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KNEU 1250A public meeting scheduled for tonight will explore the planning of future Ashley Valley Flood Control projects. According to Sunrise Engineering, the planning process currently happening “seeks to obtain input from residents of Uintah County who live inside Ashley Valley but outside Vernal City and Naples City.”
The 13th year of Vernal’s annual Holly Days did not disappoint on Friday. Any chill in the air wasn’t felt as locals and visitors from far off places enjoyed free activities throughout the town. According to event coordinator Dale Allred, the initial estimates are that there were around 11,000 participants.
Unfortunately, Dinosaur National Monument has not been exempt from recent local thievery. Monument staff reported this week that a giant life size painting of a Colorado Pikeminnow fish that was attached to a bench at the Split Mountain Boat Ramp has now gone missing.
Work is moving forward as Roosevelt City connects with the newly constructed Victory Pipeline. Earlier this month, Roosevelt City Council approved the bid for construction to connect the City’s water system at the West Cove tank waterline to the Victory Pipeline which supplies water from Starvation Reservoir.
A slowed economy has not dulled charitable giving in the Uintah Basin as evidenced by two holiday fundraising events. The Trees for Charity auction gala was held Monday night at the Uintah Conference Center, raising over $220,000 dollars for local causes.
More details have been released on the upcoming Uintah County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Police Academy. Two times a year, the academy will offer 12-weeks of classes held once a week for 3 hours.
The 2016 Mothers Against Drunk Driving report to the nation was released this month, ranking Utah high in drunk driving prevention efforts. Utah received a rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars receiving full points for having an all offender interlock law and expedited warrants.
The Uintah County Commission approved the vacation of a road that intersects Skinwalker Ranch during a November Commission meeting. The Hicken Ranch Road intersects the property that is known throughout the region and beyond for stories of paranormal activity with warnings to stay away heeded by many locals.
Local law enforcement will join many throughout the state at the funeral services for Trooper Eric Ellsworth who will be laid to rest in the Brigham City Cemetery on Wednesday. Trooper Eric Ellsworth was hit by a vehicle near Garland City in northern Utah while he responded to a call of low hanging power lines on November 18th.
The users of the Buckskin Hills Shooting Range in Uintah County did not stand idly by when they received word that the facility had been severely vandalized with graffiti over the weekend. Instead, a group went to work without being asked and steam cleaned, scraped, sanded and painted everything the vandals had tagged.
Driving remains the most popular mode of travel for the Thanksgiving holiday with more than 89 percent of holiday travelers choosing road trips over other modes.
The Utah Division of Water Resources released its latest update to the state water plan this month and the Uintah Basin is its focus. Over the last 26 years, the state has devised statewide water plans as well as individual plans for each of the state’s 11 major hydrological river basins, of which the Uintah Basin is included.