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Uinta Basin Birds & Butterflies Group Travel To Monarch Butterflies Summit

Uinta Basin Birds & Butterflies Group Travel To Monarch Butterflies Summit

Jan 24, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Saving the monarch butterfly starts with understanding the species’ migration and a local group has joined the cause to learn just that and are having amazing experiences in the meantime. Several members of the Uinta Basin Birds & Butterflies group attended the International Western Monarch Summit in California over the weekend. “US Forest Service biologist […]

Final Week To Recycle Electronics

Final Week To Recycle Electronics

Jan 24, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

If decluttering is on your to-do list listen up. This is the last week for the annual Electronics Recycling event. Electronic drop-off locations include the Vernal Chamber Office and TriCounty Health Department in Vernal and Roosevelt. Items being accepted are keyboards, accessories, cameras, phones, stereos and audio components, fax and copy machines, TV’s(flat screen only), […]

More Volunteers Needed For Tim Tebow Foundation ‘Night To Shine’

More Volunteers Needed For Tim Tebow Foundation ‘Night To Shine’

Jan 24, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

A volunteer opportunity that is guaranteed to make you smile so much it hurts is approaching and additional volunteers are greatly needed.  The event, being put on by the Vernal Christian Church, is called “Night To Shine” and it is sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation. What is Night To Shine? “Night to Shine is […]

Fatal Crash Monday Morning On Highway 40 In Uintah County

Fatal Crash Monday Morning On Highway 40 In Uintah County

Jan 24, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

A fatal crash closed Highway 40 between Naples and Jensen on Monday morning. Utah Highway Patrol reports that on January 23rd, at 5:26 am, a Toyota Camry with a single male occupant was traveling westbound on US-40 near milepost 153. The Camry crossed over the left of center and collided head-on with an eastbound Kenworth […]

Daggett County Sheriff Message On Picking Up Hitchhikers

Daggett County Sheriff Message On Picking Up Hitchhikers

Jan 23, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Hitchhiking is a gamble and choosing to pick up a hitchhiker is a gamble and one that a local Sheriff says you shouldn’t take. Daggett County Sheriff Erik Bailey would like to remind people that picking up hitchhikers is unsafe. If you see someone stranded, call dispatch using the non-emergency line (435)789-4222. “Although most people […]

DCSO Message For Residents In North Crescent And Cove Areas

DCSO Message For Residents In North Crescent And Cove Areas

Jan 23, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Duchesne County residents in the North Crescent and Cove areas please be on alert. Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office announced on Sunday that investigators are working on multiple cases of suspicious activity in the North Crescent and Cove areas where mailboxes have been broken into. “Our investigators are seeking assistance from the public if anyone has […]

Thrilling Weekend Of Bull Riding Held At Western Park

Thrilling Weekend Of Bull Riding Held At Western Park

Jan 23, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Another thrilling Bull Riders Challenge is in the books providing some intense entertainment at the Western Park over the weekend. The 2023 Bull Riders Challenge Champions are 1st Place Kade Madsen, 2nd Place Brock Udy, and 3rd Place Waylen Daley. The Bull Riders Challenge was originally called the Lane Frost Challenge and was established in […]

Online Course Required For Gathering Shed Antlers

Online Course Required For Gathering Shed Antlers

Jan 23, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Collecting shed antlers is a popular hobby in the Uintah Basin but the Division of Wildlife Resources has an important reminder for all who plan to head out on the hunt. The DWR Antler Gathering Ethics course is required if you plan to go ‘shed hunting’ between February 1st and April 15th. “During winter, big […]

Utah Employment Update

Utah Employment Update

Jan 23, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

New employment data has been released by the Department of Workforce Services. The state’s nonfarm payroll employment for December 2022 increased an estimated 2.4% across the past 12 months, with the state’s economy adding a cumulative 40,100 jobs since December 2021. Utah’s current job count stands at 1,689,800. The county employment for Daggett County reached […]

Roosevelt City Asks Public For Help Identifying Individual

Roosevelt City Asks Public For Help Identifying Individual

Jan 20, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Social media can be a useful tool or at least local law enforcement have found it useful. Roosevelt City Police Department is the latest agency to utilize the tool of social media in seeking to identify a suspect. They shared two images on Thursday morning of a woman in regards to a retail theft case. […]

Naples City Council Member Selected To Fill Vacancy

Naples City Council Member Selected To Fill Vacancy

Jan 20, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Naples City has gone through the application and interview process and selected a new council member. A vacancy was created when Dennis Long tragically passed away last month. He had served for 17 years as a Naples City Councilman. Naples City shared that “Dennis cheerfully served the community with a listening ear and a smiling […]