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Father Being Held On No Bail For Child Abuse And Abandonment
A Duchesne County father is being held without bail after being arrested on Child Abandonment and Child Abuse charges. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, 40-year-old Jesse Colt Jensen was arrested on Monday after allegedly kicking out his teenage children...
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Father Being Held On No Bail For Child Abuse And Abandonment
A Duchesne County father is being held without bail after being arrested on Child Abandonment and Child Abuse charges. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, 40-year-old Jesse Colt Jensen was arrested on Monday after allegedly kicking out his teenage children...
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Sweetwater County Woman Charged In Husband’s Death
A Green River, Wyoming woman has been charged with 2nd Degree Murder following the death of her husband. SweetwaterNow reports that 65-year-old Linda Malone is also charged with multiple counts of felony abuse of a vulnerable adult and is facing a minimum sentence of...
Vernal Woman Nationally Recognized As Business Advisor Of The Year
A Vernal woman has received national recognition as Business Advisor Of The Year. Leisa Hardman Wallace is a Business Advisor and Instructor with the Women’s Business Center of Utah and was selected by the Association of Women’s Business Centers as the 2025 Business...
Obituaries
Pyper Joon Meeks
Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at the Ashley 3rdWard Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints (235 East 600 South). Viewing for family and friends will be held Tuesday 6-8 pm at the Blackburn and Sons Vernal Mortuary; and again Wednesday at the church 9:45-10:45 prior to the services. Interment will be in the Vernal Memorial Park. Handled with Love and Care of the Blackburn and Sons Vernal Mortuary.
George Richard Runyan
Services will be held Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. at the Vernal 7thWard Building, 845 West 100 North, Vernal, Utah. Viewings for friends and family will be held at the Blackburn & Sons Vernal Mortuary, 15 East 100 North, Vernal, Utah on Friday evening from 6:00–8:00 p.m. and Saturday preceding the funeral from 11:45–12:45 p.m. at the church. A graveside service will be held Monday, July 8, 2019 at (T)9:00 a.m. at Ft. Logan National Cemetery, 4400 W. Kenyon Ave., Denver, Colorado, with interment following. Funeral Directors: in Vernal, Blackburn & Sons Vernal Mortuary; in Denver, Advantage Funeral & Cremation Services, Runyan Stevenson Chapel.
Stephen J Flowers
Friends and family are invited to attend a graveside service at the Maeser Fairview Cemetery on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at 11:30 AM. A viewing will be held from 10:30-11:30 AM at the Phillips Ashley Valley Funeral Home, 410 North 800 West, Vernal UT 84078.
Neldon Hacking
Funeral services for Neldon Hacking, age 81, of Roosevelt, husband of Karen Jacobs Shelley Hacking, will be held on Friday, July 5, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. at the Roosevelt West Stake Center.Viewings will be held on Thursday, July 4, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Hullinger Mortuary and on Friday from 11:30 – 12:45 a.m. at the church prior to the services. Burial will be in the Mountain View Cemetery in Beaver on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. with military honors presented.
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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.
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