Measles infections doubled over the last week in the TriCounty Health district. According to the health department announcement on April 1st, TriCounty Health Department now has 56 confirmed measles infections, up from 23 infections last week. “Everyone’s working...
The public hearing on Tuesday revisiting the Uintah County Executive Officers compensation was to fix an oversight, not to make any changes to executive officers salary and base pay. Under Utah code, a public hearing is held anytime there’s a potential of any kind of...
A juvenile was taken into custody on Monday due to an incident with an airsoft gun. The Roosevelt City Police Department reports that on March 30th at approximately 12:15pm, Roosevelt PD officers responded to a report of a juvenile male allegedly displaying what was...
Raises for Uintah County elected officials has been a hot topic among the public in recent years and is once again up for consideration. A ‘2026 Executive Officers Compensation Public Hearing’ notice has been issued, stating, “Notice is hereby given by the Uintah...
The statewide GOP-led effort to put Proposition 4 back on the ballot for Utah voters to decide its fate appears to have fallen short of the signatures necessary. The initiative met the needed signatures in nearly all of Utah’s counties, including in northeastern Utah....
Several positive things happened with the Dry Fork Fire yesterday. First, Utah Fire Info reported on Wednesday evening that the fire remained in its existing footprint at 24 acres. The decrease is due to more accurate mapping compared to original estimates that the...
A Duchesne County man was arrested on Friday and is charged with 20 felony counts related to child pornography. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, a case against Sean Wigglesworth was opened in 2025 regarding Child Sexual Abuse Material that had been stored...
An alleged shoplifter has been leveled with federal charges locally. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, Walmart contacted Vernal City Police on March 12th for a shoplifting incident that had occurred. Walmart was able to provide documentation that this...
Responding to a call of a panhandler bothering multiple shoppers, a lieutenant with the Moffat County Sheriff’s Office helped put an end to a multi-state Bonnie and Clyde style crime spree this month. The lieutenant spoke with the woman and gave her a few dollars....
The body of a missing 67-year-old male from Salt Lake County was recovered from Starvation Reservoir this week. The Utah DNR Division of Law Enforcement shares that “at approximately 10:00 p.m. on March 18th, a report was made of a missing person regarding an adult...