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An artist’s rendering shows the main street circular drive of the Uintah Gateway mall to be built one mile north of Vernal.
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Two commercial development firms have received final approval from Uintah County to build an 80-acre project that will include hotels, restaurants, retail space, and a theater complex.The project, ...
Weekend crashes kill two, hurt sixTwo people died and six others were hurt in separate crashes near Vernal over the weekend.The Utah Highway Patrol said 22-year-old Shayna Brady-White of Duchesne died Friday after her SUV crossed i...
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Timothy gets six month jail termPhilip J. Timothy was escorted out of a Salt Lake City courtroom in handcuffs on Friday.The former majority owner of Service Insurance of Vernal was sentenced to serve 11 prison terms of one to 15 ...
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Forest plan revision progressing
Over the past three years, numerous public and government officials have been working on a forest plan revision that would help guide forest officials in a direction that is current and meaningful....
Over the past three years, numerous public and government officials have been working on a forest plan revision that would help guide forest officials in a direction that is current and meaningful....
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Natural gas vehicles may fuel county fleet
Uintah County Commissioner Mike McKee announced Monday, June 16 that Questar has offered to donate a facility for a natural gas fueling to the county’s fleet service.“We are looking at an energy me...
Uintah County Commissioner Mike McKee announced Monday, June 16 that Questar has offered to donate a facility for a natural gas fueling to the county’s fleet service.“We are looking at an energy me...
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Uintah County has received a federal grant to acquire a piece of property that the airport needs to increase capacity and safety.A grant of $942,481 will come from the Federal Aviation Administrat...
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When a young black bear took a wrong turn last Tuesday morning and wandered into the streets of Vernal, he caused quite a stir. Clint Sampson, a conservation officer with the state Division of Wil...
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The 40th Annual Northern Ute Fourth of July Powwow will begin Thursday in Fort Duchesne and run through Saturday. This weekend of dance and drum competition is free to the public. The master of ce...
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The Ashley National Forest will celebrate 100 years of public service and stewardship of National Forest System lands on July 1, 2008. President Theodore Roosevelt established the Ashley National F...
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Ute Energy, LLC and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. announced Friday that they have formed Chipeta Processing, LLC, to operate a gas processing and delivery hub for the Greater Natural Buttes area of the ...
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Independence Day celebrations in Lapoint on July 4 will honor Grand Marshals Merle Horrocks along with Ervin and Marion Young. Lifelong resident, Merle Jenkins Horrocks, 88, was born in Lapoint on...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- "Compromise, hell!" Jesse Helms screamed in a 1959 editorial that captured what would become the legacy of his Senate career and his place in the conservative movement....
Fri Jul 04 16:33:47 -0700 2008
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Video recorded during the rescue of 15 rebel hostages shows them filing grim-faced toward the helicopter that would fly them to safety, then hugging one another and crying with joy after they are aloft and realize they are free....
Fri Jul 04 15:53:24 -0700 2008
BAQOUBA, Iraq (AP) -- It's Staff Sgt. Edgar Covarrubias' second Fourth of July in Iraq. No family barbecue, no fireworks, but Covarrubias says he'll call his mom, wife and kids to share the day anyway....
Fri Jul 04 15:32:08 -0700 2008
BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) -- A pair of out-of-control wildfires roared along California's central coast Friday, chewing through opposite ends of a parched forest and threatening a total of more than 4,500 homes....
Fri Jul 04 15:33:52 -0700 2008