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KNEU 1250A 36-year-old man is wanted by the FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs for an incident that took place on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation last week. According to FBI Public Affairs Specialist Sandra Yi Barker, George Anthony Salinas is wanted in connection with a domestic assault that happened at a home on the reservation at around midnight on Tuesday, October 17th.
For those supporting the Trump administration’s movement to rebalance government regulation, the announcement made by the BLM to amend Greater Sage-Grouse land management plans issued in 2015 is a very positive step. The Western Energy Alliance is among those that have expressed their complete support of the notice to amend.
The former UHP trooper charged with Arson in the Maeser Highway Fire pleaded Not Guilty this week to the charges in 8th District Court. The Maeser Highway Fire started on June 9th in Uintah County and burned over 2,500 acres. On August 8th, the Utah Attorney General’s Office charged former trooper, 37-year-old Rex Richard Olsen, with one count of Second-Degree Felony Arson as well as a second charge for placing a lighted item on a highway/wildland area, a class B misdemeanor.
Child sex trafficking is among the most heinous crimes imaginable and most often pictured as happening far away, somewhere overseas, which is why the arrest of three men for these crimes out of Grand Junction is particularly disturbing. According to the Grand Junction Police Department, multiple agencies including the FBI took part of the 11th annual ‘Operation Cross Country’ that targets criminals responsible for the sex trafficking of children.
The United States Attorney’s Office of the District of Utah filed a complaint Wednesday against the group that calls themselves the “Uinta Valley Shoshone Tribe” for selling hunting and fishing licenses on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation. According to the press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the law allows the U.S. to seek a civil injunction to stop what they consider in this case to be wire fraud while they conduct a further investigation.
Nearly 50 people attended a meeting Thursday night aimed at educating Uintah County voters on the proposition they will find on their ballots for the upcoming election. Proposition 5 asks voters to decide if Uintah County shall be authorized to impose a quarter of one percent sales tax, which is the equivalent of 1 cent for every $4 dollars spent, for the purpose of transportation services locally.
The man behind the ‘Braxten Tough’ tagline is back home to life on the ranch in Duchesne County. Even before his accident on August 31st, Braxten Nielsen could easily own the brand of Braxten Tough as a serious athlete and college rodeo star.
The Uintah School District is continuing its weekly tradition of recognizing a local entity for their support of local education. Team Uintah has now recognized Showalter Ford, stating that for more than 80 years, the Showalter family has been a strong supporter of the Uintah School District and Uintah County schoolchildren.
The Vernal City Council held a public hearing on Wednesday night dealing with changes the state legislature has made to how home occupation business licensing is handled in governing agencies. The amended state law does not allow cities and counties to require a business license of home occupation businesses that either only operate occasionally, are operated by an individual under 18 years-old, or do not have an off-site impact.
Drug use paints part of the picture in a disturbing case of Credit Card theft out of Duchesne County that has many victims. 32-year-old Andrew Shane Encoe was booked into Duchesne County Jail on Friday for investigation of multiple felony and misdemeanor charges including ten counts of unlawful possession of a financial transaction card.
A hiker missing in Garfield County on Tuesday was found safe. According to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office, the Sheriff’s Office was contacted to assist in the search of the missing hiker on Tuesday afternoon. The hiker, listed as 51-year-old Evelyn Danz Shaffer, was reported to be in the area of Trappers Lake east of Meeker.
An opportunity aimed at putting small town Main Streets through rehab is accepting nominations for just one more day and Roosevelt City is asking Basin residents for their nomination. ‘Small Business Revolution – Main Street’ caught fire when they debuted Season 1 of their show as they transformed a small town in Indiana over nine-episodes.