Cox and Lt. Governor-elect Henderson announced 19 additional key cabinet and staff positions that will join the new administration. The appointees represent a range of diversity and bring both private and public sector experience to their new (and in some cases, continuing) roles. The first six were listed previously.. Here are the next six. St. George Mayor Jon Pike has been named Commissioner of the Utah Insurance Department.  He currently works as the southwest Utah oper...