St. George News | STGnews.com provides a comprehensive and interactive news service focusing on matters of relevance to the communities of Southern Utah, especially Washington County. Our coverage includes news, sports, community events, opinion, lifestyle, business and other matters of concern to the community that our readers can trust. St. George News also offers provocative and engaging opinion columns and entertains opinion and features submitted from the community in the form of letters to the editor and op-eds.
RELEVANCE • RELIABILITY • REPRESENTATION • INTERACTION
Our mission is to (1) provide the community with relevant, unrestricted, unbiased, fair, uplifting and accurate news, truths and greater issues in a reliable and timely fashion, (2) to serve our local communities in facilitating the exchange of information between leaders, businesses, charities and citizens for the best interests of the communities, and (3) welcome online interaction among our STGnews community of citizens. Avenues of interaction include comments to articles online, Facebook, letters to the editor, and input submissions. Private email and Facebook messaging with the Editors is welcome as well.
St. George News | STGnews.com and its Facebook coordinate is your connection to a community of citizens in Southern Utah. Analytics show it to be the most visited local website in the county and the STGnews community is growing and developing all the time. Simply put:
WE • ARE • READ
VALUES:
Community Stewardship – Keeping the community informed
Trust – Keeping the innocent protected
Mutual Respect – Not taking sides or pushing agendas
Courage – Not being afraid to ‘tell it like it is’
Credibility – Being the authoritative source of daily information
Excellence – Presenting a high-quality product in a timely manner
The St. George News Staff
Editors
Joyce Kuzmanic, Editor-in-Chief
Mori Kessler, Assistant Editor
Andy Griffin, Sports Editor
Contributing Writers / Reporters / Photographers
Dave Amodt
Columnists / Column
Kate Dalley / Perspectives
Edward De La Cruz / Reviews De La Cruz (Movies)
Bill Gephardt / Gephardt Approved
Andy Griffin / Old School Andy
Elise Haynes / What the HAYnes?
Bryan Hyde / Perspectives
Dallas Hyland / ON Kilter
Ed Kociela / On the EDge
Geoff Steurer / Relationship Connection
T.S. Romney / The Bully Slayer
Contact Us:
St. George News
1240 East 100 South, Suite 5
St. George, Utah 84790
Attn: Joyce Kuzmanic, Editor-in-Chief
Telephone: 435-632-0825
Email: jkuzmanic@stgnews.com / news@stgnews.com
Twitter: @stgnews
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About Washington County
With year-round outdoor recreation, outstanding golfing, and beautiful Zion National Park, Washington County is a premier destination for visitors, tourists and those looking to make Southern Utah home.
Located in the southwest corner of Utah, less than two hours drive from Las Vegas, Washington County includes St. George and one of the fastest growing areas in Utah. It consistently makes Forbes top 100 places to live. St. George has the county’s largest population with over 65,000 residents. Washington County’s population is estimated to be over 140,000 and growing.

