NEWS RELEASES
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through Associated Press's website.
County commissioners have rejected a proposal to build an RV park, hotel and gas station near the northwest entrance to Zion National Park. County commissioners explained that the rural area is not equipped to handle that kind of commercial development. Park officials are worried that the development would affect views from the canyon and the limited staff that work the entrance would feel overwhelmed. The Salt Lake Tribune relays in their article "Dozens of residents from the town of New Harmony went to the commissioners' meeting to express their concerns about light pollution, the water supply and how long it would take law enforcement to arrive from other cities in emergencies. Several of them celebrated after the commissioners' decision." The area Juniper Investors wants to rezone is near an entrance to Zion National Park that leads to a 5-mile scenic drive through the Kolob Canyons area. To read more, click here.