A local crime fighting duo have received their due recognition following a recent competition sponsored by the Sandy City Police Department. Roosevelt Police Corporal Jared Harrison and his K9 partner, Indie, recently competed at the Bradley Taylor Memorial K9 Trials....
Wolves in Colorado continue to be a hot topic with eastern Utah watching closely to see how far the establishing pack may roam. Following a series of depredation incidents with Colorado livestock, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced that plans for intervention were...
Community members of Uintah County and beyond have been upset and disturbed to learn of the alleged actions of caretakers arrested over the weekend for abusing a nonverbal resident of a local group home in Vernal. North Eastern Services (NES), which has been providing...
A Uintah County man suffered fatal injuries after crashing his car while being pursued by law enforcement. According to a press release from the Department of Public Safety, on Wednesday, September 4th, at about 2:30 pm, a Trooper stopped a vehicle on Highway 6 near...
A Craig man has been convicted in federal court of the kidnapping of a woman from his former employer’s ranch in 2022. According to a news release from the Department of Justice, 51-year-old Joseph Beecher was terminated by his employer in 2022. This led to Beecher...
The Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office has requested public assistance in a theft case. The Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to identify an individual in a photograph they have shared on the Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page. The photo is...
Uintah County Sheriff Steve Labrum has a timely message for the public: Share the road. “This is such a great time of year to go out walking, riding bicycles, or going for a drive,” shares Labrum. “With that being said, we all have a part in ensuring the safety of...
Three caretakers at the North Eastern Services residence near 900 North 1500 East in Vernal were arrested on Friday for actions related to the physical beating of a non-verbal adult resident of the home. 33-year-old Kayla Jeanine Evans was arrested on September 6th on...
Sometimes plans change which apparently was the case for a Uintah County open house that was announced during the August 26th Commission Work Session meeting and was anticipated to take place last night at the Western Park. The purpose of the open house had been...
An open house is being held at the Vernal Department of Natural Resources regional office this month put on by the Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining’s Oil and Gas Program staff. The event aims to educate the public on the program’s efforts to obtain primacy from...