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with Mike Stengel
Hotel Vernal Haunt Event On Hold Until 2025
The administrators of the Hotel Vernal Haunt have announced that the event is on hold this year and will be back in 2025. “With broken hearts and great sadness Hotel Vernal Haunt will not be hosting the much anticipated haunt,” shares the announcement. “The lease was...
Leon Kenneth Roush
Funeral services for Leon Roush, age 69 of Vernal, the husband of Darla Roush, will be held at Phillips Ashley Valley Funeral home on Thursday, September 5, 2024, at 11:00 am. Viewing and visitation will be Wednesday September 4, 2024, 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm and one hour...
O’Reilly Auto Parts In Vernal Receives Bomb Threat As Well As Other Vernal And Roosevelt Businesses
O’Reilly Auto Parts in Vernal received a bomb threat on Monday afternoon. Vernal Police confirmed Monday evening that no active threat was found and that during their response they were informed of a bomb threat made earlier in the day to another business in Vernal...
Duchesne County Man Arrested After Marijuana Plants Growing In Backyard
A Duchesne County man is facing charges after marijuana plants were observed in his backyard and police investigated. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, 76-year-old Danny Lee Cooper answered the door for officers and confirmed that the plants visible in the...
Officials Urge Travel Safety As ‘100 Deadliest Days’ Ends This Holiday Weekend
Utah Highway Patrol is urging all travelers to make safety the top priority this Labor Day Weekend. Labor Day wraps up the 100 Deadliest Days that runs from Memorial Day each year and tragically 2024 has lived up to the name. The Department of Public Safety provided...
Greens Draw Road Reopens; Work On Speirs Fire Contingency Line Concludes
Greens Draw Road in Daggett County has reopened to public use now that work on the Speirs Fire contingency line is fully complete. In mid August it was announced that the Speirs Fire was 100 percent contained but that construction crews would continue until the...
Submit Questions For Uintah County Republican Party Debate Night
Uintah County voters are invited to submit questions ahead of the upcoming Debate Night being hosted by the Uintah County Republican Party. The event announcement states that the Uintah County Commissioner Candidate Debate will be held on September 17th at 7pm at the...
Juveniles Face Charges For Vandalism In Vernal Area
The artists behind graffiti that has popped up around Vernal have been identified and are facing consequences. Vernal Police shares that between August 15th and August 17th, officers responded to approximately 18 different locations throughout Vernal City on reports...
2024 Basin Bowl Chuck Your Change Tonight In Memory Of Crash Victims
A local rivalry game has a larger purpose as two young lives lost too soon are remembered. The 2024 Basin Bowl is tonight as the Uintah Utes football team hosts the Union Cougars at Coach Belcher Stadium. With the help of the cheer and drill teams from both Uintah and...
Vandals Strike McCoy Flats Trailhead; BLM Offering Reward
Vandals are at it again, this time at McCoy Flats. The Vernal Field Office-Bureau of Land Management is asking for the public's assistance in identifying anyone involved in vandalism to the McCoy Flats Trailhead. “On August 22nd, it was discovered that vandals removed...