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Utah Wildlife Board Announce Decrease In Hunting Permits

Utah Wildlife Board Announce Decrease In Hunting Permits

May 8, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Utah Wildlife Board met last Thursday and approved a decrease in the number of general-season deer hunting permits and other big game and antlerless hunting permits. For the fifth consecutive year, there is a decrease in the number of general-season deer hunting permits as the current deer management plan is to have 404,000 deer across […]

Uintah High Custodian Honored At State Banquet

Uintah High Custodian Honored At State Banquet

May 8, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

The work ethic and positivity of a Uintah School District employee has been recognized. Last month, Uintah High Custodian Aubrey McCarrel was honored at the Utah School Employees Association banquet as the Custodial Services Education Support Professional of the Year. He also received the inaugural Education Support Professional Community Award. Uintah High teacher and […]

Black Bear Takes Stroll In Uintah County

Black Bear Takes Stroll In Uintah County

May 8, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

How shocked would you be to see a black bear in your yard or on your street? Well a group of residents in Naples along 4500 South can tell you after a bear popped in for a stroll on Friday. The Division of Wildlife Resources responded and were able to tranquilize the bear and give […]

Uintah County Republican Party Holds Organizing Convention

Uintah County Republican Party Holds Organizing Convention

May 5, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

The Uintah County Republican Party 2023 organizing convention was held on Thursday evening. Retiring Chairman Brian Gorum gave an emotional presentation encouraging party members to get involved in fighting against the degradation of party values, attacks on the constitution, and trends moving away from the Constitution and family values. Outgoing Vice Chair Marianne Spainhower, Secretary […]

What Are Community Standards? Does ‘Drag Story Hour’ Violate Them?

What Are Community Standards? Does ‘Drag Story Hour’ Violate Them?

May 5, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

What are Community Standards and how are Community Standards governed? Court rulings regarding Community Standards do exist and generally determine whether an act resides with or against the average person’s moral judgment on decency within a community. The topic of Community Standards is at the heart of the opposition brought forward by a group of […]

End Of Year Banquet Celebrates Service In Uintah School District

End Of Year Banquet Celebrates Service In Uintah School District

May 5, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Uintah School District celebrated employees and their service at their end of the year banquet Thursday evening at the Uintah Conference Center. Retirees were recognized and those with over 20 years of service included Shary Hill, Kaleen Millecam, Alisa Thacker, and Dirk Collett. Employees that reached 20, 25, 30, and 31+ Years of Service benchmarks […]

Employment Update

Employment Update

May 5, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for March 2023 increased an estimated 2.7% across the past 12 months, with the state’s economy adding a cumulative 44,100 jobs since March 2022. Utah employment currently stands at 1,705,400. Daggett County employment reported at 332. Duchesne County employment reported at 8,354 and Uintah County employment reported at 13,968. “During the […]

Great American Horse Ride This Weekend In Moffat County

Great American Horse Ride This Weekend In Moffat County

May 4, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Crowds gather every year to literally feel the majesty of stampeding horses in western Colorado as part of the Great American Horse Drive taking place this weekend. The unbelievable event is put on each year by Sombrero Ranches where cowboys and cowgirls work for a week rounding up all the horses from the ranch’s vast […]

Youth Conservation Corps Returning To USU Uintah Basin Vernal Campus

Youth Conservation Corps Returning To USU Uintah Basin Vernal Campus

May 4, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

A program for 17- and 18-year-old high school students has returned to the USU Uintah Basin Vernal Campus and the application deadline has been extended for interested candidates. The Utah Conservation Corps has partnered with USU Uintah Basin to re-launch the Youth Conservation Corps program during which students work with local public land managers over […]