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Prescribed Burns Planned On Flaming Gorge Ranger District

Prescribed Burns Planned On Flaming Gorge Ranger District

Mar 19, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

Prescribed burns are planned on the FLaming Gorge Ranger District this spring once weather allows it. Ashley National Forest announced on Monday that the first prescribed fires will total around 2100 acres in the Buck Draw, Greens Lake, and north Greendale areas within burn units 10, 11, and 12. Depending on conditions, burning may also […]

Man Attempting Daycare Pickup Arrested With Fentanyl Possession

Man Attempting Daycare Pickup Arrested With Fentanyl Possession

Mar 19, 2024 · Basin Now · News

A man attempting to pick up a child from daycare ended up arrested and in Uintah County Jail on Friday for drug possession. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, police were dispatched to a daycare on north Vernal Avenue on a report of a civil dispute. Officers were advised that 32-year-old Kody Gene Kimbel […]

Concern Growing Of Mail Delays For Moffat County/Other Rural Communities

Concern Growing Of Mail Delays For Moffat County/Other Rural Communities

Mar 18, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

Rural communities in Moffat County and throughout western Colorado could experience significant delays in mail delivery if potential facility closures take place. Colorado Senator Michael Bennet shared on Friday a letter from a group of Senators sent to the USPS Postmaster General urging the Postal Service to consider the effect on small businesses, senior citizens, […]

Pasta And Bingo Fundraiser For Duchesne County Boy Battling Leukemia

Pasta And Bingo Fundraiser For Duchesne County Boy Battling Leukemia

Mar 18, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

A brave young man in Duchesne County is in a fight for his life and the community is stepping up to help. The Roosevelt Interfaith Council is hosting a Family Night Pasta & Bingo fundraiser in May to benefit Payton Arnold. Payton was diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in January and while this strong […]

Vernal Downtown Alliance Holding 1st Annual Vernal Equinox Celebration

Vernal Downtown Alliance Holding 1st Annual Vernal Equinox Celebration

Mar 18, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

Tuesday marks the official first day of spring and the Vernal Downtown Alliance is hosting its 1st annual Vernal Equinox Celebration. The Vernal Equinox is the day each year in which the sun shines directly over the equator, marking equal hours of day and night and the slow increase of more daylight moving forward. Another […]

Union High Girls Golf Team A Force To Be Reckoned With

Union High Girls Golf Team A Force To Be Reckoned With

Mar 18, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

The Union High School Girls Golf team are proving they are a force to be reckoned with. On March 13th they brought their skills to the Dinaland Golf Course for their first tournament of the season and took first place with a score of 381. Brooklyn Brown took 1st place individually and the Union girls […]

New Vernal City Police Chief On New Role

New Vernal City Police Chief On New Role

Mar 18, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

Vernal City’s new police chief is qualified and ready to serve. A Vernal City press release shares that Michael Gledhill has over 18 years of service to Vernal PD. He has served as a Patrol Sergeant and as the Drug Task Force Commander for the Uintah Basin. Gledhill attributes much of his success to the mentorship […]

Reservoir Conditions Looking Good

Reservoir Conditions Looking Good

Mar 15, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

Reservoirs across the state are looking good for this time of year with most reservoirs at around 80 percent capacity. Reservoirs in northeastern Utah fit this trend. Data released on March 12th show the reservoir fill percentage at 83 percent for Flaming Gorge, 87 percent for Red Fleet, 89 percent for Steinaker, 99 percent for […]

Vehicle Burglaries An Ongoing Problem Throughout Region

Vehicle Burglaries An Ongoing Problem Throughout Region

Mar 15, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

If you’re not locking your vehicles and clearing them of valuables it’s pretty much the same as asking for trouble at this point. Agencies throughout the region are reporting the same thing, vehicle burglary is an ongoing problem. This week the Rock Springs Police Department provided a list of steps to make it more difficult […]

BLM Moving Towards Stricter Greater Sage Grouse Conservation Efforts

BLM Moving Towards Stricter Greater Sage Grouse Conservation Efforts

Mar 15, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

Uintah Basin stakeholders and leaders have been part of the effort to conserve greater sage grouse habitat in recent years but the Bureau of Land Management has announced a new draft plan to increase greater sage-grouse conservation and management on public lands. The BLM press release states that “the draft plan is built on decades […]

Backing Small Businesses Grant Available For Local Businesses

Backing Small Businesses Grant Available For Local Businesses

Mar 15, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

The ‘Women Business Owners of the Uintah Basin’ organization is helping spread the word about a great small business funding opportunity through Main Street America. The Backing Small Businesses grant is for businesses within any area that people “flock” to in a town. This is typically considered Main Street but the business does not have […]