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Advocates concerned about Southern Utah road extension JOAN MEINERS, The Spectrum FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3In this March 28, 2021, photo, Tom Butine, board president of Conserve Southwest Utah, looks over land along the Southern Parkway near Sand Hollow Reservoir in Washington County, Utah, where developers seek to extend the Long Valley Road into desert tortoise habitat to accommodate a new subdivision. (Joan Meiners/The Spectrum via AP)Joan Meiners/APShow MoreShow Less 2of3In this March 28, 2021, photo, a D.R Horton's developer's sign is posted at the existing exit for Long V...

Police: Homemade explosives, drugs found in car with Utah man © Provided by KUTV Salt Lake City A man, with a history of making and detonating homemade explosives, was arrested in Washington County for having explosives and illegal drugs in his car. Logan Mertlich, 36, was arrested for drug possession charges, handling a dangerous weapon and recklessness, according to a probable cause affidavit.   An officer pulled over a white passenger vehicle Saturday after it failed to use its turn signal and police discovered it had no insurance.  Mertlich, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle t...

The Water Tap: Controversy complicates the Cove Reservoir Joan Meiners, St. George Spectrum & Daily News © The Spectrum & Daily News Welcome to The Water Tap, a weekly update on Southwestern Utah's water situation. This article is part of a series addressing topics relevant to water security in southwestern Utah. Look for stories online on select Fridays and in print on select Saturdays that feature updates on ongoing water issues, interviews with experts and explorations of how we can ensure a better water future for our growing communities. For decades, while climat...

| Updated: 4:01 p.m. A coalition of environmental groups is calling for an investigation into the proposed Cove Reservoir, alleging the southern Utah project’s environmental review brazenly mischaracterized the dam’s purpose to win federal subsidies intended to support rural communities and agriculture. Designed to impound 6,000 acre-feet of water on the Virgin River’s East Fork, this reservoir proposed by the Kane County Water Conservancy District is supposed to irrigate nearly 5,000 acres of alfalfa far downstream in St. George. The group’s analysis of the lands to be irrigated, ho...

Utah’s Cove Reservoir was proposed under false pretenses to win federal subsidy, critics allege Supporters say the water is needed for farming, but could eventually be used for other purposes. (Courtesy photo by Utah Rivers Council) This land slated for a future subdivision in St. George is among the supposed alfalfa fields to be irrigated by water from the proposed Cove Reservoir far upstream on the Virgin River in Kane County. Project critics contend the dam proponents have deliberately mischaracterized the reservoir’s purpose to win huge federal subsidies intended to support agri...