Uintah News

A long-simmering feud between the Ute Tribe and local authorities in eastern Utah has reignited into a flurry of suits and countersuits aimed at settling the vexing question of who holds jurisdiction in "Indian Country." In papers filed last month in U.S. District Court, the tribe alleges Uintah and Duchesne counties, along with state and municipal ... (more)

Alton "Big Al" Hatch seasons an order of fries for a Pipeline Catering customer Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

In 1983, the snowfall in the mountains around the Wasatch Front was so heavy that Salt Lake City had to build a canal of sandbags down State Street to carry away the spring runoff that the flooded streams couldn't handle.

The dispute over Utah's land goes back to the days of Abraham Lincoln when the Uintah Valley Reservation was created and it disputes continues today.

Roosevelt firefighter Mike Swain inspects the damage done to a pickup truck that hit a tractor-trailer truck Monday, May, 13, 2013, on U.S. 40 near the intersection with state Road 87 west of Roosevelt.

That is Dora Van 's answer to anyone who thinks they have a right to the eastern Utah lands that were set aside in the 1800s for Native Americans.

Kyle David Ashworth, 30, was charged Thursday in 8th District Court with 31 counts of forgery and 20 counts of communications fraud, all third-degree felonies.

A multi-agency investigation began at dawn Wednesday into what caused an explosion that killed one man and injured two others at an eastern Utah oil well site.

Four members of the Ute Indian Tribe who are being prosecuted in Uintah County for charges ranging from aggravated assault to speeding could have their cases put on hold for up to three months under an agreement reached Tuesday in federal court.