Man airlifted to hospital after truck submerges into Quail Creek Reservoir
Rich Allen, St. George News
Emergency responders attempt to revive a victim of a boat launching accident at Quail Creek State Park, Hurricane, Utah, Jan. 12, 2021.
By: St. George News
and last updated 2021-01-13 00:35:22-05
HURRICANE, Utah â A man was transported by Life Flight to St. George Regional Hospital after the truck he was in submerged into the water from the loading dock at Quail Creek State Park on Tuesday evening, according to
While the investigation is still active, Lt. Regan Wilson with the State of Utah Department of Natural Resources said foul play is not suspected, though it isnât definitely ruled out.
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A caregiver at St. George Regional Hospital receiving one of the first COVID-19 vaccines in the area.
Intermountain St. George Regional Hospital has the goal of giving all its caregivers the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of this week.
So far, just over 2,000 hospital workers have been vaccinated, and last week around 200 received their second dose, according to nurse administrator Natalie Ashby. She said just over half of hospital workers have opted to be vaccinated.
Ashby said distributing the vaccine has been a lot of work, hospital workers started getting vaccinated in early December, and it ramped up over the holidays. Despite all the long hours she’s had to put in for distribution, Ashby’s said she’s excited about the rollout.
Utah education board votes in favor of college name change
December 18, 2020 GMT
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) The Utah Board of Higher Education unanimously voted Friday in support of Dixie State University dropping “Dixie” from its name an example of the nation’s reexamination of the remnants of the Confederacy and slavery.
Dixie State University’s Board of Trustees voted for a name change on Monday, which was then supported by the higher education board, the Deseret News reported.
Dixie State, located in St. George about 300 miles (480 kilometers) south of Salt Lake City, recommended the name change after reviewing the results of a study that showed some employers in other states expressed concern about the Dixie name on graduates’ resumes. It also said nearly two-thirds of people in the college’s recruiting region associate the name Dixie with the Confederacy.
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Remembering Wiggins Mayor Joel Miles after death due to COVID-19 complications
Wiggins mayor dies from complications of COVID-19 By Chancelor Winn | December 14, 2020 at 6:27 PM CST - Updated December 14 at 6:39 PM
WIGGINS, Miss. (WLOX) - American flags throughout Wiggins flew at half staff on Monday in honor of Mayor Joel Miles who died on Sunday after being hospitalized due to double pneumonia just weeks after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
It’s a friendship that Wiggins City Attorney Jenny Tyler Baker said she will miss.
“It’s definitely going to be tough because we all worked with him very closely and got to know each other on a friend level,” Tyler Baker said. “We’ve lost a friend and a leader, and it’s going to be tough for a lot of us.”