The Uintah Conference Center will be busy on Thursday with a conference focused onthe hottest topic in the west: water. The Uintah Water Conservancy District is hosting thisyear’s Uintah Basin Water Summit which will feature a full day of presentations by...
The Roosevelt City Council is considering an increase in the consolidated fee scheduleand the public is invited to a Public Hearing to discuss this and other items on Tuesday,January 16th. Public comment will be received on the following topics: Fiscal Year 2024Budget...
The Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office is hosting a public auction of abandoned andcourt-forfeited vehicles next week. The starting bid on most vehicles will be $100 dollarsand payments are cash-only. Why is the Sheriff’s Office selling abandoned property? Thepublic...
A man was arrested this week on one count of Felony Child Sex Abuse for actions thatallegedly took place in Fruitland. Detectives with the Duchesne County Sheriff’s Officetraveled to the Wasatch Front this week to take 60-year-old Roger Lynn Rasmussen intocustody. The...
A woman arrested on a State Wide Warrant has additional charges after asking a child to conceal drugs from the arresting officer. 35-year-old Tahlene Shaw Serawop was pulled over in Uintah County for a traffic violation on December 28th. Serawop was unable to provide...
Congressman John Curtis has announced that he has entered the race for Utah’s U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mitt Romney. With a high approval rating, Congressman John Curtis’s reelection to Utah’s District 3 race was highly likely so why change races? Curtis gave...
Roosevelt’s Mayor has announced a switch in political races he’s pursuing. Best known locally as JR Bird, Rod Bird Jr. officially filed for Utah’s 3rd Congressional House District race rather than his original plan to run for the Senate seat that Romney is vacating....
Those seeking to have the decision of changing the Utah flag placed on the ballot are continuing their pursuit and are having a flag petition drive in Vernal this month. Local Jeff Shoell is part of a network of Utahns gathering signatures that believe Utahns, whether...
A sex offender in Duchesne County was in court this week and entered a plea of Guilty to 1st Degree Felony Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child. 40-year-old Lamar Elvin Sweat was booked into Duchesne County Jail in September on 10 counts of Forcible Sodomy of a Minor....
Funeral services for Chaney K Bowthorpe, age 44 of Neola, will be held on Saturday, January 6, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. at the Neola Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There will be a viewing at the church on Friday from 6-8 p.m. and from 12:-12:45...