(Salt Lake City, UT) — Authorities are investigating the illegal installation of climbing bolts on the Pregnant Sheep Petroglyph Panel, a protected site on the National Register of Historic Places. Six bolts were found near the panel last month, violating restrictions on altering archaeological sites. The Bureau of Land Management […]
VERNAL, Utah (AP) — Authorities have recovered the body of a 52-year-old angler who fell through the ice on a reservoir in eastern Utah. Uintah County sheriff’s officials say Travis Hanchett, of Vernal, was fishing near the west inlet of Steinaker Reservoir when the ice broke Saturday morning. Emergency crews […]
DENVER (AP) — Authorities say only one of two missing Colorado snowmobile riders was found alive after the men were stranded inside a remote area of Utah’s Dinosaur National Monument. The Denver Post reported the 65-year-old who was rescued and the 58-year-old who did not survive were located Saturday. The […]
VERNAL, Utah (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies arrested two teenage boys they say stole a small airplane at a private airstrip in rural eastern Utah and flew about 15 miles (24 kilometers) before landing successfully at Vernal Regional Airport. The Desert News reported the 14- and 15-year-old boys stole the single-engine Cessna Thursday […]
