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Santa’s Community Effort Angel Trees Now Up; Donations Accepted
For over 10 years, the Rotary Club of Vernal has worked with Santa to ensure Uintah Basin children have something to open under the tree on Christmas morning. The Angel Trees for Santa’s Community Effort are now up and community members can select tags in order to...
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Santa’s Community Effort Angel Trees Now Up; Donations Accepted
For over 10 years, the Rotary Club of Vernal has worked with Santa to ensure Uintah Basin children have something to open under the tree on Christmas morning. The Angel Trees for Santa’s Community Effort are now up and community members can select tags in order to...
Mountain Home Christmas Bazaar
11:00 AM
Local News
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area Management Plan Revised
The Ashley National Forest is seeking public input for the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area Plan and will hold public scoping meetings to seek public input to the draft management plan for the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. “This plan will work in...
Hunters In Colorado That Get a Bobcat with a GPS Collars To Return Collar
In a news release from Colorado Parks and Wildlife, hunters are being asked to comply with a request concerning bobcats. Any hunter who harvests a bobcat with a GPS Collar is asked to return the collar to a check station. Wildlife Research Scientist Shane Frank says...
Obituaries
Donald Kimbel
Funeral services for Donald Kimbel will be held on Monday, December 5, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at the Roosevelt East Stake Center, 502 North 600 East. There will be a viewing on Sunday, from 5-7 p.m. at the Hullinger Mortuary and on Monday from 10-10:45 a.m. at the...
Claryn Lee Gardner
Funeral services for Claryn Lee Gardner, age 84 of Vernal, will be conducted on Monday December 5, 2022 at 11am at the Uintah Ward Chapel (3990 South 1500 East) in Vernal.Viewings will be held Sunday December 4th from 6-8pm at the Blackburn Vernal Mortuary and Monday...
Robert “Bob” Chapoose, Sr.
Funeral services for Robert "Bob" Chapoose, Sr. will be held on Friday, December 2, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at the Fort Duchesne Community Building. There will be a wake after 4:00 p.m. on Thursday at the community building. Burial will be in the Fort Duchesne...
Evette Kay Atwine
Funeral services for Evette Kay Atwine will be held on Wednesday November 30, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at the Whiterocks Community Building. There will be a wake after 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday at the community building. Following the services, she will be cremated.
Wilma Marion Bowden
Memorial services for Wilma Bowden will be held Monday, December 5, 2022 at 11:00am at the Vernal Christian Church (1845 West 750 South). A luncheon for family and friends will follow the memorial service at the church, interment will be in the Rockpoint Cemetery at...
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Community Spotlight
It is a creation that almost wasn’t. The Moon Family has traditionally built a gingerbread display for the Roosevelt Library. This year as the new library is under construction, the Roosevelt Branch Library just wasn’t able to facilitate the display but don’t worry, Roosevelt’s loss is the Uintah County Library’s gain. On Monday, December 5th the Moon Family will open the display of their Dinosaur themed gingerbread creation. It will be in the children’s area of the Uintah County Library until the end of the month so plan on checking it out.
Split Mountain Dinosaur National Monument
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USU Bingham Research Center Ozone Alert Program Underway
Winter has arrived and that means local scientists have renewed their tracking of winter ozone throughout the Uintah...
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area Management Plan Revised
The Ashley National Forest is seeking public input for the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area Plan and will hold...
Hunters In Colorado That Get a Bobcat with a GPS Collars To Return Collar
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Santa’s Community Effort Angel Trees Now Up; Donations Accepted
For over 10 years, the Rotary Club of Vernal has worked with Santa to ensure Uintah Basin children have something to...
23-Year-Old Roosevelt Man Arrested For Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor
A Roosevelt man was arrested this week after the Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office, the Utah Internet Crimes Against...
EPA Announces Emission Controls For Uintah And Ouray Indian Reservation
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MOU Signed For Support Of Downtown Vernal Plan And Projects
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Obituaries
Nobody likes to think about death, but unfortunately, it is a part of life. At some point, we all have to say goodbye to the people we love. Our listing of local obituaries will help you remember and honor the member’s of our community who are no longer with us.
Public Affairs
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Local Sports
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