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St George News
March 16, 2018
The decision marks a partial victory for both sides in the long-running case that centers on a 2012 harvest in the twin cities of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona. The community is the home base of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, an offshoot of mainstream MormonismÃâà...
The Durango Herald
March 15, 2018
Six of the seven Hildale, Utah, town workers quit after Mayor Donia Jessop was elected and took charge of the local government run by the sect for more than a century. They were joined by nine members of various town boards, including utility board chairman Jacob N. Jessop. All were members of theÃâà...
KUTV 2News
March 12, 2018
This Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 photo shows Hildale, Utah, sitting at the base of Red Rock Cliff mountains, with its sister city, Colorado City, Ariz., in the foreground. Government-ordered evictions of nearly 150 homes have forced Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints families to seek refuge in trailersÃâà...
GetReligion (blog)
March 12, 2018
The story of how a polygamous sect rules the sister towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz., has fascinated journalists and law enforcement for years. I've previously written about the sect for GetReligion here. The latest news (and a hat tip to former GetReligionista James Davis for bringing it to ourÃâà...
Deseret News
March 10, 2018
But Mayor Jessop said all of them are members of the FLDS Church, which practices polygamy. The group has run the sister cities of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, for more than a century and had total control of town governments until November's elections. The victory by Donia Jessop andÃâà...
CBS News
March 9, 2018
Six of the seven Hildale, Utah, town workers quit after Mayor Donia Jessop was elected and took charge of the local government run by the sect for more than a century. They were joined by nine members of various town boards, including utility board chairman Jacob N. Jessop. All were members of theÃâà...
Bustle
March 9, 2018
The small town of Hildale, Utah, is currently completing a major shakeup of its local government and municipal staff, and for a very particular reason. Namely, because Hildale's new mayor, Donia Jessop, is a woman, and not a member of the polygamist sect that previously had control over the town and itsÃâà...
Salt Lake Tribune
March 8, 2018
(Rick Bowmer | Associated Press file photo) This Oct. 26, 2017, file photo shows Hildale, Utah, sitting at the base of Red Rock Cliff mountains, with its sister city, Colorado City, Ariz., in the foreground. Six of seven municipal workers for the town of Hildale, Utah, quit after Mayor Donia Jessop was elected andÃâà...
Salt Lake Tribune
March 6, 2018
Hildale, Utah, city councilman, accused of facilitating child labor again, testifies about construction sites from Arizona to Rexburg, Idaho. 'Sister Wives' family, fearing arrests for polygamy, signed paperwork stating who would care for their children. Other Utah polygamists sign such forms, too, and so can youÃâà...
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