Ambulance service crisis discussed in Iron County
Cedar City and Iron County officials sought fixes for inadequate ambulance coverage with Southern Cross Ambulance Service at risk without new funding. Officials considered subsidies, private versus public models, and potential base locations while agreeing to keep Southern Cross running during negotiations.
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Cedar City
Iron County
Don Barnes
Southern Cross Ambulance Service
Delbert Sperry
State Division of Health
Barnes
Sperry
Robert Stratton
Jack Whiting
Les Burbidge
Cedar City Fire Department
Salt Lake
St. George
Kerry Jones
Burbidge
Southern Cross
Cedar City adopts new Cedar Valley address system change
Cedar City rural postal customers face a required address re numbering to align with city system. Mailboxes must display updated numbers by end of June to avoid returns. A new Cedar Valley route will begin July 1 with a carrier trained on the new scheme.
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Cedar City
Frank J. Petty
Cedar Valley
Petty
Iron County
Utah
Utah International
U.S. Steel
Beryl Junction
Cedar City forms Special Improvement District in Leigh Hills area
The Cedar City Council adopted a resolution creating a Special Improvement District to fund sewer lines paving and curbs in Leigh Hills Ridge Road and select adjacent areas. Some streets were removed from the proposal while others added including 75 West Street Center Street 900 West and west 200 South. City Engineer to issue bid calls soon. Councillors approved appointments to local boards and discussed municipal power feasibility and a resident poll. A take-out beer license was approved for the Outpost Store.
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Cedar City
Leigh Hills
Ridge Road
East Street
S. T. Nelson
Gordon Smith
Diane Brown
Gaylen
City Counci
Library
Radmali
North City
Cedar City Crash Sends Four to Medical Center
Four Cedar City residents escaped serious injury after a head on collision between their pickup and a Chevy Blazer on Cedar Mountain Road near Right Hand Canyon Road. The Shakespeare family, transported to Valley View Medical Center, sustained minor injuries. James Borden of Paragonah drove the Blazer and was unhurt. a wrecker driver was slightly injured when the pickup rolled after being towed. Damages are estimated near $5,000.
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Cedar City
Cedar Mountain Road
Right Hand Canyon
Kevin Shakespeare
Jeanee
Shana
James Borden
Paragonah
Shakespeare
Valley View Medical Center
Borden
John R. Williams
Surrendered convict from Brushy Mountain escape captured
One of five convicts who escaped Brushy Mountain State Prison in Tennessee with James Earl Ray surrendered Saturday. Ray, the confessed assassin of Martin Luther King, remained at large. Page 2.
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Brushy Mountain Store
James Earl Ray
Ray
Brushy Mountain State Prison
Tennessee
Martin Luther King
Local Budget Hearings urged for citizen involvement
Spectrum editorials urge Area citizens to engage in budget hearing processes across local government agencies and school boards in today’s edition. Page 4 highlights emphasize civic participation and transparency.
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Spectrum
Health council recommended to AOG Cedar City
Richard Cross urged the Five-County Association of Governments to help form a sub area advisory council for Utah health system planning. The plan targets population-based representation across Garfield Kane Beaver Washington Iron counties with meetings every four to six weeks and no dedicated funding.
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Utah
FCAQG
FCAOG
Garfield
Kane
Beaver
Washington
Iron
Cross
Utah Health System Agency
USHA
SAC
HSA
Senate
William Leavitt
Alta
Utah Health Systems Agency
Utah Hsa
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