A Uintah Basin local bullrider tied for 1st at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo over the weekend, thrilling the crowd. World champion bull rider Josh Frost received 88.5 points on bull ‘Workin Man’, tying with Dalton Allred on ‘Big Wishita’. Frost shared that this was a...
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Utah DWR Acquires Book Cliffs Roadless Area Property As Wildlife Management Area
The purchase is final of a roughly 50,000-acre parcel of land in the roadless area of the Book Cliffs. The Division of Wildlife Resources issued an announcement that the purchase officially finalized on Thursday and the land will become part of an existing DWR...
Federal Search Warrant Executed In Duchesne County For Child Porn
A man was arrested in Duchesne County this week after a federal search warrant was executed on his Duchesne County residence. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, on June 16, agents with the FBI requested assistance executing a federal search warrant on the...
Traffic Stop Ends In Arrest In Duchesne County
A traffic stop in Duchesne County ended in arrest last week. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, a traffic stop was initiated for a speed violation on SR-121 near 3880 North on June 11th around 6:55pm. The driver admitted his driver license was suspended, he...
Accuttoroop Preliminary Hearing For Child Abuse Homicide Charge Scheduled For June 18
The woman arrested and charged with the child abuse homicide of a 3-year-old child in her care in Vernal City last fall is scheduled to be in 8th District Court this week. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, police were dispatched to a Vernal City residence...
Wyoming Man Charged With Rape In Uintah County
A Wyoming man is facing a very serious charge in Uintah County for an act that allegedly occurred in Uintah County in March. According to the Probable Cause Statement, 21-year-old Owen David Leseberg of Pinedale, Wyoming, allegedly picked up a 16-year-old female from...
Employment Report
Department of Workforce Services reports that Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for April 2026 increased an estimated 0.6% across the past 12 months, with the state’s economy adding a cumulative 11,100 jobs since April 2025. Utah’s current job count stands at...
Sage Energy Partners Announces Recovery After Geopolitical Cyber Incident
Sage Energy Partners/Sage Water Resources(SWR) issued a press release on Wednesday, announcing that their Duchesne location had been the target of a geopolitical cyber incident in the spring and that they have now recovered and completed a comprehensive security...
Book Cliffs Land Focus Of $30 Million Proposed Sale
A hot spot for hunting and fishing enthusiasts is the topic of a major proposed sale that is said will preserve public access. A sale of 50,000 acres of land in the Book Cliffs is being explored in a potential $30 million sale by the Utah Trust Lands Administration to...
Vernal Man Sentenced To Prison For Cyberstalking
A Vernal man has been sentenced in a case investigated by the FBI. United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced on Monday that 22-year-old Jonas D. Saunders, of Vernal, was sentenced on June 4th, in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska, for one count of...










