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More than a century of Ivins headlines, from the 1911 Santa Clara Bench irrigation plans to this year's city news. Search every story, or browse by decade.

1,385stories
2,853brief mentions
22publications
1909–2026years covered

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· St. George News

GE Aerospace employees lend a hand at Ivins retirement home for Veterans Day

A dozen GE Aerospace employees from Southern Utah marked Veterans Day by visiting the Southern Utah Veterans Home in Ivins and serving cake to residents after lunch. It was the company's first volunteer event at the Ivins facility, organized through its local Veterans Network and the Veterans Coalition of Southern Utah.

Community lifePeople & familiesRead at St. George News ↗

· ABC4

Operation Literacy hosts golf tournament at Black Desert Resort

The nonprofit Operation Literacy held a charity golf tournament in Ivins to raise money and book donations for its children's reading programs. The event included an 18-hole scramble and a raffle, and a "Birdies for Books" initiative donated a book for every birdie players scored.

Community lifeGolfSchoolsRead at ABC4 ↗

· ABC4

‘It’s empowering’ Ivins kids work to revitalize park after fire

Ivins kids worked to bring Mojave Estates Park back to life after a 2022 fire.

Parks & outdoorsPeople & familiesRead at ABC4 ↗

· ABC4

Austin Smotherman wins Bank of Utah Championship

Austin Smotherman won the Bank of Utah Championship at Black Desert Resort for his first PGA Tour victory.

GolfSportsRead at ABC4 ↗

· ABC4

Bank of Utah Championship gives back with donations to local organizations

The Bank of Utah Championship announced more than $400,000 in donations to local organizations.

Community lifeGolfRead at ABC4 ↗

Milestone stories

  1. March 30, 1911 To Irrigate Clara BenchWashington County News
  2. May 1, 1913 Santa Clara Bench Canal Work ProgressingWashington County News
  3. Dec. 11, 1913 Santa Clara Bench Canal to be FinishedWashington County News
  4. Sept. 23, 1926 IvinsWashington County News
  5. Dec. 2, 1926 IvinsWashington County News
  6. Dec. 22, 1927 IvinsWashington County News
  7. Feb. 7, 1929 Death of Mrs. Gray Casts Gloom over Town of IvinsWashington County News
  8. April 16, 1931 Ivins Citizens Ask for SchoolWashington County News
  9. Sept. 10, 1931 Ivins Protests School LackWashington County News
  10. Dec. 6, 1934 Ivins to have Piped Spring WaterWashington County News
  11. April 11, 1935 Ivins Mothers Ask for Teacher and School at IvinsWashington County News
  12. May 28, 1936 Class Instruction Given in Ivins by County Nurse BurtWashington County News
  13. Jan. 27, 1938 Tourist Spend Night on Mountain near IvinsWashington County News
  14. July 6, 1939 Fire Causes Considerable Damage at Ivins on July 4thWashington County News
  15. April 3, 1941 Test Pit Work at Ivins Dry Wash Started Last FridayWashington County News
  16. April 17, 1941 Explorations at Ivins Dry Wash Reported Underway by EngineerWashington County News
  17. May 14, 1942 Fishing at IvinsWashington County News
  18. Jan. 13, 1949 Washington County News
  19. April 30, 1959 Washington County News
  20. Jan. 13, 1966 Washington County News
  21. June 30, 1966 Washington County News
  22. March 29, 1979 Washington County News
  23. Feb. 13, 1987 Washington County News
  24. April 10, 1995 TUACAHN CENTER IS DEDICATED AS A BEACON OF ENTERTAINMENTDeseret News
  25. April 15, 1995 PRESIDENT HINCKLEY DEDICATES TUACAHNDeseret News
  26. May 5, 1999 Tuacahn High to open with 104 studentsDeseret News
  27. July 27, 2010 Tuacahn celebrates 15th anniversary with impressive summer seasonKSL
  28. May 24, 2013 New veterans home opens in IvinsFox 13
  29. July 5, 2015 Matching 'the majesty': Tuacahn Amphitheatre seeks to 'inspire creativity and greatness'Deseret News
  30. July 15, 2017 New medical school opens in IvinsABC4
  31. Dec. 5, 2020 Gov.-elect Cox announces he will be sworn in next month during slimmed-down ceremony in IvinsKSL
  32. June 30, 2023 PGA Tour returning to Utah for first time since 1963ABC4
  33. Oct. 13, 2024 Matt McCarty wins first PGA event at Black Desert ChampionshipABC4
  34. May 4, 2025 Haeran Ryu wins first LPGA Black Desert ChampionshipABC4
  35. May 12, 2025 From flooded stages to camels: Tuacahn celebrates 30 years of entertainment in southern UtahKSL
  36. March 7, 2026 Ivins makes it as top 16 finalists for National 'Strongest Town' ContestFox 13

How this archive works. Every entry links to the original: scanned newspaper pages at Utah Digital Newspapers (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) or the publisher's own website. Summaries are written by LoveIvins, not copied from the articles; the short quotes come from the library's scanned page text, which can contain OCR errors. Stories are items about Ivins or its people; mentions are pages where Ivins appears in passing (a visitor "of Ivins," a family note), indexed so you can find them. Ivins wasn't settled until 1922, so the earliest entries cover the Santa Clara Bench irrigation project that made the town possible. This is an unofficial community archive and isn't affiliated with any newspaper or with Ivins City. Know of a story we missed? Tell us.