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TriCounty Health Give’M Health: National Bike to Work Week

May 8, 2019 · Basin Now · News

Next week is National Bike to Work Week and TriCounty Health Promotion Division Director Jake Isaacson is setting the example and encouraging others to join him in giving biking versus driving a try. “The more you get out the better,” says Isaacson, citing data that say biking not only promotes health but can also save you money! Forty percent of all trips in the United States are less than two miles, which makes biking a feasible and fun way to get to work.

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2nd Annual Dinah ‘SOAR’ Days & Hot Air Balloon Festival This Weekend

May 7, 2019 · Basin Now · News

Things are lining up for an extra special Mother’s Day weekend with the return of the Dinah ‘SOAR’ Days & Hot Air Balloon Festival in Vernal. The three day event runs Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with each day starting at 6:30am with balloons launching this year from the field south of the Uintah Rec Center. There will be 22 hot air balloons and tethered balloon rides will be available for $10 a person on Friday and Saturday from 8 to 10am at the launch site.

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Uintah County Library No Longer Charging Overdue Fees

May 7, 2019 · Basin Now · News

Yesterday, Uintah County Library Director Sam Passey presented to the Uintah County Commission the Library Board’s recommendation to stop charging overdue/late fees. One of the reasons shared for the recommendation is that the cost of collecting, receipting and depositing is more then what is collected. In 2018, the Uintah County Library collected $2,717 dollars in overdue fees.

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Ute Tribe Makes Statement Following Amendments to Federal Plan for Emissions in Indian Country

May 7, 2019 · Basin Now · News

The Ute Indian Tribal Business Committee issued a statement following the announcement last week that EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed the Amendments to the ‘Federal Implementation Plan for Managing Air Emissions from True Minor Sources in Indian Country in the Oil and Natural Gas Production and Natural Gas Processing Segments of the Oil and Natural Gas Sector’.

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3rd Annual Downtown Vernal Cleanup a Success

May 7, 2019 · Basin Now · News

Cleaning up Vernal’s downtown has become a spring tradition and this year’s annual downtown cleanup event had a fantastic turnout! The Vernal Chamber’s Downtown Revitalization Committee plans the cleanup each year in preparation for local events in the spring and summer that draw visitors to downtown Vernal. According to Committee Chair Laura Chynoweth, there was a huge turnout of around 65 people on Friday.

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New Flag Retirement Box in Altamont

May 6, 2019 · Basin Now · News

Eagle Scout and Altamont High Senior Parker Brotherson has created something extraordinary to be placed at Upper Country Market in Altamont. Donated to Altonah American Legion Toyack Post 53, Brotherson’s flag retirement box project was accomplished in loving memory of J. Douglas Holgate, a deceased beloved member of the community.

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Vernal Teen Outreach Program Builds Community Garden at TriCounty Health

May 6, 2019 · Basin Now · News

The youth of the Vernal Teen Outreach Program (TOP) have big hearts and working hands. The group spent their Saturday building planter boxes and planting a garden behind TriCounty Health Department’s Vernal location with the hope that it can provide healthy delicious food to locals. “This is a great community project,” shares Health Promotion Division Director Jake Isaacson.

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Tanker Oil Spill Closes Highway 191 South of Duchesne Over the Weekend

May 6, 2019 · Basin Now · News

Highway 191 south of Duchesne was closed down for most of Friday and Saturday after a tanker crashed on the Carbon County side of the line, resulting in a major oil spill. According to the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office, approximately 4000 gallons of yellow waxy crude oil spilled onto the roadway and down into Willow Creek on Highway 191 at milepost 257.

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Jury Finds Uintah County Attorney’s Office Investigator Not Guilty of Tampering

May 3, 2019 · Basin Now · News

It took only a few minutes for a group of jurors to decide on a Not Guilty verdict for a Uintah Basin man on trial for 3rd Degree Felony Tampering with a Witness or Juror. As an investigator for the Uintah County Attorney’s Office, Jayson L. Chamberlain was present at the Summit County Courthouse in December of 2017 when potential jurors were being considered for the Flatlip, Flatlip, Rondeau trial that at that time ended in mistrial.