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KNEU 1250Roosevelt City is celebrating its 40th year of the Holly Fair. The fair has been reimagined due to COVID-19 concerns. But don’t worry, there will still be plenty of vendors, around 250 of them in fact. “The Roosevelt Holly Fair 2020 has been reimagined to make it perfect!” shares Duchesne County Commissioner Irene Hansen.
November is Diabetes Awareness Month and Uintah Basin Healthcare wants the Uintah Basin to know the resources that are available. UBH has an accredited Diabetes Education and Training Program. There are individual and group classes available that are offered to anyone with type 1, type 2, gestational diabetes or prediabetes.
Space is the final frontier or so we have been told. Advances in space travel changed the question to is anyone in space today? Interestingly as of November 2nd, 2020, the International Space Station is celebrating 20 years of consecutive human habitation.
The Hotel Vernal Haunt charity fundraiser was a great success this year. Not only did the organizers reimagine the event to provide safety measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, they added new and fun elements including a patriotic night, laser show, and outdoor scary movie.
While it is a challenging time, examples of love and generosity can be found. KLiC(pronounced Click) is a non-profit organization that has been helping local families for the last decade. KLiC stands for ‘Keeping Love In Communities’ and that is exactly what it does here in the Basin.
To say 2020 is a year of change might be the understatement of the century. Among them, the yearly traditional “Oh Fudge” event that takes place at the Uintah County Library has had to adjust and go virtual. It has also added a new “Oh Fudge” 2020 Contest to the fun.
Whether one is a first time mother or a long time mama there are great local resources offering help. For example, Uintah Basin Medical Center offers free Lactation Counseling through classes for both current and future breastfeeding mothers. These classes are in addition to the monthly prenatal classes.
Although Evan Baker and his family are no longer residents of Craig, Colorado that hasn’t stopped the community of Moffat County in showing their support to Evan’s current struggles. Evan is just 17 years old and battling HLH (Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis). HLH is a severe systemic inflammatory syndrome that can be fatal.
The 2020 Duchesne County General Election preliminary results on Tuesday night reported an 80.66 percent voter turnout with 8,000 ballots cast out of 9,918 registered voters. In Duchesne County, 773 ballots were cast for Biden for President, 7,016 were cast for Trump.
Voting in Duchesne County was thrust into the spotlight on Tuesday after reports surfaced online of an initially unidentified woman turning voters away from the polling location. As reports were shared on media outlets along the Wasatch Front and the identity was still unknown, Duchesne County Clerk/Auditor Joann Evans confirmed to Evans Family Media that the person was NOT a Duchesne County employee or someone from within the Clerk’s Office.
In a recent press release, Uintah County has announced the tentative budget for 2021. There are several significant budget highlights. 2020 budgeted expenditures were $74.5 million dollars while the budgeted expenditures for 2021 are set at $48.8 million dollars, a decrease of $25.7 million dollars or 34 percent.
The Ute Business Committee announced on Tuesday that the upcoming annual Ute Indian Tribe membership meeting has been postponed due to the threat of COVID-19. The Tribe’s Constitution and Bylaws require that the annual meeting typically be held on the first Wednesday of November each year.