While Colorado law is still expected to initiate an automatic recount of the 3rd Congressional District race, incumbent Republican Representative Lauren Boebert and her challenger Democrat Adam Frisch have agreed that Boebert is the race’s winner. Boebert shared a...
It is well known that Flaming Gorge has been affected by decreasing water levels, in part because of the area's drought conditions and the other part to help Lake Powell. As a result, the elevation of Flaming Gorge Reservoir has dropped below 6,011 feet, leaving the...
Every year before Thanksgiving we pause and remember a Uintah Basin fallen officer. Uintah County Detective Cpl. Kevin Orr was in a helicopter accident on November 21st, 2006 while assisting with a search for a missing woman. Utahsfallen.org shares that as Detective...
Safety is the goal as plans continue on the Highway 191 project north of Vernal. UDOT Project Manager Larry Montoya made a presentation during the most recent Vernal Chamber luncheon, providing details on the much anticipated project. The goal is to improve safety as...
Funeral services for Dustin Lance Kimbel, age 34, of Vernal, the son of Donald Kimbel, Sr. and the late Kimberly Kavanaugh Kimbel, will be held on Saturday November 26th, at 11:00 am at the Roosevelt East Stake Center. There will be a viewing on Friday evening from...
James Lawrence, President and CEO of evLABS in Vernal, visited the Newstalk KVEL studio on Wednesday morning and the recent announcement that electric buses will soon join the fleet of Uintah School District was discussed. It was announced in October that the EPA...
No cookie is quite connected to the holidays like gingerbread. Gingerbread houses originated in Germany during the 16th century and quickly became associated with Christmas. This year, the Uintah County Library is embracing the gingerbread/Christmas connection with...
The 2022 swan hunting season opened on Oct. 1st and was scheduled to run until December 11th. Starting November 18th, however, hunters are prohibited from killing any swan in Utah. For the fourth consecutive year, the trumpeter swan quota was met, even though the U.S....
The Green River and all it offers is garnering extra attention on YouTube lately. The latest example of this is a new documentary from Bonfire Entertainment following the RiverWonderGrass excursion in which a limited group of 20 people spend four days rafting through...
What is it like to be a local author? What about a local artist? What about a colorblind author and artist? Author/Artist Levi Mecham (who has some novels out under the name of L.J. Stubbs), will be signing books and talking about that very subject next week. Levi...