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Rafters Floating Colorado River Find Deceased Male

Rafters Floating Colorado River Find Deceased Male

Jun 23, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

A group of rafters on the Colorado River had a shock on Thursday when they came upon a floating body. The Grand County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release on Thursday stating that “earlier this afternoon at approximately 12:37 p.m. rafters floating on the Colorado River located and reported a deceased male approximately two miles […]

Ashley Valley Water Restrictions Lifted

Ashley Valley Water Restrictions Lifted

Jun 22, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

The water restrictions are now lifted for the Ashley Valley area, including culinary water for Vernal, Maeser, Ashley Valley, and Jensen districts. The Central Utah Water treatment plant had temporarily shut down as it struggled to treat the runoff water in sufficient quantities to meet culinary demand. “Through the significant effort and innovation of dedicated […]

CUWCD Issues Water Restriction Order/Elimination Of Outside Water Use

CUWCD Issues Water Restriction Order/Elimination Of Outside Water Use

Jun 19, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

On Friday, Vernal City announced that City water users needed to immediately reduce water use, including the elimination of all outside water use. The announcement made it clear that there is no issue with the quality of water but that the water treatment facility is having difficulty with the water demand and high turbidity. The […]

Bluebell Man Pleads Guilty In Fatal New Year’s Eve Crash

Bluebell Man Pleads Guilty In Fatal New Year’s Eve Crash

Jun 16, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

A Duchesne County man is scheduled for sentencing this month after entering Guilty pleas last month to Negligently Operating A Vehicle Resulting In Death and Negligently Operating A Vehicle Resulting In Serious Bodily Injury. Court documents paint a tragic picture of the events that occurred over the New Year’s Eve holiday 2022. Twenty-two year old […]

Pride In America Citywide Clean-Up Being Held In Roosevelt

Pride In America Citywide Clean-Up Being Held In Roosevelt

Jun 15, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

All hands on deck! The Roosevelt Interfaith group has teamed up with Roosevelt City to host a clean up effort ahead of upcoming summer events. “Roosevelt citizens love our country and our city, so the Roosevelt Interfaith Advisory Committee and Roosevelt City have teamed up to host our ‘Pride in America Citywide Cleanup’,” shares the […]

CampTrailer Residence A Total Loss In Monday Fire In Roosevelt

CampTrailer Residence A Total Loss In Monday Fire In Roosevelt

Jun 14, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Smoke billowed high in the sky above Roosevelt Monday morning leaving residents hoping the fire attached wasn’t as bad as it looked. Roosevelt City Fire Chief Lee Rockwood shared what details he could of the June 12th camp trailer fire that was called in about 5:30am in the north Roosevelt area. “It was called in […]

Fatal Motorcycle Crash On SR-191 On Sunday

Fatal Motorcycle Crash On SR-191 On Sunday

Jun 12, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

A tragic accident took place on Sunday in Indian Canyon. According to Utah Highway Patrol, on Sunday June 11th, troopers responded to a single vehicle motorcycle crash on SR-191 at mile post 256. A group of motorcycles were traveling southbound on SR-191 approximately 11:45am. The rider of a blue Yamaha R6 motorcycle lost control and […]

Unique 5K This Month A Service Project To Assemble Bags For Foster Kids

Unique 5K This Month A Service Project To Assemble Bags For Foster Kids

Jun 9, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

A group of local interfaith Christian women have rallied the troops to make a huge difference for local foster children. In 2022, the group held an interfaith women’s conference with great success. They decided for their 2023 event to plan an interfaith service project and these amazing women took off. They learned that there is […]

‘Drag Story Hour’ Held At Uintah County Library

‘Drag Story Hour’ Held At Uintah County Library

Jun 8, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Freedom of speech, freedom to assemble, and right to peaceful protest were in active use in Vernal on Wednesday. The Drag Story Hour put on by the Uintah Basin Equality Center took place in the upstairs conference room of the Uintah County Library. Three story hours took place during their scheduled time for the room […]