Vernal

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Uintah County Library. Photo courtesy of Google Maps VERNAL, Utah, February 12, 2020 (Gephardt Daily) - A man was arrested after allegedly viewing sexually explicit pictures on a computer at the Uintah County…

ABOUT THE SERIESIn the arid West, water means life. Turn on your tap, and you’re part of the Colorado circulatory system. The towns born along Colorado’s most iconic waterways — the Colorado, the Big…

1/2An unidentified Ogden woman was killed while driving in an all-terrain vehicle that rolled off a road in Uintah county early Sunday, September 20, 2020.Photo provided by Uintah County Sheriff's Office2/2An unidentified…

Oct. 8, 1936 ~ Aug. 9, 2021 Harold Dalvis Kendall (Dal) passed away peacefully on August 9, 2021 at home with loved ones. He was born on October 8, 1936 to Harold Ralph and Mary Mirl Karren Kendall. As a teenager, his…

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August 19, 1940 - May 17, 2021 Beverly was born on August 19, 1940 in Vernal, Utah. She died peacefully at her home in Syracuse, Utah on May 17, 2021. She was the daughter of Von S. Roper and Gladys Thompson Roper and had six…

Shonna Lynn Shepherd Woodward Baxter Alva 1947 ~ 2021 West Jordan, UT The world lost a beautiful soul on August 30, 2021 when Shonna Lynn Shepherd Alva died at her home in West Jordan, Utah. She was born on February 14, 1947 in Salt Lake…

Despite decades of opposition from environmentalists, hunters, and Grand County officials, a proposed freeway through Utah's Book Cliffs was never destroyed.The project only went underground and recently resurfaced with a rights-of-way…

In January the Los Angeles Times published an article about the fracking boomtown of Vernal, Utah. It described how a midwife named Donna Young was attacked and demonized for raising awareness of the rise in stillbirths in the city and her…