Vernal News

Costs arising from a hazardous materials spill in Indian Canyon could top the six figure mark, according to Carbon County Emergency Management Director Jason Llewelyn.

Utah's oil and gas producers announced last week that data from an air-quality study in eastern Utah will be available to the public and to government-land managers as early as September.

The Uintah County Sheriff's Office is asking for the publics help in locating Brandon Johns.

A possible sighting in Salt Lake City of a missing 19-year-old mildly-autistic Vernal man has turned out not to be the right person.

A typical North American Black Bear. Black Bear sightings are increasing at Ashley Nation Forest and officials are warning people to be "bear aware". Bear sightings have occurred on the Vernal Ranger District ...

Parcel Post Service was inaugurated in the US in 1913. Soon after, Mr. W. H. Coltharp wanted to build a new bank building in Vernal, Utah.

The Daggett County Commission chose to terminate the county's contract with County Attorney Bryan Sidwell last week in a 2-1 decision.

This photo from 1973 shows the Daughters of Utah Pioneers museum located in Vernal, which opened to the public July 24, 1962.

The former majority owner of Service Insurance of Vernal was escorted out of a Salt Lake City courtroom in handcuffs.

Oversize loads increase A dump truck bed bound for Nevada is hauled through Roosevelt.

The Colorado River has swallowed another victim, the likes of a full size tractor trailer.

An artist's rendering shows the main street circular drive of the Uintah Gateway mall to be built one mile north of Vernal.

Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Jon Gardiner documents damage to an airplane after the pilot made an emergency landing on U.S. Highway 191 and collided with a truck hauling gravel.

In a one year, the price of oil rose from $55 to $135 a barrel, driving the national average for a gallon of gasoline from $2 to more than $4. Impact from higher fuel prices has raised transportation, food and ...

A cloud of smoke filled the air across the southern end of the Ashley Valley on Thursday night as firefighters responded to a blaze near 1100 S. Vernal Avenue.

On Sept. 1, 2007, "significant vernal pool habitat" became protected by Maine law under the Natural Resources Protection Act.

Two people were killed and five others injured in separate accidents near Vernal this weekend.

A young black bear was chased up a cottonwood tree after wandering into Vernal. The bear was hit with a tranquilizer dart and taken outside town Tuesday.

Members of the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce learned about the Vernal regional Airport on June 17 at Golden Corral.

A 16-year-old Uintah County boy is in critical condition at a Salt Lake area hospital following a near drowning in an irrigation canal.