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Senator Lee Introduces Act To Protect RS 2477 Roads, Including Northeastern Utah

Senator Lee Introduces Act To Protect RS 2477 Roads, Including Northeastern Utah

Nov 16, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

A bill proposed by Senator Mike Lee aims to ensure that Utahns have access to the roadsthat helped settle their home state, including roads throughout northeastern Utah. In 2008,the Bureau of Land Management updated the state’s Resource Management Plans orRMPs which was challenged due to restrictions introduced on land-use practices.Referencing a section in Revised Statute […]

Vernal City Council Takes Next Step Towards Establishing SAA2

Vernal City Council Takes Next Step Towards Establishing SAA2

Nov 16, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Plans to establish a second Special Assessment Area in downtown Vernal continue toprogress. The Vernal City Council approved the latest step in the process during theirCity Council meeting on Wednesday evening. As downtown revitalization efforts providepublic improvements to the walkways and parking lots, special assessment areas can beestablished so that property owners are required to […]

Naples City Annual Tree Lighting

Naples City Annual Tree Lighting

Nov 16, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Naples City is busy preparing for a favorite annual event. The Tree Lighting ishappening this month at the Naples City offices. As always, attendees can plan onhearing Christmas music by the elementary children’s choirs, enjoying hot cocoa anddonuts, and of course, getting a visit from Santa. The annual Naples City Tree LightingEvent will be on […]

Addict II Athlete Fundraiser Dinner And Auction This Saturday

Addict II Athlete Fundraiser Dinner And Auction This Saturday

Nov 16, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

The effects of addiction are not limited to just a portion of a community. The devastationleft in its wake ultimately affects us all. The amazing team with Addict II Athlete aredoing what it takes to fight addiction in the Uintah Basin and invite all to a fundraiserdinner and auction this Saturday as they continue that […]

Vernal City Fiscal Year Budget Meeting

Vernal City Fiscal Year Budget Meeting

Nov 15, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Vernal City’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget reopener is underway and a public hearing has been scheduled for December 6th at 7:15pm in the Vernal City Council Chambers. Budgets to be considered during the Public Hearing will include the General Fund, Water Fund, Sewer Fund, Solid Waste Fund, Municipal Building Authority Fund, Strike Force Fund, Capital […]

Craig Man Sentenced For Sexual Assault On Child

Craig Man Sentenced For Sexual Assault On Child

Nov 15, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Moffat County Judge Sandra Gardner has delivered the sentence to a Craig man who was convicted of attempting to commit sexual assault on a child. 34-year-old Benjamin Tolle pleaded guilty early this month during which the judge reminded him that if he had been convicted on the original charges, he would be facing a “very […]

Give’m Health: Great American Smokeout

Give’m Health: Great American Smokeout

Nov 15, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Thursday is the Great American Smokeout, a day that can serve as your smoke-free start. TriCounty Health Promotion Director, Ashley Linschoten, visited the Evans Family Media studios this week to encourage locals to participate in the event put on nationally by the American Cancer Society. Linschoten emphasized that they know that quitting smoking is not […]

New Senior Air Quality Scientist Joins Bingham Research Center Team

New Senior Air Quality Scientist Joins Bingham Research Center Team

Nov 15, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

A senior air quality scientist has joined the Bingham Research Center team and brings valuable skills with him. John Lawson joins USU Uintah Basin after spending the last year as a staff meteorologist and instructor at Valparaiso University in Indiana. “I’m passionate about pushing the boundaries of how we can use supercomputers to help businesses and […]

Time To Get Those Ballots In The Mail Or In An Approved Drop Box

Time To Get Those Ballots In The Mail Or In An Approved Drop Box

Nov 15, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Uintah County updated their election ballot count on Tuesday afternoon. There are 2,114 ballots in the clerk’s position with 2008 ballots processed and 43 ballots challenged but not yet cured. Remember that election ballots must be postmarked by November 20th, the day before the election. Early voting runs through November 17th. Remember, only those living […]

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Massage Parlor Searched In Rock Springs Human Trafficking Investigation

Nov 15, 2023 · Basin Now · News

A Rock Springs massage parlor was served a search warrant on Tuesday afternoon as part of a months-long human trafficking investigation. “Earlier this year, we began investigating the alleged performance of sexual acts at an Asian massage parlor in the 600 block of Broadway in Rock Springs,” shares Sweetwater County Sheriff’’s Office spokesperson Jason Mower. […]

Lawsuit Targets Trump Era Leases Issued In Vernal BLM Field Office

Lawsuit Targets Trump Era Leases Issued In Vernal BLM Field Office

Nov 14, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

A lawsuit filed this month is targeting former President Trump’s energy policies, specifically ones that allowed an increase in oil and gas leases issued in the Vernal and Moab BLM field offices. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance filed the complaint in Central Utah’s U.S. District Court, challenging leases mostly found in the Book Cliffs and […]

DWR Seeks Tips After Bull Moose Left To Waste In Strawberry River Drainage

DWR Seeks Tips After Bull Moose Left To Waste In Strawberry River Drainage

Nov 14, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are seeking information from the public about a bull moose that was shot and left to waste last month. Officers received a report of a bull moose that was killed in the Strawberry River Drainage sometime between October 7th and 12th. “Upon further investigation, officers determined that the […]