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KNEU 1250For nearly four decades, Vernal City Manager Ken Bassett has been a fixture in local government but he will soon be moving on to a new adventure in Istanbul, Turkey. With his wife RoJean by his side, Ken accepted a special recognition award during the Vernal Chamber awards banquet last week for his many years of service to the community
The latest Roosevelt City Council meeting included a public hearing and discussion over the 800 South culinary water line and storm water drain project that is utilizing CDBG funding. According to Assistant City Manager John Zilles, the project has been awarded approximately $250,000 dollars.
The 2017 Mercy Award Winner for Ashley Regional Medical Center is Lori Speir. The Mercy Award is given to one employee from each LifePoint Health’s hospitals who demonstrate compassion and commitment to helping others.
A man found dead in a Vernal hotel room on March 4th has been tied to a previously unsolved robbery in Craig. Just days before, Airgas in Craig was broken into and multiple bottles of nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, were stolen
The Naples City Police Department K9 program received hearty applause at the Vernal Chamber annual dinner and awards banquet last week, as the Government Business of the Year. The Naples K9 program started in 2006 with Sgt. Valeen Horrocks and her loyal K9 officer JonNae.
The Uintah Basin Cattlemen Association is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for shooting cattle in Uintah County. According to Richie Anderson with the cattlemen association, 3 different head of livestock owned by three different ranchers were shot and killed last week in the area west of Lapoint.
The Uintah County Commission declared next week, May 21st through the 27th, EMS Week. EMS Week got its start back in 1974 when President Gerald Ford declared a week in November to be National Emergency Medical Services Week.
Extra moisture this year means extra growth in the grasses and wild flowers, creating a dangerous situation as wildfire season approaches. As the grasses and flowers die and dry out it leaves the landscape covered in quick fuel for fire and Fruitland Fire is encouraging Basin residents to take precautions.
If you haven’t made it out yet to hunt turkeys in Utah’s backcountry there’s still time for a successful hunt. Seasoned hunters know that the latter part of the general hunt is tougher because most of the male turkeys have stopped gobbling.
The final concert for the Uintah Basin Youth Chamber Orchestra has a musical lineup that is sure to impress. The group will be performing pieces selected from Mendelssohn and Vivaldi string suites, Percy Jackson’s Molly on the Shore, and a special arrangement of Over the Rainbow by Utah composer Andres Paredes.
There are plenty of moving parts in the Vernal Regional Airport runway expansion project. GDA Engineers attended the Vernal City Council meeting earlier this month to present documents from the FAA needing approval by the city to continue and complete multiple aspects of the project.
The first of three meetings got underway on Tuesday in Lapoint to gather public input on the Uintah County Trails Master Plan. “People know their neighborhoods better than we do,” shares trails committee member and TriCounty Health Director Jordan Mathis.