by Ari Hurdsman — A nice tourist site near Piute is the home of an outlaw. With rich history, Butch Cassidy’s boyhood home may be Utah’s newest State Monument.
Category: Piute County
by Abbie Call — Irva is one of 145 centenarians in the state of Utah, and she just celebrated her 105th birthday in January.
The Byway — The following are the unofficial results for the 2023 general election as of 10:56 p.m. on November 21 in Piute, Wayne and Garfield counties.
The Byway — On Tuesday the UIPA board of directors voted unanimously to approve the Central Utah Agri-Park Project Area in Juab County.
Piute County Sheriff’s Office — Francisco Daniel Aguilar was sentenced to 25 years to life to be served at the Utah State Prison for Aggravated Murder, a non-Capital Felony.
by Ari Hurdsman — Tis’ the season for fairs, parades and parties. Piute County’s Butch Cassidy Fair Week commenced on July 31, 2023, and lasted until August 5.
The Byway — The Thompson Ridge Fire which was ignited by a lightning strike last Friday, grew from 1,100 acres reported on Monday to 2,700 acres Tuesday.
The Byway — A wildfire started approximately 11 miles southeast of Beaver, Utah when lightning struck on Thompson Ridge in the Fishlake National Forest.
by Ari Hurdsman — Piute County also does fireworks and a parade, but what sets Piute’s 24th celebration apart from others is the rodeo and a fish rodeo.
The Byway — A 17-year-old Piute High School student pleaded guilty on Monday to the aggravated murder of his girlfriend in January.