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The Uintah Basin Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan is currently being updated and covers  Daggett, Duchesne and Uintah Counties.  The plan update is up for public review and citizens in each county are invited to provide comments on the applicable portions of the...

Roosevelt’s Secondary Water project continues. Most recently work included in the area of 300 North between 750 West and 950 West which included service installation, drain installation, and air release station installation. Crews then moved to Gates Drive, installing...

The current status for the Speirs Fire hasn’t changed much. It remains at 715 acres in size and is 97 percent contained. Still, officials have decided to reinstate the temporary fire closure for Greens Draw Road, Lowline Trail and Pipe Creek Trail. The closure will...

The general-season buck deer archery hunt and the general spike and any-bull elk archery hunts are the first big game hunts of Utah's fall season, and they all begin Saturday, August 17th. The DWR has some helpful tips as archery hunters prepare to hit the mountain....

A Duchesne County man is facing felony charges after driving drunk and causing a crash resulting in serious injury to the other vehicle’s occupants. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, 19-year-old Darius Robert Tapoof was extremely intoxicated while driving...

Representative John Curtis is leading an important cause with new legislation concerning Search and Rescue. In an interview with Evans Family Media, Curtis explained that this bill is about what is fair to those in rural areas and not just rural areas but where there...

The Browne Lake Campground on the Flaming Gorge Ranger District is temporarily closed while wildlife officials try to handle a nuisance bear in the area. The Ashley National Forest shares that there have been multiple reports of a bear visiting campsites and...

Colorado’s plans to bolster and grow the state’s wolf population has hit a bump in the road. The tribes in Washington that originally agreed to provide the wolves for Colorado’s reintroduction program are no longer willing to participate. A letter to Colorado Parks...

The Division of Wildlife Resources has reminders for hunters of changes to big game hunting this year. Here are some of the new laws to be aware of: Harvest reporting is now required for all of the general-season buck deer and bull elk hunts in Utah, in addition to...

Two inmates in the Duchesne County Jail are facing additional charges after a cell phone was found in their possession. The detective was informed that state inmate Joshua Homer had given state inmate Abhishek Kumar a cellular telephone. Inmate Kumar was found to be...

A motorcycle caught speeding on Highway 40 led officers on a high speed chase on August 1st in Duchesne County. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, 41-year-old Daniel Patrick Engle was speeding while heading eastbound on Highway 40 near milepost 68. When an...