The final adoption of a second Special Assessment Area in downtown Vernal was approved this month by Vernal City Council. The special assessment areas establish a system for downtown property owners to help with maintenance costs of public improvements to the walkways...
An arrest was made following a head on crash on Highway 40 in Duchesne County on Monday. According to Utah Highway Patrol, a westbound passenger car crossed over into the eastbound lanes and hit an eastbound semi. “That spun the passenger car and it hit a second semi...
The Uintah High School Boys Wrestling team won their 4th consecutive StateChampionship over the weekend with 287.5 team points. Freshman Ethan Sharp,sophomore Rykan Hacking, and junior Brody Rhoades all won their first individual titlesand Junior Michael Alexander won...
A crash on Thursday morning south of Naples in Uintah County involved 4 vehicles but only 2 drivers. According to Utah Highway Patrol, a Ford F350 pulling a car hauler trailer was traveling westbound on 5000 South approaching the SR45 intersection while a GMC Sierra...
Real life superheroes filled the Uintah Conference Center over the weekend for training and practicing skills at the Uintah Basin Emergency Care Conference. The conference invites emergency response and care providers from Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah Counties as...
Happy Valentine’s Day! The Salt Lake City FBI has teamed up with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah to deliver a warning about confidence fraud, otherwise known as romance scams. “Romance scams occur when someone believes he or she is in a...
Law enforcement continues the battle to get drugs off the street and arrest those responsible for distribution. Officers arrested a man this month known to be dealing drugs out of Uintah County. 55-year-old Lewis Lorenzo Rivas was arrested by an Agent with the Uintah...
The public’s help is sought in identifying a robbery suspect. Roosevelt City Police Department reports that at 8:53 p.m. on February 8th, the Roosevelt City Police Department responded to a robbery at the Top Stop located at 201 South Main Street in Roosevelt. “The...
A traffic accident revealed not only drugs in the driver’s possession but also stolen prescriptions and goods. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, 34-year-old Patrick Kody Hagele crashed into an unoccupied car on the side of the road. When officers arrived...
It has been a difficult few weeks for the Roosevelt community and beyond as Cpl. Cody Barton was laid to rest. What many may not know is that this devastating loss follows an already tragic time for the Barton family who had lost their home and all their belongings in...