By Ben Winslow Deseret Morning News The Mohave County Sheriff's Office in Arizona is planning to hire two new police officers to patrol the vast area along the Utah- Arizona border, including the polygamous enclave of Colorado City, Ariz.

By Henry Brean By HENRY BREAN REVIEW-JOURNAL An Arizona official has rejected a company's proposal to pump groundwater into Nevada from extreme northwestern Arizona to feed growth in Mesquite.

ST. GEORGE -- Firefighters are responding to nearly a dozen new fires burning in southern Utah, all believed to have been sparked by lightning storms that moved across the area. The Bureau of Land Management said smoke from the Black Rock Gulch fire on the Arizona strip is visible from St. George.

By Associated Press LAS VEGAS -- Residents in the northwest corner of Arizona are gearing up to fight an unprecedented plan to pump groundwater across the Nevada border to Mesquite.

By Henry Brean By HENRY BREAN REVIEW-JOURNAL BEAVER DAM, Ariz. - Along the short stretch of Interstate 15 that dips into Arizona on its way from Nevada to Utah, it's easy to feel cut off from the rest of the Grand Canyon State.