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Man Charged For DUI And Reckless Driving Around Bleachers At UHS Stadium
A man has been charged with felony DUI and reckless driving for events that include allegedly driving around the bleachers of the Uintah High School football field on May 1st, nearly hitting people, and hitting a fence before driving away. According to the Affidavit...
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Man Charged For DUI And Reckless Driving Around Bleachers At UHS Stadium
A man has been charged with felony DUI and reckless driving for events that include allegedly driving around the bleachers of the Uintah High School football field on May 1st, nearly hitting people, and hitting a fence before driving away. According to the Affidavit...
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Curtis Aims To Increase Second Amendment Protections
Protecting the 2nd Amendment is important to many in the Uintah Basin and Senator John Curtis is currently working to increase those protections. Senator John Curtis joined a group of Senate Republican colleagues in introducing the ‘Stopping Harmful and Outrageous...
Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office Warns Community Of Scam
Local law enforcement has issued another scam alert. The Duchesne County Sheriff's Office shares that there continues to be reports of individuals posing as Duchesne County deputies and contacting residents by phone. “The caller claims there is an active warrant for...
Obituaries
Dale M Gines
Funeral services for Dale Gines, age 93, of Hanna, the husband of Linda Thomas Gines, will be held Saturday, September 6, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at the Tabiona Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Viewings will be held Friday evening from 6–8 p.m....
Garold Luck
Services for Garold Luck, age 78 of Vernal, the husband of Nyla Luck, will be held Friday, Aug. 29th, 2025 at 10:00AM at the Glines 1st Ward LDS Chapel (1499 West Hwy 40). A visitation for family and friend will be held Friday morning 9:00-10:50AM at the Church....
Roger Kochampanasken, Jr
Graveside services for Roger Kochampanasken, age 61 of Whirterocks, the husband of Diane Seddell Kochampanasken, will be held on Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM at the John Harmes Cemetery in Whiterocks. A wake will be held on Wednesday after 4:00 PM at Letitia...
Gordon Harker
Funeral services for Gordon Grant Harker, age 88, the husband of Jeanette Harker, will be held Saturday, August 30th at 11:00 am at the Glines 5th Ward LDS Chapel (78 South Aggie Blvd). A viewing for family and friends will be held Friday evening from 6-8pm at the...
Mike Mckeachnie
Funeral Services for Mike McKeachnie, age 65 of Vernal, the husband of Debbie Womack McKeachnie, will be held Monday, August 25, 2025 at 10 AM at the Uintah Conference Center, with viewings held Sunday, from 6-8 PM at the Mortuary and 1 hour prior to service at the...
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Community Spotlight
The Uintah Basin hosts thousands of visitors during the summer months for recreation and community events. Evans Family Media has shared a special highlight about a father-son duo that traveled from Oklahoma to Vernal for the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo. Check out the feature story about professional rodeo photographer Jake Brake Hodnett and his father Jim, shared on Feature Story: Guts, Glory, And Another Kind Of Rodeo Dream
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2026 Uintah County Republican Convention Results
The Uintah County GOP Nominating Convention was held last night at the Uintah Conference Center where Republican Party...
Bookmobile Proposal Requesting $400,000 In Uintah County Revitalization Funds
Uintah County leadership is considering a request to fund a Bookmobile. Uintah County Library Director Karen England...
Oil And Gas Drilling Projects Approved In Uintah And Duchesne Counties
The Bureau of Land Management announced on Monday the approval of 5 oil and gas drilling projects in Uintah and...
Meet The Candidate: Barry Johnson For Uintah County Clerk Auditor
Barry Johnson recently visited the Evans Family Media studios for an interview as part of the Meet The Candidates...
Meet The Candidate: Margie Shewell For Uintah County Clerk Auditor
Margie Shewell recently visited the Evans Family Media studios for an interview as part of the Meet The Candidates...
Community Invited To Viewing Of ‘Screenagers: Growing Up In The Digital Age’
Growing up in a digital age is not easy and local agencies have joined together to provide an opportunity for the...
Roosevelt Restricts Public Restroom Hours Due To Vandalism
Roosevelt City announced Monday some changes as a result of recent vandalism. “Due to damage and vandalism happening...
Congresswoman Maloy Visits The Uintah Basin
On April 10th, Congresswoman Celeste Maloy visited the Uintah Basin during which she met with constituents,...
Locals Nominated In Musical Theatre State Top Ten
The Utah High School Musical Theatre Awards has released its list of Top 10 nominees in each category and Uintah High...
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.
Public Affairs
Local politics and public affairs affect all of us. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to stay up to to date with all the ongoing events. We’ll do the work for you to make sure you always have up-to-date and accurate information at your fingertips.
Local Sports
Stay up to date with the athletes in our community. We give updates from their games both at home and away so that you can stay in-the-know from the convenience of your computer or smartphone. News about local sports from each of the local highschool teams.