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What is DixieChatter?
DixieChatter is the Hometown Chatter site for Southern Utah (Washington and Kane counties). We publish local alerts, high school scores, Utah Tech athletics scores, mountain bike results, good news, trails, and Coming Soon local openings — real numbers and official sources only. We are part of Hometown Chatter and are its first live region.
Which places do you cover?
Washington and Kane counties. Focus area: St. George, Washington, Hurricane, Ivins, Santa Clara, Springdale/Zion and Kanab. Content outside those counties belongs on another Utah region site or the national hub.
How do high school scores work?
We post verified scores and records as soon as an official source confirms them. Sources: UHSAA and the school’s own athletics pages. Cards stay empty until a number is verified. Every posted score shows a timestamp (America/Denver) and the named source. See High School.
Where do mountain bike results come from?
Utah High School Cycling League / NICA results come from utahmtb.org and RaceResult only. Local races need an official posted result. We do not invent placements or times.
How do you handle weather and road alerts?
Alerts come from NWS, UDOT, and local emergency offices for Washington and Kane counties. Each alert card shows when we last checked and the issuing agency. Clear or expired alerts are removed or labeled — we do not leave stale warnings up as current. See Weather & Alerts sources.
Are you live?
Yes. DixieChatter is live at dixiechatter.com and updating now. It is the lead Hometown Chatter region; other Utah region sites follow the same structure as they go live.
Who runs this / how can I trust it?
DixieChatter is local-first news for Southern Utah, part of Hometown Chatter. Editorial rule: cite the source, use real numbers, publish fast, no fluff. Our photos are original DixieChatter photos credited “Photo: DixieChatter,” or free public-domain / openly licensed images credited on the page. Income is AdSense and platform payouts only — we do not sell ads into the feed. See our corrections and advertising policy.
How do social posts relate to the site?
Every DixieChatter social post about a story opens the page that story lives on. We write unique local copy; we do not boost or buy placements — reach is organic only.