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Welcome to another session of Townsquare Media Roundup!  Everything you missed this week in one place.  08/07-08/11  The Thompson Fire  The Thompson Fire just outside of Beaver is still going strong. It's burned over 7,000 acres and is still at zero percent containment. There are six crew...

Sex trafficking comes up in Southern Utah several times a year, but it seems the tactics are always changing and creating new challenges.   As a young woman, it's important to be aware of the dangers that present themselves when walking from your car to your home, to work, or really any time you go out. Chi...

A paleontologist from Kansas University has discovered a 500-million-year-old sea worm in northern Utah.   According to a KU news release, Rhiannon LaVine, a researcher with KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum discovered the sea worm while in the Spence Shale which rides the border of southern Idaho. The...

Did you miss this week’s local news? Not to worry, we’ve got you covered. Check any of our St. George Townsquare Media station websites and you’ll be able to catch up with the news before the week is out.  Do You Still Need to Conserve Water in Utah?  The Utah Division...

Over the weekend a possible love story made its way to the local St. George Word of Mouth Facebook page, and residents are VERY invested.   Poster Marci Scott went to the page on Saturday and described “Josh” who she met at Café Rio. Scott said she had bee...

If you’re a St. George native, you may not think of Utah as a tree-seeing destination, but the state is home to one of the world’s oldest trees.   A great way for us Southern Utahns to cool off in the summer is to head up north where the heat isn’t scorching. Well, head up to Fish...