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KNEU 1250The UBTech Office of the President issued a letter to the community on Monday outlining their plans for reopening. “I am pleased to announce effective May 20th, UBTech campuses will begin enrolling students currently on the pre-registration and testing waitlist,” shares UBTech President Aaron Weight.
TriCounty Health Department announced Monday that additional testing has revealed that two Duchesne County COVID-19 cases were most likely false-positives and therefore they have retracted these two cases. The announcement explains that the cases were determined to be false-positives after the individuals agreed to undergo two additional viral tests and an antibody test which all came back negative.
Uintah High Theatre had a truly successful theatre season and they have the awards to prove it. “Uintah was the most recognized at the Utah High School Musical Theatre Awards on Saturday,” shares Uintah School District. “This event recognizes high school theatre productions and the people and elements that go into creating it.
With Uintah, Duchesne, and Daggett among the counties in the state to enter the Yellow (low-risk) Phase in the Utah Leads Together plan, Uintah Basin Healthcare has announced revisions to their visitation policy. The revised visitation policy takes effect today, May 19th, and includes the following adjustments: Hospital and clinic settings will now allow one visitor for ER, Surgery, OB, Med Surg/ICU, and Clinics.
The Vernal Youth Baseball League is moving forward with their 2020 Spring Baseball Season. “Governor Gary Herbert announced that the state is now moving the Coronavirus recovery from Orange to Yellow which includes the restrictions allowing youth sports to resume,” shares Vernal Youth Baseball.
Ashley Regional Medical Center joined the American Hospital Association and many others in honoring healthcare heroes as part of National Hospital Week held every year in the month of May.
New local cases of COVID-19 have brought the overall total of confirmed cases for the TriCounty Health District to 19 as of the Sunday Situational Update on www.tricountyhealth.com. Uintah County now has 8 overall total confirmed cases with 6 listed as Recovered.
Utah’s Primary Election will be on June 30th and Uintah County is doing their part to keep the public informed. While the election will be conducted entirely by mail drop boxes will be available for depositing mail-in ballots until 8pm on Election Day, shares Uintah County. There will be no polling places on Election Day.
If you are looking to socialize, in a social distancing way, and you enjoy reading, checkout the Uintah County Library’s Book Club. Each month the library will select a new book to read throughout the month and will have activities based around the book that if an individual completes will earn a badge.
BHI and the Uintah School District have reached an agreement that is being called a win-win solution for both entities. The Uintah School District announced Friday that they have signed a contract to purchase the BHI building in Naples.
TriCounty Health Department has amended the local travel advisory that was issued on March 15, 2020.
TriCounty Health Department announced Thursday afternoon that Governor Herbert has approved the move of the Tri-County area to the yellow low-risk phase of the Utah Leads Together Plan.