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Water Break Cancels Day For Church, Temple And School In Cedar City

The Spectrum

Utah is the 2nd driest state in the union, but there was water everywhere in a section of Cedar City Tuesday, as the mainline buckled in the early morning hours. 

The break caused the closure of Cove Drive, a major thoroughfare leading to Christ the King Catholic Church, the Cedar City Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Cedar Middle School.

 "Some of the road has been washed away," said Sargent Clint Pollock with Cedar City Police Department. "There were no injuries or further issues that had been reported to us."

The Catholic Church, the LDS Temple and the middle school all had to cancel the day’s activities, but water service was restored by late Tuesday afternoon.

Chris Holmes holds a Masters of Professional Communication degree from Southern Utah University. While at SUU his work received numerous awards including the 2009 King Foundation Best of Festival Award in the National Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts. Chris is co-host of the daily public affairs program, Big Picture Morning Show on radio station KSUB (Cedar City, Utah). He also is a sports and news contributor at Cherry Creek Media. He lives in Cedar City, with wife, Marie and five children.