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Power Reliability Update: Some Good News from Rocky Mountain Power

By Mike Scott June 4, 2026Public Safety, Public Services

Last summer, many Ivins residents experienced a frustrating number of power outages. After hearing concerns from residents, I contacted the Utah Public Service Commission and requested more detailed information from…

Power Reliability Meeting with Rocky Mountain Power

By Mike Scott August 14, 2025Public Safety, Public Services

Over the past several months, many Ivins residents have voiced concerns about repeated power outages. In response, I contacted the Utah Public Service Commission on July 16, requesting detailed outage…

Power Outages in Ivins

By Mike Scott July 16, 2025Public Services

Many of us in Ivins have experienced frustrating and repeated power outages in recent years. While a few may be tied to fire prevention or extreme weather, others seem unrelated,…

Hoping to Serve Again on Ivins City Council

By Mike Scott June 15, 2025Public Services

So… this is awkward. I just told you in a couple of recent articles that I’ll probably vote to raise your property taxes and maybe even increase your utility bill…

Stay In The Loop With A New Alert System

By Mike Scott December 24, 2024Community Events, Public Safety, Public Services

Ivins City has a powerful new communication tool called Yoppify to keep you informed when it matters most. Whether it’s sudden service outages, public safety alerts, road closures, or other…

Finally… A New General Plan

By Mike Scott November 8, 2024Development, Finance, General Plan, Public Safety, Public Services, Transportation, Water

The 2024 Ivins City General Plan was approved in November 2024. It is the primary guiding document and the principal tool to be used to create the future of Ivins.…

Is Ivins A Healthy Place?

By Mike Scott April 24, 2024Public Services

The Utah Health Department’s “Healthy Places Index” (https://map.utah.healthyplacesindex.org/) says that Ivins is healthier than 67.8% of Utah cities. We score even better on transportation (we’ll see how that holds up…

Your Voice Matters: How’s Life In Ivins?

By Mike Scott March 28, 2024Public Services

Ivins is participating in Utah State University’s “Wellbeing Project.” It’s an online wellbeing survey being done through the end of April. It will report on residents’ well-being and attitudes about…

Will You Still Love Me When I’m 64?

By Mike Scott June 20, 2023Finance, Public Services, Transportation, WaterNo Comments

We use our roads, sewer lines, and storm drains every day, but do we ever really think about them? Most of that infrastructure was paid for by developers in impact…

Can I Can the Blue Can?

By Mike Scott October 18, 2022Public Services

I post a lot about development and water issues. And I read and pay attention to a lot of other posts on social media about these issues too. But here’s…