The John Wesley Powell River Festival is not only about water fun but music as well. The Festival kicks off today and tonight’s live entertainment will be the Uintah Basin’s Own Alive After Five Idol Contest. Friday’s music features Nick Passey & Aria Darling with...
Month: July 2023
Natural History Museum of Utah Stopping In Vernal With ‘Soil Stories’ Exhibit
A traveling exhibit with the Natural History Museum of Utah is making a stop in Vernal through the month of August. ‘Soil Stories’ is the 2023 exhibit for the Museum’s Traveling Treasures and it will be set up in Zions Bank in Vernal from August 2nd through August...
Cheryl Kinsman
Funeral Service for Cheryl Kinsman, age 71, of Vernal, the wife of Clyde Kinsman, will be at 2:00 PM on Saturday July 29,2023. A Viewing will be held July 28,2023 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM at Blackburn Vernal Mortuary 15 East 100 N Vernal, Utah at the same location....
Velma Dart
Funeral services for Velma Lucille Drollinger Dart, age 99, of Roosevelt, will be held on Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at the Myton Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Viewings will be held on Friday evening at the Hullinger...
Monument Fire In Book Cliffs 80 Percent Contained
The weather helped keep fire activity low on the Monument Fire on Tuesday. According to the ‘Utah Fire Info’ Tuesday evening report, the fire is 80 percent contained and there was no increase in acreage reported. “The area received light rain [Tuesday],” shares the...
Rock Springs Couple File Amended Lawsuit Claiming District Lies To Parents
A Rock Springs couple suing the Sweetwater County School District 1 filed an amended lawsuit last week doubling down on their claim that the District hides students’ transgender names and pronouns from parents. Cowboy State Daily reported on July 21st that the new...
Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo Requesting Improvements To Western Park Arena
Record breaking crowds have inspired the folks with Vernal’s Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo to request major improvements to the Western Park facility. The group announced this month that they are working with Uintah County on a Request for Qualifications for a Western Park...
Ashley National Forest Having An Active Timber Sale
Ashley National Forest announced that there is an active timber sale taking place along the Spirit Lake Road within the Flaming Gorge Ranger District about two miles south of Spirit Lake. For those that do not know, a timber sale is removing beetle killed trees that...
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Gives Report on Quagga Mussels Inspections
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources reported that during the 2022 Pioneer Day weekend, 12,197 inspections were performed statewide, and 252 boats were decontaminated. DWR conservation officers issued 25 citations and warnings for violations of Utah laws established to...
Uintah County Man Charged After Allegedly Drugging And Raping Teen Girl
A Colorado man who recently moved to Uintah County was charged this week for events, including the rape of a 15-year-old girl, that allegedly occurred at his home last week. 61-year-old Kenneth John Zufelt is charged with 1st Degree Felony Rape, Object Rape, Forcible...