Altamont News

Uintah Basin residents will have plenty of opportunities to celebrate 233 years of American independence this weekend.

The filing period opens Wednesday for candidates seeking city office, a seat on a local water district board, or a post on the Neola Park Board in November's election.

With this week's release of the 2009 See & Do Guide, the Uintah Basin Standard and the Vernal Express are once again challenging adventurous readers to get out and experience all that Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah counties have to offer this summer.

In April, we launched the KSL Schools project, a comprehensive database on the state's high schools.

Aerial spraying to combat a possible grasshopper infestation in Duchesne County could start as early as Wednesday.

Sophia Catten, as Milky White the Cow, reacts to merchant Lexie Garner's plan to turn her into scrumptious ribs during the Missoula Children's Theatre production of "Jack and the Beanstalk" in July 2008 in Roosevelt.

A Duchesne County man has been charged with aggravated arson after investigators say he barricaded the doors of his family's trailer home and used gasoline to set it on Students at Lapoint Elementary School enjoyed a rare, but pleasant event Students from elementary schools in Altamont, Duchesne, and Roosevelt The Duchesne County School Board ...

KSL is unveiling a new resource that's taken us months to create, and we're sure will be a valuable new resource to Utah families.

A crew from Basic Energy Services works on an oil field location near Altamont in January 2008.

Kacy and Sarah Bird stand in front of all that remains of their Upalco home. Fire investigators have not determined what caused the Dec.