Funeral services Al Rios will be held Thursday, November 3, 2022 at the Phillips Ashley Valley Funeral Home at 11:00AM. A viewing for family and friends will be held Thursday morning 9:30-10:30AM at the Phillips Ashley Valley Funeral Home. Interment will be in the...
Month: October 2022
Halloween Mayor’s Walk Welcomes Massive Crowd
Thousands of people gathered in downtown Vernal on Saturday for a popular annualevent that is one of the largest of its kind in the state of Utah. Like last year, this year’sHalloween Mayor’s Walk accommodated a huge crowd as Main Street was closed totraffic and...
URAT Makes Donation To Support Backpack Buddies Program
Uintah Riders All Terrain (URAT) held its annual poker run on October 8th with greatsuccess. The run offers participants awesome views of fall colors, all for a great cause.The funds raised were used to buy food that was then donated to Discovery Elementaryfor the...
Josh Frost Named 2022 PRCA Linderman Award Recipient For Third Year
Cowboy Josh Frost from Randlett, Utah was named the recipient of the ProfessionalRodeo Cowboy Association Linderman Award. The Linderman award is one of the mostprestigious awards in Professional Rodeo. It recognizes a cowboy who won at least$1,000 dollars in three...
Local Schools Celebrate Red Ribbon Week
Multiple local schools celebrated Red Ribbon Week this past week with many funactivities and dress up days. Red Ribbon Week is the nation's largest and longest runningdrug-use prevention campaign. One of the highlights locally was when Naples Elementary gathered the...
UBTech Announce UBTech Student of the Year
At a banquet held by Uintah Basin Technical College on October 18th at UBTech’sRoosevelt campus, Ella Cook was named 2022-2023 Student of the Year. The honor has been in place for nine years now and gives the recipient a cash prize. It also has some unique duties, as...
Fatal Crash South Of Naples Over The Weekend
One person is dead after a crash in Uintah County on Friday. According to Utah Highway Patrol, dispatch notified Highway Patrol of a head on collision on SR-45 near mile marker 32 at approximately 8:32pm on October 28th at the Green River bridge about 10 miles south...
Joe B. (JODY) Murray Jr.
Funeral Services for Jody will be conducted Monday, October 31, 2022 at 11 am in the Vernal 1st Ward Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. (475 West 100 South) There will be a Viewing Sunday evening from 6-8 pm at the Blackburn Vernal Mortuary and...
Daggett County Commissioners Update
The ‘Daggett County Commissioner Corner’ focused on two main topics in the newly released Daggett County November newsletter. First, the Commissioners emphasized that they have been working diligently on the Dutch John Water System and that they are starting to get...
Vernal Downtown Facade Program Continues; Demolition Grant Also Available
Since being announced last spring, the Vernal downtown facade program has made great progress in beautifying downtown. The program offers funds to cover a big chunk of exterior improvements to commercial and mixed use properties. Vernal City Manager Quinn Bennion...