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KNEU 1250Friday night lights will be on tomorrow at the Uintah Utes stadium. The 2019 Ute football team’s season opener will be against North Summit and all are invited to come cheer on the local team. “This game is an Endowment game,” shares a Uintah Athletics press release.
As the new craze of bake-off reality television eats up your time, there is a chance to take part in the voting of a very real baking competition. The Uintah County Library will be hosting the Edible Book Festival. There will be two categories for competitors, teens ages 12 to 18 and adults ages 19 and up. The rules for the contest is as follows: the edible books must be made of food, supplied by the contestant, and everything has to be edible.
Though we come from small towns and rural communities our heart for civic duty is just as giving as any state in the union. Daggett County has several openings on boards, committees and volunteer positions that they are asking residents to consider. There are five positions on the Board of Adjustments and three positions on the Museum Board and Volunteers.
The earliest quilted garment depicted goes back to Pharaoh of Egypt’s First Dynasty around 4300 BC, an ivory carving of his likeness showing the garment. In Mongolia a quilted floor was discovered in 1924 that was dated between 100 BC to 200 AD.
School is just around the corner for kids and the TriCounty Health Department is still holding their Back to School Immunization Clinic. Just as a reminder, those kids entering kindergarten or seventh grade have certain immunizations they will need and the health department nurses will be available to help with them.
Today is the start of a new school year for many kids and in the weeks that follow many more will join them. Local law agencies are on the same page when it comes to this time of year and their message is clear: Slow Down and Watch For Kids!
Roosevelt City has posted the preliminary results for the Primary Election held on Tuesday. A total of 713 ballots were counted to determine the top six candidates for Roosevelt City Council that will be included on the ballot for the General Election on November 5th.
A missing Eagle Mountain man may be in the Duchesne area. According to the Utah County Sheriff’s Office, 19-year-old Eli “Merlin” Dutson spoke to his mother on August 8th and was last seen by friends as he was driving on Highway 40 near Strawberry Reservoir on August 9th. His family reached out to the Sheriff’s Office since they haven’t heard from him which is considered very unusual.
Another suspect has been identified and charged in a May robbery during which a coin collection was taken from a Roosevelt residence. 26-year-old Tyjobe McCrone was already in jail in Southern Utah in an unrelated case when the warrant from Duchesne County caught up to McCrone on felony burglary charges.
75 years. That is how long the hospital in Roosevelt has been providing healthcare services to the Uintah Basin. It has had a unique history in those 75 years. It started as the LDS Roosevelt Hospital in 1944 but when the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints “divested itself from its health care services” Duchesne County took over ownership in 1975 changing the name to Duchesne County Hospital.
Monarch butterflies are thought to be named after King William III of England, his secondary title being Prince of Orange. The butterflies have wings that get to 3.5 to 4.0 inches wide. Surprisingly they have a flight pattern described as “slow and sailing” and fly at 5.5 mph.
The Uintah Basin has been enjoying the musical talents of Dante Zubel since his youth. He is perhaps best known for playing his cello for the Uintah Basin Orchestra and Chorus, Uintah High School, Uintah Basin Youth Chamber Orchestra, and beyond, though he plays many other instruments as well.