Washington County commissioners are asking residents to fast and pray for rain to ease the severe drought gripping the area.

With easing oil costs and lackluster domestic gasoline demand, Utah pump prices have dropped one cent since last month, now ...

Parents of children who have died by suicide believe a St. George facility will make all the difference in regards to teens ...

A storm system headed to Utah is projected to deliver much-needed snow to both northern and southern Utah after a lull in ...

Crews responded to a residential fire in a Washington County neighborhood Thursday morning.Washington County Sheriff’s ...

USA TODAY analysis finds 3.3 million Americans live in areas with "very high" wildfire risk and 14.8 million more at “relatively high” risk.

The Independent is known as St. George Utah’s Events Source and as such produces this events calendar for southern Utah as the definitive Calendar for the area. Wondering what’s happening in ...

From sailboats gliding across the open sea to rivers carving through Zion’s majestic canyons, a St. George artist hopes to capture nature’s beauty with vibrant detail and boundless creativity.

With consistent development across southern Utah, ancient archeological sites and petroglyphs are increasingly at risk.

Castelo de São Jorge, or St. George's Castle, is perched atop Lisbon's highest hill in Alfama, offering both excellent history and views of the city. The castle served as a fortification for the ...

“But then George’s property manager convinced him to buy the land and build a new and bigger shop. I’d met George a few times when my band played at his Fourth of July parties at the ...