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Vernal, Utah is located in Uintah County. Zip codes in Vernal, UT include 84079, and 84078. The median home price in Vernal is $175,000. More Vernal information.

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Friday | Salt Lake Tribune

Mormon movie soundtrack a historical journey for Utah composer Paul Cardall

When T.C. Christensen asked Paul Cardall to compose music for " Ephraim's Rescue ," the filmmaker had no idea how meaningful his request would be for the best-selling Utah composer and pianist.

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Wed May 15, 2013

Deseret News

BLM proposes to open lands near Vernal for tar sands development

Mark Ward, senior policy analyst and attorney for the Utah Association of Counties, speaks during a press conference Tuesday, April 24, 2012, about a proposal by the U.S. Bureau of Land Managment to reduce the amount of public land it will lease for development of oil shale and tar sands.

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Fri May 10, 2013

Salt Lake Tribune

Utah Supreme Court overturns Uintah County man's sex abuse conviction

A Uintah County man serving prison time for molesting a child will get another chance to beat the rap after the Utah Supreme Court overturned his conviction Friday.

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Deseret News

Vernal real estate broker charged with forging termite inspection records

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.

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Thu May 09, 2013

Deseret News

Michael McLean is thrilled to be creating again with 'Threads'

"Threads," a new musical by Michael McLean, is premiering this weekend with performances in Vernal and Salt Lake City .

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Wed May 08, 2013

Salt Lake Tribune

Music: Utah composer Paul Cardall honors his rescu...

When filmmaker T.C. Christensen asked local pianist Paul Cardall to compose music for Christensen's upcoming film "Ephraim's Rescue," Christensen said he had no idea how meaningful his request was.

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Salt Lake Tribune

Blast, fire at eastern Utah oil well site kills 1, hurts 2

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.

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Fri May 03, 2013

Salt Lake Tribune

3 Cafe more Rio Utah locations will be open on Sundays

Locations in Tooele, Spanish Fork, Logan, Vernal and Park City already are open on Sundays, as are all Cafe Rio Mexican Grills outside of Utah.

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Wed May 01, 2013

Salt Lake Tribune

Auto homicide charge filed in fatal 2012 Uintah County crash

A 32-year-old man has been charged with automobile homicide for allegedly causing a fatal accident while driving drunk last year in Uintah County.

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York Dispatch

Ask Mr. Know-It-All: Savvy bank builder mailed bricks

Question: Do you know the story of the bank building that was sent through the mail? My grandfather used to talk about it, but I never really believed him.

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Tue Apr 30, 2013

Sun Advocate

Local guardsmen return home

National Guard troops from the 624th Engineereing Company, 1457th Engineering Battalion who departed from Utah last summer for Afganistan returned to Salt Lake late last week.

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Mon Apr 29, 2013

Mercury-Register

Parent-led gun raffle for rugby team causes stir in Utah

The Snow Canyon Lady Warriors rugby team in St. George held a bake sale and gun raffle on Saturday to raise money to compete in a national tournament in Wisconsin.

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Thu Apr 25, 2013

Salt Lake Tribune

"Person of interest" in Uintah County homicide is back in Utah

The fugitive who authorities are calling a "person of interest" in the murder of a Roosevelt man was back in Utah on Thursday.

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Wed Apr 24, 2013

SFGate

Uintah County man arrested in baseball bat attack

Authorities say a 21-year-old Uintah County man used a metal baseball bat to attack his ex-girlfriend and another man in her driveway.

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Tue Apr 23, 2013

Deseret News

Man charged in Vernal sex assault arrested in Arizona

Jesse Anthony Saenz, foreground, stands with his attorney, Clint Hendricks, during a status hearing Tuesday, March 26, 2013, in 8th District Court.

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Mon Apr 22, 2013

SFGate

FBI joins probe into possible Utah homicide

Uintah County sheriff's deputies and Bureau of Indian Affairs police responded to a call Sunday afternoon about a man's body found in a wooded area on the Uinta and Ouray Indian Reservation southwest of Vernal.

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Deseret News

Orchard Drug's Dale Loveridge has put the friendly in pharmacy for almost 54 years

The fact that he's been standing behind the same counter dispensing drugs for nearly 54 years may not be a record, and the fact that he knows 90 percent of his customers by their first name may be duplicated someplace somewhere by somebody.

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