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2nd DUI For Uintah County Man

2nd DUI For Uintah County Man

Mar 17, 2025 · Basin Now · News

A Uintah County man that turns 20-years-old this week was arrested for his 2nd DUI on record over the weekend. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, the officer observed a pickup truck accelerating at a high rate of speed attempting to race another vehicle through the intersection of 500 West Main in Vernal. The […]

Senators Curtis And Lee Introduce Public Lands Bill

Senators Curtis And Lee Introduce Public Lands Bill

Mar 14, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Senator John Curtis and Senator Mike Lee introduced the ‘Natural Asset Company Prohibition Act’ this week which aims to protect Utah’s public lands from takeover by Wall Street activists and foreign investors. The bill would prohibit Natural Asset Companies and similar entities from entering into agreements that affect land, water, or natural resources within Utah’s […]

Roosevelt City Secondary Water Project Starting Up To Complete Remaining Roads

Roosevelt City Secondary Water Project Starting Up To Complete Remaining Roads

Mar 14, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Roosevelt City announced this week that the Secondary Water Project will be kicking off again within the next week. “Last year, a majority of the project was completed, but some work remains to complete the remaining roadways,” shares the announcement. “This year, Johansen Construction will continue the secondary water line down State Street from 1800 […]

Wildcat Midstream Begins Work To Expand Helper Terminal

Wildcat Midstream Begins Work To Expand Helper Terminal

Mar 14, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Wildcat Midstream issued a press release on Tuesday sharing that work has begun on expanding its Helper, Utah, terminal to increase the export capacity of Uinta Basin’s unique yellow and black wax crude oil to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The Helper terminal can currently load 42,000 barrels per day. The first phase of the expansion, […]

Traffic Stop Ends In Arrest In Roosevelt

Traffic Stop Ends In Arrest In Roosevelt

Mar 13, 2025 · Basin Now · News

A traffic stop on State Street in Roosevelt this week ended in arrest. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, first the driver was arrested because the vehicle had no insurance and the driver did not have a license. The driver told the officer he wasn’t sure of the passenger’s name but that she had […]

Due West Visits Evans Family Media Studio

Due West Visits Evans Family Media Studio

Mar 13, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

A rising country band made a stop in Vernal this week to visit the Evans Family Media studios. Due West is a country music trio based in Nashville with all members originally from towns in the western United States. Due West’s new album Unbroken was written and produced by legendary songwriter Dean Dillon whom the […]

Uintah Athlete Breaks 38 Year Discus Record

Uintah Athlete Breaks 38 Year Discus Record

Mar 13, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Another Uintah High School athletic record has been broken, this time by a member of the track and field team. Gideon Owen broke the school record in the Discus at the Red Rock Invite in Moab with a throw of 149 feet and 5.5 inches. The previous record stood for 38 years having been set […]

Abandoned Vernal Home Burns In Massive Fire

Abandoned Vernal Home Burns In Massive Fire

Mar 13, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

While a fire is never a good thing, there were some lucky circumstances with a house fire in Vernal on Wednesday, namely it was in an abandoned structure. According to Uintah County Fire Warden Jeremy Raymond, Vernal Fire Department was paged to a structure fire on 500 North 500 West in the early evening. Fire […]