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Blizzard conditions in Moffat County on Wednesday stranded motorists and closed Highway 40 from the Utah border to Craig and Highway 318 from the Utah border to Maybell. These closures remained in place early Friday morning, with no promise at that time as to when they would reopen. According to the Moffat County Sheriff’s Office, […]
High winds made for white out conditions and major snow drifts on Wednesday keeping the road departments throughout the region busy. Highway 40 was closed in Colorado and into Utah. Uintah County Emergency Management reported that in some areas the winds were creating new snow drifts as fast as they were being cleared. The conditions […]
Senator Mike Lee’s staff will officially have an office located in the Vernal City Offices. This has been in the works since 2021, shares Joel Brown, Senator Lee’s Area Director for Northern Utah. Brown lives in Vernal but works in Uintah, Duchesne, Daggett, Grand, Carbon, Wasatch, and Summit Counties. The open house and ribbon cutting […]
The ozone roller coaster continues and Wednesday’s Uintah Basin winter ozone report provides a short-term and long-term outlook. USU Bingham Research Center Director Dr. Seth Lyman shares that the winds early this week did a great job of cleaning out the inversion and bringing ozone levels back down but inversion conditions are expected to be […]
Ashley Regional Medical Center has once again been recognized as a Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital. According to Wednesday’s announcement, this is the 7th year Ashley Regional has received this honor that is based on the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX. “The Ashley Regional physicians and healthcare workers are committed to providing safe, high-quality […]
The Rifle Heritage Center is hosting a special presentation this Saturday that will explore the “real story” of the Mill Creek Battle and the history of the Mill Creek Battlefield Park. The Rio Blanco County Historical Society dedicated the battlefield park near Meeker in 2015. The site marks the graves of Army soldiers and Native […]
Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office is looking for help from the public in identifying suspects believed to have burglarized the Gateway Gas Station in Duchesne on January 28th. What appeared to be a father and his children arrived in a light-colored Honda Odyssey minivan at the Gateway Gas Station. It is unknown at this time if […]
You think you’re having a bad day at work? Think again. The wrong set of circumstances resulted in a toy hauler trailer tipped on its side on Highway 40 near the Walgreens intersection on Tuesday. Vernal PD responded at about 11:43am to the call and remained on site for nearly 2 hours redirecting traffic while […]
The Uintah High School Sterling Scholars were celebrated twice on Monday. First, during the Uintah Schools State of the District event and second, on Monday evening when they performed and presented their talents. USU Uintah Basin, UBTech, and the Uintah Schools Foundation assisted in honoring these exemplary students.The 2022 – 2023 Sterling Scholars for Uintah […]
TriCounty Health Department is taking a break from their monthly virtual training in exchange for an in person meeting for wastewater professionals. The onsite wastewater professionals meeting was last held in February 2019 and was considered an important gathering of area professionals who are registered with TriCounty Health to install onsite wastewater systems. It has […]
T-Rex on Highway 40 in Vernal has endured the long cold winter along with everyone else and can’t wait for spring to resume his makeover in progress. Community members and local business owners stepped up last spring to see T-Rex restored to his former glory rather than continue to crumble beyond repair. A community survey […]
Every day is just another day of the Vernal Rotary Club making a positive difference in the community. Last week the Vernal Rotary Club shared a highlight of one of their Mini-Grant Program recipients. “The Best Day Ever Learning Adventures LLC received a $2000 grant for the purpose of purchasing books and reading materials for […]