Vernal News

Bruce Silva, 24, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one first-degree felony count of murder and a second-degree felony count of aggravated assault resulting in serious bodily injury in 8th District Court in Vernal.

A woman who was charged with manslaughter in the death of her medically-fragile infant has entered a guilty plea to a reduced charge.

Jesus Chuy, with Burdick Materials, works with a crew at the intersection of 500 West Avenue and Highway 40.

Kris Weaver was up in the air. So was her son, Logan Weaver. He was on a tiny propeller plane somewhere between Moab and Vernal, and the plane was running late.

Above, Tony Stevens from Salt Lake City and his pal Josie return from a trail ride at NUMBfest on Saturday.

The Uintah Basin's lone state senator said he will sponsor legislation in January to add two judges to the bench in Utah's 8th Judicial District.

A Vernal man who reported that a former girlfriend had been beaten at a party has been charged with assaulting and raping the woman.

Here's your weekly roundup of what local city councils, school boards and other government entities are tackling during regularly scheduled meetings.

Most mountain bikers know about Moab or Park City, but the trails in another part of the state are drawing more and more every year.

Thunderstorms will bring cooler weather to Utah from north to south, but high winds and continued wildfire danger could make the Memorial Day weekend a mixed bag for recreationists and travelers - and keep the state's fire watchers anxious.

Uintah County Undersheriff John Laursen said the 4-year-old was back home late Monday night after having been rushed Saturday night to Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City.

Peggy Golding fields call from desperate parents on an almost-daily basis in her role as director of Childcare Resource and Referral for the eastern region of Utah.

A Utah insurance agent has been ordered to stop doing business in North Dakota. State Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says Bart Winterton of Vernal, Utah, operated as an insurance producer without being licensed in North Dakota.

A Vernal man arrested for on suspicion of burglary faces charges of breaking into homes to steal to take prescription drugs.

F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote a story about a family that discovered a diamond as big as the Ritz-Carlton Hotel sitting beneath a mountain in a remote corner of Montana.

Students from the Uintah School of Music and the Arts perform at their Spring Fiesta, held May 5 in Vernal.

Two men are facing felony and misdemeanor charges after investigators say the pair claimed to be police officers and threatened neighbors with a pellet rifle.

The city of Vernal is making it a little easier to live the farm life while in the middle of town.

In late March, the Garfield Board of County Commissioners traveled to Vernal, Utah, to attend a three-state discussion among county officials over a proposed federal policy on oil shale development.

Colorado's Common Cause organization says the March 27 meeting in Vernal with elected officials from Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming counties may have violated the state's open meeting laws.