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Magical Night At Trees For Charity Auction Gala
Giving hearts and generous bidding made for a magical evening at the 2025 Trees For Charity Auction Gala at the Uintah Conference Center on Monday night. The night total reached $408,700 for the 40 auctioned trees. This is the fourth year in a row the night total...
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Magical Night At Trees For Charity Auction Gala
Giving hearts and generous bidding made for a magical evening at the 2025 Trees For Charity Auction Gala at the Uintah Conference Center on Monday night. The night total reached $408,700 for the 40 auctioned trees. This is the fourth year in a row the night total...
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WYDOT Shares Plan For 3-Day Closure Of Eastbound Green River Tunnel
The Wyoming Department of Transportation has announced a closure of the eastbound tunnel on I-80 near Green River in preparation for head-to-head traffic to begin on March 23rd. The 3-day closure will allow crews to install concrete barriers and glare shields that...
Three Steps To Take Before Fire Season
Unfortunately, 2026 looks like it will be a dangerous season for wildfires. Utah Forestry, Fire & State Lands is especially urging those who live in Utah’s High Risk Wildland-Urban Interface to take 3 steps before fire season is fully underway. First, ‘Create...
Obituaries
Sylvia Martinez-Lind
Funeral Mass for Sylvia Martinez-Lind, age 80 of Vernal, will be held Friday, February 23, 2024 at 12 noon at the St. James Catholic Church. A viewing for family and friends will be held Thursday evening from 6-8 pm at the Phillips Ashley Valley Funeral Home. A Rosary...
Kurt D Johnson
A visitation for Kurt D Johnson, age 44, will be held Wednesday, February 21, 2024 from 6:00-8:00PM at the Phillips Ashley Valley Funeral Home.
Burke Eldredge
Funeral services for Burke Eldredge, age 83, formerly of Roosevelt, the husband of Dearwyn Bowman Eldredge, will be held on Monday, February 19, 2024 at 11 am at the Crescent 22nd Ward Chapel. There will be a visitation prior to the services at the church from 10:00...
JC Bussell
Funeral service for JC Bussell, age 87, of Roosevelt, will be held on Monday, February 19, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at the Hullinger Mortuary. There will be a viewing on Monday from 10-10:45 a.m. at the mortuary. The burial will be held on Tuesday, February 20, 2024,...
Merlyn Uresk Cook Solomon
Funeral services for Merlyn Uresk Cook Solomon, age 86, of Myton, will be held on Saturday, February 17, 2023 at 12 Noon at the Myton Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A viewing will be held from 11:00 - 11: 45 a.m.Burial will be in the...
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Community Spotlight
The Ashley Valley Farmers Market is excited to announce that vendor registration is now open for the 2026 market season. Vendors can sign up online at vernalchamber.com. Early Bird registration is available for vendors who register and pay for seven or more markets, with discounted booth pricing available through May 1, 2026.
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Unemployment Update
The Department of Workforce Services has shared an update to state and county unemployment data. July’s seasonally...
Washouts Close Some Roads In Dinosaur National Monument
The rainfall has caused some damage to roads within Dinosaur National Monument. “Due to recent storm damage, the...
Heritage Auto And BHI Break Ground On New Chevrolet Dealership
Representatives from Heritage Auto Group, BHI, and the community gathered on Thursday for the groundbreaking ceremony...
Uintah County Prepares For Another Big Phenomecon Conference
A gathering of the peculiar and paranormal, in short, a gathering of the believers, is happening next week in Uintah...
Local Couple Using ‘ Gabe N Rain’ Cash Find Channel To Get People Outside
A local couple has made a hobby of using YouTube and social media to encourage the community to get outside and add...
Employment Update
The Department of Workforce Services reports that Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for July 2025 increased an...
Time For Red Kokanee Salmon Viewing Approaches
If you’re excited to spot the changing of the colors this fall, don’t forget to go looking for red in the water. The...
Rocky Mountain Power Scheduled Power Outages
Rocky Mountain Power has several scheduled power outages in the Vernal area over the coming weeks. It’s important to...
Stage 2 Fire Restrictions Rescinded
As of midnight, the Stage 2 Fire Restrictions in Utah were rescinded and reverted to Stage 1 Restrictions on all state...
Obituaries
Nobody likes to think about death, but unfortunately, it is a part of life. At some point, we all have to say goodbye to the people we love. Our listing of local obituaries will help you remember and honor the member’s of our community who are no longer with us.
Public Affairs
Local politics and public affairs affect all of us. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to stay up to to date with all the ongoing events. We’ll do the work for you to make sure you always have up-to-date and accurate information at your fingertips.
Local Sports
Stay up to date with the athletes in our community. We give updates from their games both at home and away so that you can stay in-the-know from the convenience of your computer or smartphone. News about local sports from each of the local highschool teams.