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Thursday, December 18, 2025
Planning to Go Ice Fishing This Winter? What Anglers Should Know
SALT LAKE CITY While skiing and snowboarding are often what first comes to mind when people think of Utah and winter recreation, ice fishing is another great way to get outside and enjoy the season. If you are planning to go ice fishing this winter, here are a few things you should know before hitting the ice. Safety tips for anglers Staying safe is the most important aspect of ice fishing—and staying safe includes staying warm. Be sure to dress in layers and have all the needed food and equipment to stay warm. To avoid falling through the ice, a general safety recommendation is to not go onto the ice unless it is at least four inches thick. Keep in mind, though, that ice thickness can vary across a lake, especially in
New Multicounty Bookmobile Driver Jakob Thygerson Continues Legacy of Providing Mobile Library Services to Rural Utah Communities
Utah Trust Lands Admin. Offers $3K Reward for Information on Stolen Human Remains
Courtesy Zions Bank
Panguitch preschool students perform at Zions Bank on Thurs. Dec. 4 for the bank's “Lights On” tree-trimming tradition. PANGUITCH - More than 200 children from Panguitch Elementary School helped ring in the holiday season at Zions Bank. On Thurs., Dec. 4, every class from preschool through sixth-grade students walked to the Zions Bank branch throughout the day. Each student placed their handmade ornament on the Christ-
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Jakob Thygerson is the new driver for the Multicounty Bookmobile, a service dating back to the 1940s. Thygerson was inspired to become a bookmobile driver by his childhood love of books. “I guess going way back, growing up, I was always the kid who would walk out of the library with books stacked up to my chin,” said Thygerson. “And so reading has always been a huge part of my life, and I know how important that is.”
Panguitch Students Light Up the Holidays at Zions Bank
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munities lacking immediate access to city libraries. It makes twenty-one stops
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ty Bookmobile, a service dating back to the 1940s, remains essential, and this year, the program has a new driver: Jakob Thygerson. The MultiCounty
mas tree inside the branch lobby. In return, Zions Bank made a donation to the school. The children also performed holiday carols and enjoyed bags of popcorn and candy canes. The decorated tree will be on display in the bank’s lobby through the Lights On Cont'd on B1
REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR SOME BUT NOT ALL REGIONS REPRESENTED IN OUR NEWSPAPER COVERAGE AREA
THURS. DEC. 18 - WED. DEC. 24
Partly cloudy, with PM showers forecasted for Christmas Eve. Highs in the 50s and lows in the high 20s and low 30s. 36% chance of showers on Wednesday. **Weather is subject to Change
KANE CO. - The Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (TLA) is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the individual or individuals responsible for removing a human skull from a protected ancient burial site in southern Utah. In January 2025, investigators from the Attorney General’s Office assigned to the Trust Lands Administration became aware of the incident after viewing social media, prompting a search of a site Reward Cont'd on B3
Bookmobile is available to all residents of Garfield and Kane counties, offering both on-site library assistance and mobile library resources to remote com-
Pile Burns Planned in BCNP
BRYCE - Bryce Canyon National Park fire managers plan to conduct pile burning operations this winter and early spring as conditions allow. These pile burns are part of a 55-acre fuel reduction project to minimize wildfire risk and protect park infrastructure, in accordance with the park’s fire management plan. Over the last two years, Bryce Canyon National Park has partnered with the American Conservation Experience and the Utah Conservation Corps to selectively thin areas of dense vegetation that could contribute to high-intensity wildfire. Material from this selective thinning has been gathered into handbuilt piles, which will be ignited when weather conditions are optimal. It is difficult to predict exactly when the burning will occur because piles are only ignited under certain conditions, including favorable smoke disper-
by Jaynie Connor
GARFIELD / KANE COS. - In some rural Utah communities, the nearest public library can be more than a two-hour drive away. That is why the Multicoun-
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Community Potluck In Torrey Nets $9.7K for Wayne County Food Pantry by Dave Cushing | Rural Voices of Utah
Courtesy David Cushing
Danny Emerich, Joanne Stenten, Linda Ward and Bernie Wuestefeld, representing Rural Voices of Utah, hand over Royal's Foodtown gift cards to Mike Riddle (center) at the Wayne County food pantry after a potluck fundraiser in Torrey on Dec. 6 netted $9,700 in donations. TORREY - Roughly 1) enjoying plenty of food of money to help out sixty people showed up and drink that folks had families and individuals at the Torrey Pavillion for prepared for the event; 2) who don’t have enough the Wayne County food spending time with friends to keep their kitchens pantry potluck fundraiser and neighbors from the on Saturday, Dec. 6th, area in the off-season dark Potluck with three things in mind: days; and 3) raising a bit Cont'd on B4
UPCOMING EVENTS... Wayne Co. Interfaith Christmas Program
December 21
Torrey Ward Building 6:00 PM Whenever you think or you believe or you know, you're a lot of other people: but the moment you feel, you're nobody-but-yourself. —e.e. cummings
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