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KNEU 1250With winter storm warnings offering a heads up, most people recognize the need to prepare vehicles for winter travel conditions. Sometimes lesser thought of preparation is the need to prepare for power outages when staying home during winter storms.
A Vernal Regional Airport purchase could result in significant savings. Airport Manager Ken Campbell approached the Uintah County Commission on Monday seeking to purchase a line laser painter for about $13,100 dollars.
TriCounty Health’s Give’m Health focus this week aims to educate the community on resources available for children with special needs. CSHCN, which stands for Children With Special Healthcare Needs, is a program that provides assessments to determine a child and their family’s needs.
Winter storms have arrived and snow removal is now part of life. Roosevelt City has reminders for citizens that make sense for anyone living within a city in the Uintah Basin.
This might be the last week to get photo opportunities with the jolly man himself as next week he will be organizing and in the middle of Christmas deliveries.
It was a big year for stocking fish in Utah waters. In 2021, the DWR stocked 9,616,203 fish into 615 local waterbodies, including many throughout the Uintah Basin. “That's a total of 1,210,280 pounds of fish!” shares the Division of Wildlife Resources.
It’s no secret that the finances of Uintah County are under a microscope since the release of an audit by the State Auditor’s Office.
Uintah School District’s Ashley Education Center is having a great school year so far that provides educational opportunities to a wide variety of students. “There are many programs housed at the school,” shares the Uintah School District.
Uintah County Library Director Sam Passey attended the Uintah County Commission meeting on Monday to present information on a grant contract. While there he shared a few statistics about activity at the library and the numbers really speak for themselves.
This Saturday is a unique Christmas tradition and all are invited to join in. The annual Christmas Bird Count is part of a nationwide effort. “Each bird count takes place in an established 15-mile diameter circle, and volunteers will be given specific routes to drive and hike through the area, counting every bird they see or hear during the route,” shares DWR.
The Vernal Innovation Hub is providing resources so locals can succeed. A new business owner group that meets monthly at the Hub is ‘Women’s Business Owners of the Basin’. Their last meeting was attended by 30 members.
Community members are rallying around the family of a Roosevelt boy tragically killed while crossing the street on his scooter last week and there is a fundraising effort organized to help the family with unexpected costs. The GoFundMe campaign shares that 10-year-old Kraiden Ponton “was such a loving, active, imaginative, snake loving true boy through and through.