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Utah National Guard Partners with Vernal Regional Airport for Annual Training

Utah National Guard Partners with Vernal Regional Airport for Annual Training

Jun 10, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Today wraps up a 2 week training opportunity for the local National Guard unit at the Vernal Regional Airport. Vernal City shared about the experience on Monday, stating that the annual two-week training is a collaborative effort that benefits both the soldiers and the local community. “This unique partnership arose after the local National Guard […]

Curtis Introduces Bill To Reduce Wildfire Risk Through Grazing

Curtis Introduces Bill To Reduce Wildfire Risk Through Grazing

Jun 10, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Senator John Curtis announced this week the introduction of the Strategic Grazing to Reduce the Risk of Wildfire Act. This bipartisan legislation’s focus is to direct the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service to collaborate with grazing allotment holders, States, Tribes, and local fire departments to create a strategy to use targeted […]

Roosevelt City Announces July 4th Holiday Family Activities

Roosevelt City Announces July 4th Holiday Family Activities

Jun 10, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Get your running shoes on and prepare now for the most colorful race of the year coming up next month. Roosevelt City’s Color Run is happening July 3rd at the walking path near Constitution Park and will include a 1-mile run and a 5K. Get registered now to guarantee you’ll get a race shirt. This […]

Man Enters Not Guilty Plea In 1972 Vernal Murder Case

Man Enters Not Guilty Plea In 1972 Vernal Murder Case

Jun 10, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

The man charged in the 1972 murder of Gregory Nickell entered a Not Guilty plea in court this week. 75-year-old Darrel Eugene Choate of Tooele was taken into custody on November 26th, 2024, by Uintah County Sheriff Detectives at a Salt Lake City hospital in what had been a 50-year-old cold case. Choate was 22 years […]

Utah Petroleum Association On Supreme Court Ruling

Utah Petroleum Association On Supreme Court Ruling

Jun 9, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Though not involved in the project, the Utah Petroleum Association issued a press release on the Supreme Court ruling in the Uinta Basin Railway case. UPA President Rikki Hrenko-Browning emphasized that every project, whether a pipeline or a wind farm, “deserves a permitting process with clear timelines and scope, instead of unlimited and unreasonable analysis […]

Dinosaur National Monument Tops List Of CO’s Best Whitewater Rafting Stretches

Dinosaur National Monument Tops List Of CO’s Best Whitewater Rafting Stretches

Jun 9, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Whitewater rafting in Colorado attracts enthusiasts from far and wide and The Denver Post has topped their ‘Best Whitewater Rafting Stretches’ list with rafting the Yampa and the Green River within Dinosaur National Monument. The article quotes Colorado based professional river guide Sean Sorrin as saying, “For multi-day river trips, the Gates of Ladore [section] […]

Utah Foster Care Invites Community To ‘Color The Town Purple’ Event

Utah Foster Care Invites Community To ‘Color The Town Purple’ Event

Jun 9, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Utah Foster Care has invited the community to their upcoming community event, Color the Town Purple, designed to raise awareness of the need for more foster families and support for local children in foster care. “This FREE, family-friendly event aims to bring together the local community to advocate for more foster families and brighter futures […]

Vernal PD Alerts Community Of Scam

Vernal PD Alerts Community Of Scam

Jun 9, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

People across the Basin have been receiving texts about having an “outstanding traffic ticket” and in case you didn’t immediately know, it is a scam. Vernal PD confirmed what you likely suspected, that you will not be contacted in a text like this scam or expected to pay a fine in the manner outlined in […]

Mural Trail Competition With Vernal Location Offering Big Prizes

Mural Trail Competition With Vernal Location Offering Big Prizes

Jun 9, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

A popular Vernal mural is among a group of murals across the state that is part of the Wildlife Walls Mural Trail contest this summer. The Wildlife Walls Mural Trail links 14 wildlife murals across the state; each one created by SLC-based artist Chris Peterson. The murals depict local species and in the case of […]

Carbon County Standoff Ends In Arrest

Carbon County Standoff Ends In Arrest

Jun 9, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

A standoff in Carbon County was assisted by multiple agencies on Friday, including the Utah County SWAT Team armored vehicles and Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter. According to the Price City Police Department, a collaborative effort between local, state, and neighboring law enforcement agencies was utilized in taking an individual safely into custody at […]

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