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Maeser Structure Fire Damages Estimated At $1.5 Million
A Maeser business is a total loss due to a structure fire on Wednesday. Uintah Fire District Executive Director Jeremy Raymond reports that Vernal City Fire was called at 4:30am on June 24th on what was believed to be an outside fire but turned out to be the...
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Maeser Structure Fire Damages Estimated At $1.5 Million
A Maeser business is a total loss due to a structure fire on Wednesday. Uintah Fire District Executive Director Jeremy Raymond reports that Vernal City Fire was called at 4:30am on June 24th on what was believed to be an outside fire but turned out to be the...
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Roosevelt City Fireworks Restrictions
Roosevelt City has shared more details about fireworks restrictions within their city limits. Roosevelt City shares that due to current and forecasted weather conditions coupled with the extremely dry conditions, the Roosevelt City Council has determined that...
Naples City Fireworks Restrictions
Naples City has announced their fireworks restrictions for the holiday weekend. Fireworks are only allowed on residents’ own private property in Naples City and only within Naples City’s designated areas. Fireworks are NOT allowed on city owned property, parks or...
Obituaries
Carol Liddell
Funeral services for Carol Taylor Liddell, age 91 of Roosevelt/Vernal, will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM at the Hullinger Mortuary. A viewing will be held from 11:00 - 11:45 Am.Burial will be in the Roosevelt Memorial Park. Services under the...
Michael Ray Hall
Funeral services for Michael Ray Hall, age 58 of Vernal, will be held on Monday at 11 am at Blackburn Mortuary (15 E 100 N, Vernal, UT 84078). A viewing will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., followed immediately by funeral services. Burial will be in the...
Artell Armstrong
Funeral Services for Artell Armstrong, age 90 of Vernal, the husband of Myrna Armstrong, will be held Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 12Noon at Naples 2nd Ward (2313 South 1500 East). Visitation for family and friends will be held at 10:30am prior to the service....
Denise Patterson-Kenton
Funeral services for Denise Shaelene Patterson-Kenton, age 37, of Roosevelt, wife of Willy Kenton, will be held on Friday, April 24th at 11:00 AM at the Ft. Duchesne Community Building. A wake will be held on Thursday after 4:00 PM at Carmelita Jack’s home (3384 N...
Lorna Jenks
Funeral services for Lorna Serawop Jenks, age 92 of Roosevelt, will be held on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM at the Hullinger Mortuary. A wake will be held at her home after 4:00 PM on Tuesday (5000 E 2000 North).Burial will be in the Roosevelt Memorial Park....
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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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Feature Story: Guts, Glory, And Another Kind Of Rodeo Dream
The dry heat in Vernal settles, carrying the taste of kicked up arena dust. A photographer is positioned in the...
Vernal City Recognizes ‘Relay For America’ Runners As They Travel Through Area
Vernal City made sure the runners traveling through the area as part of the ‘Relay For America’ cross country flag...
Ballot Drop Off And In Person Voting Locations in Uintah And Duchesne Counties
The primary election is tomorrow, June 23rd, and it is too late to put your ballot in the mail. At this point, you can...
Town Of Rangely Restrictions Announced
If you live in the Rangely area there were a few important announcements recently made you’ll need to know about. On...
Utah Senate Confirms Duchesne County Native To Utah Supreme Court
The Utah Senate has officially confirmed Duchesne County native Jay Jorgensen to the Utah Supreme Court. Jay Jorgensen...
Where Is The Smoke From?
If you’ve noticed hazy skies over the last few days you were right to guess there are wildfires to blame. Utah Fire...
Frost Ties For Win At Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo; DRR Weekend Results
A Uintah Basin local bullrider tied for 1st at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo over the weekend, thrilling the crowd. World...
45th Country Showdown Winners Announced
The 45th Annual Country Showdown brought amazing talent to the competition stage this week in the old True Value...
Great Night Of Competition At Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo
The Greatest Show on Dirt kicked off Thursday evening with exciting rodeo competition. Prorodeo.com lists the leaders...
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.