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Thursday, May 29, 2025
Healthy Land, Healthy People
St. George & Cedar City Hospitals Rank High as Part of '25 National Top 100 Hospitals List ST. GEORGE / CEDAR CITY - Intermountain Health St. George Regional Hospital is ranked as the nation’s top large community hospital, and Intermountain Health Cedar City Hospital is also ranked in the Top 20 for small community hospital in the nation. These rankings are from Premier and Fortune Magazine as part of their Top 100 Hospitals national rankings for 2025. Intermountain Health hospitals had three hospitals ranked number one in their categories with the inclusions of Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, (Major teaching hospital category) and Intermountain Health Layton Hospital, Top 100 Cont'd on A5
Issue #1617
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Tribal co-stewardship shows benefits for public lands and Native communities
by Ian Marynowski | Corner Post
Entrada Institute Hosts 'Classic Conversation' with Will Barclay on June 5 stone mason, musician, and more. He spent some of his formative musical years in Ireland with the Travelers, known to some as Irish gypsies. Roaming with them in horsedrawn caravans, he gained an in-depth empathy for the old ways there, Courtesy Entrada Institute and his songwritThe Entrada Institute will host ing has retained a "Classic Conversation" with those ancient tones stone mason and musician Will while adapting the Barclay on June 5 at 7:00 p.m. at feel to modern experience. Robber’s Roost in Torrey. Barclay plays TORREY On guitar, mandolin, banjo, Thursday, June 5, at 7:00 and fiddle. His songs are p.m., Don Gomes will en- lyrical, deep, and expertly gage in a "Classic Conver- crafted visions of the driftsation" with Will Barclay ers, miners, gunmen, and at Robber’s Roost, 200 lovers he has known and West and Main Street in imagined. His music is also Torrey. During the hour- influenced by the countrylong conversation, an in- rock scene that swept over person audience, as well the nation from the canyons as viewers on Facebook and clubs around L.A. in Live, will be able to direct the late 60s and early 70s. questions to Barclay. Will Barclay Will Barclay is a fixCont'd on B5 ture in Wayne County as a
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THURS. MAY 29 - WED. JUNE 4
Mostly sunny/partly cloudy, with moderate chance of precip on Monday (30%). Highs range from the high 60s to the mid 80s; lows from the 30s to the 50s.
**Weather is subject to Change
Utah DOR Funds Record 142 Projects Across All 29 Counties SALT LAKE CITY The Utah Division of Outdoor Recreation (DOR) has awarded a record amount of funding this year to support outdoor recreation projects statewide, with one hundred and forty-two grants approved across all of Utah’s twenty-nine counties. This year marks the most projects funded and the most money awarded in the history of these programs. “This is a landmark year for outdoor recreation in Utah, as these grants are more than just investments in recreation; they're Outdoor Rec Projects Cont'd on A6
thor Terry Tempest Williams, Utah Senate Minority Leader Luz Escamilla, Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and Latiné university student Louise Fernana-
May 19, 2025
dez spoke to the value of keeping public lands free of development, while underscoring what polling in Co-Stewardship
Wayne Commission
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Georgie Pongyesva and Jeremiah Lomayaktewa, both Hopi, discuss a highly cattle-impacted spring on the Dixie National Forest. This site was near another spring where the pair, along with seven other tribal participants, were maintaining wildlife friendly fencing in partnership with nonprofit Grand StaircaseEscalante Partners and the Forest Service. show of support for preserving Utah’s national monuments, national forests and national park lands. A light flurry of snow chilled the crowd as au-
by Kathryn Chamberlain
WAYNE CO. - The Wayne County Commission held its regular meeting on May 19, 2025. First on the agenda was a formal vote to approve the county airport’s master plan, which had been previously submitted to the FAA and returned with a small correction to the runway coordinates. The commission voted to approve the updated version and move forward with final signatures. Also at the airport, the county is planning a maintenance project to seal coat the runway, which was last resurfaced about five or six years ago. The state will fund 90% of the project, with the county responsible for the remaining 10%. The total local match is expected to be around
Ian Marynowski
GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE N.M. - On Jan. 11, 2025, hundreds of people gathered on the steps of Utah’s Capitol Building for the Rally for Public Lands—a
Wayne County Commission
Wanderlust Cowgirl Coffee Serves Up Diverse Flavors and Unique Offerings to Panguitch Locals and Visitors by Jaynie Connor
Courtesy Stacie Hall-Owens
Stacie Hall-Owens, owner of Wanderlust Cowgirl Coffee, located in the Silver Eagle parking lot at 575 E. Center Street in Panguitch. PANGUITCH - Located alongside U.S. Route 89 in Panguitch, a local coffee shop has risen in popularity with locals and tourists alike. Wanderlust Cowgirl Coffee offers a drive-thru, as well as
a walk-up window with tables for outdoor dining. This beloved spot has been open since 2016. First located at the Henrie’s Hitchn-Post Campground, the shop is now in the Silver Eagle parking lot at 575 E.
Center Street, and is open every day from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Wanderlust Cowgirl Coffee is owned and was Wanderlust Cont'd on B5
UPCOMING EVENTS... 2025 Panguitch Quilt Walk Festival
June 11 - 14
*schedule on page A4 If you think anyone is sane, you just don't know enough about them. —Christopher Moore
'25 Panguitch Valley Balloon Rally
June 27 - 29
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