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Traffic Stop Ends In Arrest In Roosevelt

Traffic Stop Ends In Arrest In Roosevelt

Mar 13, 2025 · Basin Now · News

A traffic stop on State Street in Roosevelt this week ended in arrest. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, first the driver was arrested because the vehicle had no insurance and the driver did not have a license. The driver told the officer he wasn’t sure of the passenger’s name but that she had […]

Due West Visits Evans Family Media Studio

Due West Visits Evans Family Media Studio

Mar 13, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

A rising country band made a stop in Vernal this week to visit the Evans Family Media studios. Due West is a country music trio based in Nashville with all members originally from towns in the western United States. Due West’s new album Unbroken was written and produced by legendary songwriter Dean Dillon whom the […]

Uintah Athlete Breaks 38 Year Discus Record

Uintah Athlete Breaks 38 Year Discus Record

Mar 13, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Another Uintah High School athletic record has been broken, this time by a member of the track and field team. Gideon Owen broke the school record in the Discus at the Red Rock Invite in Moab with a throw of 149 feet and 5.5 inches. The previous record stood for 38 years having been set […]

Abandoned Vernal Home Burns In Massive Fire

Abandoned Vernal Home Burns In Massive Fire

Mar 13, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

While a fire is never a good thing, there were some lucky circumstances with a house fire in Vernal on Wednesday, namely it was in an abandoned structure. According to Uintah County Fire Warden Jeremy Raymond, Vernal Fire Department was paged to a structure fire on 500 North 500 West in the early evening. Fire […]

Daggett County Turns In Ski Resort Application To Forest Service

Daggett County Turns In Ski Resort Application To Forest Service

Mar 12, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Outdoor recreation is the economic backbone of Daggett County and some projects in the works will only further support that. The Daggett County Commissioners reported on what projects are underway with County grants in their March newsletter. “With the backing of Seven County Infrastructure,” shares the Commissioners, “the ski resort application has been turned into […]

ICE Books 12 Detainees Into Sweetwater County Jail In Single Day

ICE Books 12 Detainees Into Sweetwater County Jail In Single Day

Mar 12, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Wyoming’s Sweetwater County Jail had an influx of a dozen new inmates on Thursday delivered there by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Cowboy State Daily spoke with Sweetwater County Sheriff’s spokesman Jason Mower who said that many is well-above the jail’s daily average but it is still not unheard of. The 12 people booked were […]

Utah And Wyoming Anglers Invited To Meeting On Flaming Gorge Fishery

Utah And Wyoming Anglers Invited To Meeting On Flaming Gorge Fishery

Mar 12, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Fisheries biologists from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources have updates to share concerning the Flaming Gorge fishery and community members interested in the status are encouraged to attend upcoming meetings. Biologists will share the last year’s data on the population trends, results from recently conducted research, and […]

Vernal Equinox Celebration This Month

Vernal Equinox Celebration This Month

Mar 12, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

The Vernal Equinox Celebration is happening again this year to celebrate Vernal’s name and the start of spring. The Vernal Equinox is the day each year in which the sun shines directly over the equator, marking equal hours of day and night and the slow increase of more daylight moving forward. Another way to put it, […]

Uintah And Daggett County Request That BLM Reopen Sears Canyon Road

Uintah And Daggett County Request That BLM Reopen Sears Canyon Road

Mar 12, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Uintah County has joined Daggett County in requesting that the BLM reopen a historic road in northeastern Utah. Uintah County Trails Manager Michael Cook presented the request to the Uintah County Commissioners on Tuesday, explaining that Daggett County asked Uintah County to join them in the request to reopen Sears Canyon Road. Sears Canyon Road […]