An officer with the Department of Natural Resources was found legally justified in the April shooting of an armed suicidal man the officer had pulled over for reckless driving in Duchesne County. On April 15th, an “Attempt to Locate” was broadcast in the Uintah Basin...
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Further Expansion Announced For Uintah Community Center Property
Further expansion has been announced for the property surrounding the Uintah Community Center. Uintah Special Service District 1 made the announcement on Thursday that funding has officially been awarded for the construction of a new Indoor Sports Court Facility....
Convicted Sex Offender Facing Additional Felony Charge Behind Bars
A Duchesne County Jail inmate is facing a new Felony charge for actions repeatedly taken in the jail that constitutes Lewdness. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, 42-year-old Michael Paul Nelder has been recorded on at least 4 occasions pleasuring himself...
Man On Meth Calls For Help, Claiming Wife Is Dying In A Ditch
A man that called dispatch claiming that his wife had been murdered and her body was in a ditch was eventually arrested for making the false report. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, law enforcement and medical personnel responded to the Tridell area after...
Man Enters Not Guilty Plea In 1972 Vernal Murder Case
The man charged in the 1972 murder of Gregory Nickell entered a Not Guilty plea in court this week. 75-year-old Darrel Eugene Choate of Tooele was taken into custody on November 26th, 2024, by Uintah County Sheriff Detectives at a Salt Lake City hospital in what had...
Carbon County Standoff Ends In Arrest
A standoff in Carbon County was assisted by multiple agencies on Friday, including the Utah County SWAT Team armored vehicles and Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter. According to the Price City Police Department, a collaborative effort between local, state,...
Rock Springs Couple Plead No Contest To Charges For Sex Acts With Teen
A Rock Springs couple have pleaded No Contest to charges connected to group sex acts engaged in with a teen over a period of at least a year. Cowboy State Daily reports that a plea agreement was filed this week in the case of 40-year-old Jennifer Renee Fahrney that...
Duchesne County Man Arrested For Child Sexual Abuse Material Shared On KIK
A Duchesne County man was arrested on May 28th following local investigation of a cyber tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children taskforce. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, a KIK app account tied back to 24-year-old Allen Russell Miller had been used...
Uinta Basin Railway Private Investment Partner Proud To Support Project
With the Supreme Court clearing the way for the Uinta Basin Railway, the project has now resumed key next steps, among which is the finalizing of construction plans and securing necessary financing. In a press release from the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition...
Repeat DUI Offender Arrested In Neola Area
Calls to dispatch of a reckless driver unable to maintain safe lane travel in the Neola area ended in arrest for a repeat DUI offender. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, 39-year-old Shane Sandy Sangster was traveling in a Chevy truck and a responding...










