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Planned Power Outage Tomorrow Night In Vernal Area

Planned Power Outage Tomorrow Night In Vernal Area

Sep 8, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

A planned power outage is taking place tomorrow night in a large portion of the Vernal area. On Tuesday, September 9th, Rocky Mountain Power has a planned power outage that will affect approximately 6,755 customers. The start time is listed as 11:30pm and the outage is expected to last until 5:30am early Wednesday morning. This […]

Uintah Football Wins Annual Rivalry Game, The Basin Bowl

Uintah Football Wins Annual Rivalry Game, The Basin Bowl

Sep 8, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

The Basin Bowl drew fans from across the Uintah Basin on Friday as The Uintah Utes football team faced off with the Union Cougars. “Uintah High Football headed home with the trophy after beating the Union Cougars 15-14 in a game that saw the Utes’ defense come up big on play after play, especially in […]

Ice Age Fox “Roxy” Goes On Display In Vernal

Ice Age Fox “Roxy” Goes On Display In Vernal

Sep 8, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

A 26,400-year-old Red Fox found in the Uinta Mountains a year ago is now temporarily on display at the Utah Field House/Dinosaur Museum in Vernal. The last year has been spent carefully acclimating the bones to warmer and drier conditions. According to an announcement from Utah State Parks, the museum team had to dry the […]

Uintah Ute Gets First Strike Out During Major League Debut

Uintah Ute Gets First Strike Out During Major League Debut

Sep 5, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Locals joined baseball fans across the country to watch as a Uintah Ute stood on the mound and got his first Major League strikeout last night. Jayden Murray is a member of the Uintah High School Class of 2015 who was called up to pitch last night for the Houston Astros in their game against […]

Ashley National Forest Lifts Stage 1 Fire Restrictions

Ashley National Forest Lifts Stage 1 Fire Restrictions

Sep 5, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Cooperating weather has done the trick, leading to an announcement by Ashley National Forest. “As recent rainfall has reduced the threat of wildfire, Stage I fire restrictions [have been] rescinded on the Ashley National Forest beginning at midnight, Friday, September 5th,” shares the announcement. “Although fire restrictions will be lifted, the potential for wildfire is […]

Updated Sage Grouse Rules Proposed Under Trump Administration

Updated Sage Grouse Rules Proposed Under Trump Administration

Sep 4, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Public comment is now being accepted on proposed updates to Greater Sage Grouse rules for 8 western states which includes Utah. The BLM National NEPA Register states that “these changes are to enhance greater sage-grouse conservation through management of sagebrush habitats on BLM-managed lands. This effort builds on the 2015 and 2019 greater sage-grouse planning […]

Large Emergency Response Exercise Held At Vernal Regional Airport

Large Emergency Response Exercise Held At Vernal Regional Airport

Sep 4, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

A large emergency response exercise was recently held at the Vernal Regional Airport, offering training to local emergency response professionals. Vernal City shared that the primary scenario of the exercise included a simulated mock-up of a plane that was staged to have crashed, rolled over, and caught fire. “We essentially pretend that our commercial airplane […]

DWR: Local Bird Enthusiast Invites All To Try Utah Birding Slam

DWR: Local Bird Enthusiast Invites All To Try Utah Birding Slam

Sep 4, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

A local wildlife enthusiast is spreading the word on the launch of the Division of Wildlife Resources’ new Utah Birding Slam. “Utah has a very active bird-watching community, and birders thrive on competitions and seeking out new species and places to go,” shares DWR Northeastern Region Outreach Manager Tonya Kieffer-Selby. “I have been a birder […]

West Nile Virus Update

West Nile Virus Update

Sep 4, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

As is typical this time of year, cases of West Nile Virus have ticked up around the state. While Duchesne and Uintah Counties make the list of counties with mosquito pools testing positive, there are not yet human or horse cases reported. The count of mosquito pools that tested positive for West Nile Virus in […]

Police Ask Public For Help Locating Missing 14-Year-Old

Police Ask Public For Help Locating Missing 14-Year-Old

Sep 4, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Vernal Police Department is asking for the public’s help in the case of a missing/runaway juvenile. Kaiden Manning is 14-years-old and 5 foot 3 inches tall. He has a slim build, black hair, and brown eyes. Kaiden was last seen on September 3rd at approximately 5:00pm. He was wearing a black hoodie, white t-shirt, dark […]