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Photo courtesy of Greater Zion Pioneer Park You heard it here first: St. George, Utah, is about to boom. So get there before everybody else does. The largest town in Southwest Utah is slowly and comfortably embracing its growth at just the right pace. A quiet community of less than 90,000 people, St. George is best known for its proximity to the great outdoors, especially Zion National Park, but it's turning into a worthwhile destination in its own right. The story of St. George is much like other Utah cities. It was founded as a Mormon settlement, but eventually developed its own identity. W...

Contributors’ Notes Hussain Ahmed is a Nigerian poet and environmentalist. His poems and translations are featured or forthcoming in Poetry, AzonaL, Sara Backer’s first book of poetry, Such Luck (Flowstone Press, 2019), follows two poetry chapbooks: Scavenger Hunt (dancing girl press, 2018) and Bicycle Lotus (Left Fork, 2015). Her honors include the 2019 Plough Poetry Prize competition, eight Pushcart nominations, and fellowships from the Norton Island and Djerassi Resident Artists Programs. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, lives in New Hampshire, and reads for th...

Hannah Gilley. Kenneth Rhoden was found shot once in his camper several miles away. Bobbi Jo Manley, Dana Rhoden’s sister, went to Christopher Rhoden Sr.’s trailer to feed his dogs. Manley found Christopher and Gary’s bodies covered in blood in the trailer and called 911. Christopher had defensive wounds on his body, according to an autopsy report. “There’s blood everywhere,” Manley said on the 911 call. Manley and her brother, James Manley, found six other members of their family shot. Frankie Rhoden and his fiancée, Hannah “Hazel” Gilley, were shot in the head in their be...

Jake Wagner Admits His Family Killed Eight Members of the Rhoden and Gilley Families in Ohio’s 2016 Pike County Massacre Angenette Levy © Provided by Law & Crime Five years to the day after eight members of the Rhoden and Gilley families were found murdered execution-style as they slept in rural Ohio, one of the men charged with the killings admitted he and his family committed the crimes. Jake Wagner, 29, pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated murder and agreed to testify against his mother, father and older brother. Prosecutors have alleged that Jake, his mother Angela, ...

The Martha's Vineyard Times Nor’easter clobbers South Beach Right Fork suffers most damage; Left fork takes overwash but is less flooded and eroded. 1 of 6 Town administrator James Hagerty says the floodin is the worst he's seen since Hurricane Bob. -Rich Saltzberg Pounding surf caused erosion and flooding at South Beach. -Rich Saltzberg Atlantic Drive in Edgartown is closed due to flooding. -Samantha Church The sign says it all at South Beach. - Samantha Church Monday and Tuesday's storm caused flooding and erosion at South Beach in Edgartown. -Rich Saltzberg Big waves whipp...