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  • Pumping too much water is sinking Cedar Valley

    Cedar City (Salt Lake Tribune) » Since 1939, the Cedar Valley spreading west and north of Cedar City has dropped 100 feet and the only way to stop or slow the process is replenish the underlying aquifer with at least as much water as is being discharged through pumping.

    That was one of the statistics the Utah Geological Survey delivered to the Central Iron County Water Conservancy District at its board meeting Thursday night in Cedar City.

  • Cedar City Vets launch campaign for VA nursing home

    CEDAR CITY (Deseret News) — Retired military veterans are holding a Town Hall meeting Friday to launch a public campaign for a Veterans' Assistance nursing home.

    Marine Corps veteran Chuck Hoepfner recently told the City Council that the $17 million project would be a 110-bed nursing home on a six- to eight-acre lot; however, the project needs more community and financial support for it to become reality.

  • SUU plans art museum to honor local artists

    (Deseret News) Long before he died last Saturday, famed Utah landscape artist Jim Jones pledged his home and his final project, which contained 18 of his best landscapes, to Southern Utah University. Now that gift will help the Cedar City university fulfil a commitment to build an art museum, the only one south of Springville.

  • Housing plan still on hold
    CEDAR CITY - After five months of meetings and discussion, a decision has yet to be made concerning the Capo Di Monte subdivision proposed on Cedar Mountain.
  • State devalues land with prairie dogs

    CEDAR CITY - In a precedent-setting ruling, landowner Bruce Hughes was awarded his appeal to Iron County and the state regarding his property value appraisal because his land is covered in prairie dogs and arguably worth less than originally appraised.

  • Fair housing laws not easy to enforce

    Cedar City — Despite laws under the Utah Fair Housing Act that protect renters, discrimination is still seen in apartment rental practices throughout the state, including those in Cedar City.

  • Cedar City set to OK historic development

    Cedar City » It has taken more than three years of planning and the acquisition of 2,000 acres, but Cedar City is poised to give final approval to the largest development in the city's history -- perhaps one of the biggest in Utah.

    The Cordero development will include commercial space, nearly 8,000 housing units and a 36-hole Jack Nicklaus golf course, and will take 25 to 30 years to complete.

    "Cordero" is Spanish for lamb, reflecting the important sheep industry in the region.

  • SUU plans new on-campus art museum

    Jim Jones has spent the better part of 33 years gazing on Utah and Arizona's redrock vistas during a career replicating them on canvas. The Springdale-based artist has produced hundreds of landscape paintings, including many depicting iconic landforms of Grand Canyon and Zion national parks.
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  • It's 'out with the old and in with the new' for SUU science

    It will be spectacle today as long-time residents gather for a glimpse of history crumbling into rubble. Perhaps even cameras and camcorders will document the event as Southern Utah University razes the 9,491 square-foot life science building to prepare for the construction of the 42,385-square-foot Walter M. Gibson Science Center.

  • New shelter gets funding from Iron County Board of Realtors

    CEDAR CITY - The Iron County Board of Realtors donated $10,000 to the Iron County Care and Share Wednesday to help with construction of new facilities for the nonprofit organization.

  • Construction begins on Cedar City aquatic center

    Construction on an aquatic center in Cedar City began in early July. The center, located at 2090 West Royal Hunt Drive, will be owned by the city. The facility will be approximately 64,000 square feet. CMBG and Carter Enterprises are the developers on the project. The expected completion date for the aquatic center is May 2010.

  • 1,200-unit residential development considered for Cedar City

    Chuck Marshall is considering a master plan community on 206 acres in Cedar City. Marshall has proposed building 1,200 residential units near 2400 North Lund Highway. There would also be a possibility for commercial development. The project is in the preliminary planning process. Ron Larson is the engineer.

  • Ellsworth Jubilee Home opens

    CEDAR CITY - After months of planning and construction, utilizing city-wide donations and cooperative efforts, the new hospitality house at Valley View Medical Center is finally open.

  • Fire station proposal is denied

    CEDAR CITY - The Iron County Commission on Monday, taking into consideration the projected economic situation, decided not to match funds requested for a Cedar City fire station grant at this time.

  • Final touches put on animal shelter

    CEDAR CITY - The new Iron County Sheriff's Office Animal Shelter on Iron Springs Road will be up and running by the first week of July, thanks to the Iron County Jail inmate work crew.

  • Business condos for Cedar City

    Ron Larsen of Insite Engineering will convert an already existing building owned by Wayne Decker into business condominiums. Coal Creek Commercial Condominiums, 12 total, will be located at 400 West and Coal Creek Road in Cedar City. The Cedar City Planning Commission approved the preliminary plan for the project.

  • Geologist: Southern Utah aquifer could be developed

    Cedar City » A deep aquifer, filled with prehistoric water that has filtered through a porous formation of Navajo sandstone, slumbers deep underground in southern Utah, waiting to be tapped.

    At least that is what a retired geology professor believes. E. Blair Maxfield wants a test well drilled to confirm or discredit his theory-- and state officials acknowledge he could be right -- about the uncharted aquifer that could extend east of Cedar City and north of Zion National Park.

  • Construction on Cafe Rio begins

    Construction on a Café Rio in Cedar City is underway at 1243 S. Sage Drive. The restaurant will feature a drive-up window, a new addition for the eatery. CHB is the developer. Ron Chandler is the applicant.

  • Cedar Mountain development on hold

    CEDAR CITY » Iron County planners are considering whether a proposed development on one of the state's largest mapped landslides would be safe.

    Geologists are studying whether the landslide on Cedar Mountain is still active.

    County Engineer Steve Platt says that needs to be determined before the Iron County Planning Commission can decide whether to allow the development to be built.

    A geologist hired by the county says so far there is not enough data to determine whether the landslide is stable.

  • High-tech project 'opens up doors'

    CEDAR CITY - A decade ago an open access, fiber optic network was not thought possible for rural areas. However, as of Thursday, Cedar City has been fully outfitted with 70 miles of cable. The cable, installed by Utah InterLinx Communications, will allow high-speed, redundancy in communication services for every business and household in its boundaries.

  • Development proposal in Cedar

     

    Evan Thompson-Principal of Tuscan, Ariz., is looking to develop 2,200 acres in Cedar City using a Green Build. The Cordero Master Plan Community is still in the preliminary phases, but construction is scheduled to begin on June 1.

     

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