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Joint Business Symposium/Chamber Coalition Event For All Community Members

Joint Business Symposium/Chamber Coalition Event For All Community Members

Mar 22, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

While there may have been some confusion, organizers want it to be perfectly clear, the 2023 Business Symposium and Chamber Coalition Conference is for everyone! Not just for Chamber members. Uintah County Economic Development Director Travis Campbell explains that the decision was made to tie the annual Business Symposium to the annual Chamber event for […]

Winter Weather Advisories Issued Through Wednesday Night

Winter Weather Advisories Issued Through Wednesday Night

Mar 22, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Several Winter Weather Advisories have been issued. The first Winter Weather Advisory is for above 7500 feet in southern Uintah County and across western Colorado. Total snow accumulations are expected of 4 to 8 inches with winds gusting as high as 35 mph. Another Winter Weather Advisory has been issued through Wednesday Night for above […]

TriCounty Health Department Update

TriCounty Health Department Update

Mar 22, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

TriCounty Health Department has shared its 2022 annual report. Nearly half of the Health Department’s revenue comes from federal sources, 19 percent is from fees, 17 percent is County tax contributions, 11 percent is from state grants, and the remaining funds are from other sources. TriCounty Health’s expenses are nearly 45 percent salaries and wages, […]

Vernal Equinox Means It’s The First Day of Spring

Vernal Equinox Means It’s The First Day of Spring

Mar 20, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Spring is here! Well technically at least. The Vernal Equinox occurs on March 20th or 21st each year and represents the moment when the Earth’s axis is in position to deliver an equal amount of daylight and darkness. This year, the moment in which spring officially begins is today at 3:24pm. With snow still on […]

Wolf Management Plan Includes Animal Compensation For Death/Injury

Wolf Management Plan Includes Animal Compensation For Death/Injury

Mar 20, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Colorado Parks and Wildlife provided an update this month on the Wolf Restoration and Management Plan. The draft of the plan was released in December and since then CPW has received about 4,000 comments online and heard from 232 people at public meetings. Consensus statements from the Commission at their meeting on final plan revisions […]

Uintah FFA Enjoys Success At State Convention

Uintah FFA Enjoys Success At State Convention

Mar 20, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Thirty-one Uintah High FFA chapter members joined over 2,000 FFA members from around the state in attending the FFA State Convention in Logan last week. The events were all highly competitive and Uintah represented very well. The Uintah FFA Conduct of Chapter Meetings team placed second. Emerson Hackford placed third in Prepared Public Speaking. Kaylee […]

Congressman Moore Leads Range Access Act Effort

Congressman Moore Leads Range Access Act Effort

Mar 20, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Congressman Blake Moore is leading the way with the bipartisan Range Access Act for the 118th Congress to promote and expand access to safe recreational target shooting practice. This bill would require the Forest Service and BLM to ensure that each National Forest and BLM district has at least one designated public recreational shooting range […]

Theft Arrest Another Local Example Of High Theft At Unattended Properties

Theft Arrest Another Local Example Of High Theft At Unattended Properties

Mar 20, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Theft, especially in the remote areas of Duchesne County, continues to be a problem. An arrest this month is an example of how unattended properties are targeted. According to court documents, including the Affidavit of Probable Cause, 58-year-old Cole Cuttler Warner was arrested in the area of Coleman Drive in Fruitland on March 11th on […]

Local Sheriffs Among Signatures On Second Amendment Focused Statement

Local Sheriffs Among Signatures On Second Amendment Focused Statement

Mar 16, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

The names Erik Bailey, Travis Tucker, and Steve Labrum can be found on the signature list accompanying a statement now circulating from the Utah Sheriffs’ Association titled “THE CONSTITUTION & INDIVIDUALS’ RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS”. In case you didn’t know, these three men are the Sheriffs of Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah Counties and the statement […]

Uintah County Approves Participation In Public Lands Related Lobbying Effort

Uintah County Approves Participation In Public Lands Related Lobbying Effort

Mar 16, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Uintah County Commissioners have approved their participation in an effort to lobby for greater representation in Washington D.C. when it comes to public lands. The effort is through the National Association of Counties for the Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund. The topic was explored during Tuesday’s Commission meeting as it was explained that Counties […]

Flaming Gorge Releases Decrease With DROA Plan Amendment In Effect

Flaming Gorge Releases Decrease With DROA Plan Amendment In Effect

Mar 16, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Releases from Flaming Gorge Reservoir have officially decreased with the amendment in effect to the 2022 Drought Response Operations Agreement Plan. As of March 8th, the Flaming Gorge Reservoir pool elevation was 6005.73 feet which equals 67 percent of live storage capacity. Unregulated inflow for February was approximately 58,000 acre-feet which is 73 percent of […]