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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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Catch Tagged Fish With ‘Fishing With The Fox’ And Win Prizes
The 16th Annual Fishing With The Fox tagged fish competition is well underway, hosted by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources in partnership with The Fox 98.5 FM radio station. There’s still plenty of time to hit the water and catch a tagged fish for the chance at...
Accuttoroop Preliminary Hearing For Child Abuse Homicide Charge Scheduled For June 18
The woman arrested and charged with the child abuse homicide of a 3-year-old child in her care in Vernal City last fall is scheduled to be in 8th District Court this week. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, police were dispatched to a Vernal City residence...
Obituaries
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...
Doris Perry
Funeral services for Doris Ann (Crowley) Perry, age 81 formerly of Vernal, wife of the late Lee Ivan Perry,will be held Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 2:00pm with a visitation from 12:45pm ~ 1:45pm all at the Phillips Ashley Valley Funeral Home. Interment will be in the...
Kathryn Kitchen
Funeral services for Kathryn "Kathy" Laga Kitchen, age 69 of Vernal, will be held Monday, August 25, 2025 at 11:00am at the Vernal 7th Ward LDS Chapel. Visitation for family and friends will be held Sunday from 6:00pm ~ 8:00pm at the Phillips Ashley Valley Funeral...
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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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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...
What To Expect At Old Fort Ponds Due To Drought Impacts
Drought will of course affect aspects of recreation this year. An update on Old Fort Ponds in Uintah County shares...
What Backcountry Recreationists Need To Know About Wildfire Danger
Wildfires are clearly a major concern this season and a search and rescue association has tips for backcountry...
Flaming Gorge Draw Down Proposed; Upper Basin Governors Issue Statement
The Governors of the Upper Division States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming have joined together to issue...
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.