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Roosevelt Man With Over 8000 Items Of Child Porn Found On His Phone Sentenced
The Roosevelt man arrested in the fall after a search of his phone revealed over 8000 items of child pornography has been sentenced. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, in February of 2024, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a...
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Roosevelt Man With Over 8000 Items Of Child Porn Found On His Phone Sentenced
The Roosevelt man arrested in the fall after a search of his phone revealed over 8000 items of child pornography has been sentenced. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, in February of 2024, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a...
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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 series. Johnson is a Republican running for Uintah County Clerk Auditor as a convention only candidate. He is running against Margie Shewell. Johnson has...
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 series. Shewell is a Republican running for Uintah County Clerk Auditor as a convention only candidate. She is running against Barry Johnson. Shewell’s...
Obituaries
Leslie Rae Wissiup
Funeral services for Leslie Rae Wissiup, age 54, of Vernal, the companion of Tammy Sims, will be held on Thursday, February 20, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at the Ft. Duchesne Community Building. There will be a wake at the community building after 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday....
LeRoy Luck
Funeral Services for LeRoy Luck, age 85, the husband of Barbara Anderson Luck of Vernal, will be conducted Friday February 21, 2025 at 11 am at the Glines LDS Stake Center. Viewings will be Thursday 6-8 pm at the Blackburn Vernal Mortuary and Friday 9:45-10:45 at the...
Elton Lin Wilcock
Funeral services for Elton Wilcock, age 60 of Vernal, will be held on Tuesday February 18, 2025 at 11:00am at the Phillips Ashley Valley Funeral Home. Visitation and viewing will be held Monday from 6:00pm ~ 8:00pm and Tuesday from 9:45am ~ 10:45am, all at the funeral...
Devere Ostler
Funeral services for Devere Ostler, age 89 of Vernal, the husband of Salley Ostler, will be held Monday, February 17, 2025 at 11:00am at the Glines 3rd Ward LDS Chapel by the Temple, (475 West 100 South). Visition and viewing will be held Sunday from 6:00pm ~ 8:00pm...
Carol Ann Morse
Funeral services for Carol Morse, age 68 of Cedarview, the wife of Douglas Morse, will be held on Saturday, February 15th, at 12:00 noon at the Neola Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There will be a viewing that morning at the church from...
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Community Spotlight
Free summer meals are being offered again through Athenian Academy. The program started last year and will continue with 3 weekly pickup sites in Uintah County. The Ballard site is at 353 South 2500 East in Ballard and will be on Wednesdays between 5 and 6pm. The Vernal area site on Highway 40 and UT-88 is on Wednesdays from 11am to noon and the Fort Duchesne site is at the Ute Indian Education Building on Thursdays from 11:30am to 12:30pm. Each weekly box includes produce, fruit, and meal items.
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Flaming Gorge Community Foundation Recognizes Donation For Sewer Hookups
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Last Day For Comment On Wild Trail Project
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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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