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Roosevelt City Hometown Pride Citywide Clean-Up And Vernal Annual Cleanup

Roosevelt City Hometown Pride Citywide Clean-Up And Vernal Annual Cleanup

Apr 26, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

The time is here for some spring cleaning! Roosevelt City Interfaith Council has joined forces with Roosevelt City for the Hometown Pride Citywide Clean-Up event taking place this Saturday, April 27th, on Main Street. All are encouraged to contact their faith leader or visit www.Roosevelt City.com/Cleanup to get involved and help make the Roosevelt community shine. This lands […]

Talk To Your Grad About Safe Celebrating

Talk To Your Grad About Safe Celebrating

Apr 26, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

It’s the season for graduations and so it’s time to start reminding all to make safe celebrating a top priority. Motor vehicle crashes are still the leading cause of death for U.S. teens and parents can play a pivotal role in reducing risky behavior. “With a diploma in hand, some parents may think it is pointless to […]

Vernal Man Charged After 15 Items Of Child Sex Abuse Material Found On Cell

Vernal Man Charged After 15 Items Of Child Sex Abuse Material Found On Cell

Apr 26, 2024 · Basin Now · News

A Vernal man has been charged after an investigation revealed illegal material on his cell phone. 22-year-old Joshua Jay Zook is facing charges stating that he allegedly “did knowingly possess or intentionally view child sexual abuse material.” According to the Probable Cause Statement, it was discovered on April 11th in Uintah County that Zook had […]

Federal Jury Holds Daggett County Liable For 2017 Abuse In Jail

Federal Jury Holds Daggett County Liable For 2017 Abuse In Jail

Apr 25, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

A federal jury found Daggett County liable this week for the violation of constitutional rights of former inmates abused at the Daggett County Jail. The jail was shut down in 2017 following the allegations. While most of the court proceedings tied to the lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union against Daggett County and […]

Moffat County Courthouse Project Officially Complete

Moffat County Courthouse Project Officially Complete

Apr 25, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

One year after the initial move in, the Moffat County Courthouse project is considered 100 percent complete. Construction began in 2021. In March of 2023, a temporary Certificate of Occupancy was received with the project 97 percent complete with only non-essential project tasks remaining. With all the construction and landscaping now complete, the official Certificate […]

Multiple Collection Sites Planned For Drug Take Back Day This Saturday

Multiple Collection Sites Planned For Drug Take Back Day This Saturday

Apr 25, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

The DEA National Drug Take Back Day is this Saturday and there are several locations where unused prescriptions and qualifying items can be dropped off for safe disposal. Collection sites can be found in Ft. Duchesne in the recreation gym parking lot, in Roosevelt at the City Offices, in Duchesne at the Duchesne County Sheriff’s […]

DWR: Where To Hunt Turkeys In Northeastern Utah

DWR: Where To Hunt Turkeys In Northeastern Utah

Apr 25, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

It’s almost time for the general-season turkey hunts and the Division of Wildlife Resources has the scoop for hunters in northeastern Utah. The DWR reports that turkey numbers in the northeastern part of the state have decreased a little from previous years. “The hard winter in 2022-2023 pushed most of the birds on the south […]

Composite Sketch Made Based On Human Skull; Sheriff Requests Public’s Help

Composite Sketch Made Based On Human Skull; Sheriff Requests Public’s Help

Apr 25, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

Duchesne County Sheriff Travis Tucker is requesting the public’s help in a case of a human skull found in Duchesne County. The announcement shares that “on March 13th, 2001, deputies with the Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office were executing a search warrant on a property in northwest Duchesne County. During the search warrant execution deputies located […]

Man On Parole Arrested After Overdose

Man On Parole Arrested After Overdose

Apr 24, 2024 · Basin Now · News

A man on parole was arrested over the weekend and now has new felony drug charges. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, a call came in of an overdose in Duchesne City in which Naloxone had been administered. The man, 28-year-old Jeremy Jay Burgin, was on parole with Adult Probation and Parole and so […]

Two Arrested For Motorhome Theft

Two Arrested For Motorhome Theft

Apr 24, 2024 · Basin Now · News

A Motorhome was determined to be stolen from Roosevelt City last week but was found over the weekend near Cottonwood Reservoir leading to two arrests. An individual reported the 1989 Chevrolet Motorhome as missing on Thursday, stating that the vehicle was being kept on her property but that the owner had died and the Motorhome […]