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KNEU 1250There’s no way around it, school is back in session and this means it’s time for all to be alert and aware of students on and around the roadways. “There will be kids riding their bikes and walking to and from school,” shares the Uintah County Sheriff’s Office.
Water usage can resume as usual in the City of Rifle. On Monday morning it was announced that due to an electrical problem at the Water Treatment Facility, citizens of Rifle were asked to avoid outdoor watering and to limit all water use as much as possible.
The Monarch Butterfly tagging event held over the weekend at Dinosaur National Monument hosted 66 community members in a delicate and important process. Antonio, the Science Communication and Resource Monitoring Intern at Dinosaur, shared that it was an amazing experience seeing children and adults getting excited about monarchs as he taught them the process of tagging and data collection.
Staying in the right mindset while focused on your health can be tough but TriCounty Health Department is offering help to accomplish your goals! A new Diabetes Prevention Program is getting started soon and the class has been tried and proven helpful in building habits for success.
Archery season opened over the weekend and the Division of Wildlife Resources wants all to listen up. Don’t forget to: Open your permit envelope and know your hunt area boundaries; Be aware of fire restrictions; Obtain written permission from private landowners before hunting on their property or using their property to access public land; And know your target.
TriCounty Health Department issued a press release on Monday announcing the first COVID-19 related death in Daggett County. The patient is a male, between 65 and 85 years old. He was hospitalized prior to his death. Preliminary data suggests he had not been vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to contracting the virus.
An Amber Alert that was issued out of Carbon County over the weekend came to an end after the children were located. The alert was issued for two boys, ages 6 and 8, that were believed to be with Derek Michael Rowley, the father of the 8-year-old.
The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) is offering only two upcoming free pesticide waste collection events in the state of Uuah and the Uintah Basin is one of the stops. UDAF will be in Green River and Roosevelt this October.
This weekend is the perfect time to get outside and look to the sky! The annual Dinah “SOAR” Days Hot Air Balloon Festival is this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and the event will be bigger and better than ever before. The Festival began in 2018 and was a huge success, even with weather issues that grounded many of the balloons.
The danger of drought for wildlife is very real and wildlife officials are doing what they can to help the vulnerable get through it. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources shares that their biologists and other partners installed 16 new water guzzlers including the rebuilding of a “mega” guzzler in the summer range area of the Book Cliffs to help provide water for wildlife and other animals during the drought.
Fire restrictions on the Ashley National Forest are officially lifted as of midnight on August 20th. When restrictions were announced, the public was promised conditions would be monitored and restrictions lifted as soon as it was considered safe.
The new manager of the Vernal Regional Airport, Ken Campbell, provided an airport update at the Vernal Chamber luncheon last week. Campbell had a career in the Air Force before taking the position in Vernal. He emphasized that Vernal has a fabulous runway.