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Vernal Downtown Alliance Holding 1st Annual Vernal Equinox Celebration

Vernal Downtown Alliance Holding 1st Annual Vernal Equinox Celebration

Mar 18, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

Tuesday marks the official first day of spring and the Vernal Downtown Alliance is hosting its 1st annual Vernal Equinox Celebration. The Vernal Equinox is the day each year in which the sun shines directly over the equator, marking equal hours of day and night and the slow increase of more daylight moving forward. Another […]

Union High Girls Golf Team A Force To Be Reckoned With

Union High Girls Golf Team A Force To Be Reckoned With

Mar 18, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

The Union High School Girls Golf team are proving they are a force to be reckoned with. On March 13th they brought their skills to the Dinaland Golf Course for their first tournament of the season and took first place with a score of 381. Brooklyn Brown took 1st place individually and the Union girls […]

New Vernal City Police Chief On New Role

New Vernal City Police Chief On New Role

Mar 18, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

Vernal City’s new police chief is qualified and ready to serve. A Vernal City press release shares that Michael Gledhill has over 18 years of service to Vernal PD. He has served as a Patrol Sergeant and as the Drug Task Force Commander for the Uintah Basin. Gledhill attributes much of his success to the mentorship […]

Reservoir Conditions Looking Good

Reservoir Conditions Looking Good

Mar 15, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

Reservoirs across the state are looking good for this time of year with most reservoirs at around 80 percent capacity. Reservoirs in northeastern Utah fit this trend. Data released on March 12th show the reservoir fill percentage at 83 percent for Flaming Gorge, 87 percent for Red Fleet, 89 percent for Steinaker, 99 percent for […]

Vehicle Burglaries An Ongoing Problem Throughout Region

Vehicle Burglaries An Ongoing Problem Throughout Region

Mar 15, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

If you’re not locking your vehicles and clearing them of valuables it’s pretty much the same as asking for trouble at this point. Agencies throughout the region are reporting the same thing, vehicle burglary is an ongoing problem. This week the Rock Springs Police Department provided a list of steps to make it more difficult […]

BLM Moving Towards Stricter Greater Sage Grouse Conservation Efforts

BLM Moving Towards Stricter Greater Sage Grouse Conservation Efforts

Mar 15, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

Uintah Basin stakeholders and leaders have been part of the effort to conserve greater sage grouse habitat in recent years but the Bureau of Land Management has announced a new draft plan to increase greater sage-grouse conservation and management on public lands. The BLM press release states that “the draft plan is built on decades […]

Backing Small Businesses Grant Available For Local Businesses

Backing Small Businesses Grant Available For Local Businesses

Mar 15, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

The ‘Women Business Owners of the Uintah Basin’ organization is helping spread the word about a great small business funding opportunity through Main Street America. The Backing Small Businesses grant is for businesses within any area that people “flock” to in a town. This is typically considered Main Street but the business does not have […]

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March Beautification Award

Beautification Award March 12, 2024 Mr. S Clothing                 Mr. S Clothing was established in 1961 by Sam and Bonnie Snyder of Vernal.  The store was known for the finest men’s and ladies’ wear in the Basin.  They ran a successful store for many years.  Then in 2002, son Jon Snyder and wife Julie purchased […]

Duchesne County Commission Candidate Panel Scheduled

Duchesne County Commission Candidate Panel Scheduled

Mar 14, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

Citizens of Duchesne County have an excellent opportunity approaching to learn more about the candidates running for the one open Commission seat for this year’s election. After years of dedicated service, Commissioner Irene Hansen is not running for reelection of her office that ends this year. 7 candidates from the community have gone through the […]

High Speed Chase Through Rock Springs Ends With Crash

High Speed Chase Through Rock Springs Ends With Crash

Mar 14, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

A high speed chase through the streets of Rock Springs ended abruptly with a crash this week. Sweetwater Now reports that on Tuesday an officer was attempting to conduct a traffic stop on a passenger car when it took off to elude the officer. The chase quickly involved high speeds and included the downtown area […]

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