Month: August 2016

Employment levels in Utah continue to grow with the latest Department of Workforce Services data showing a decline in the state unemployment rate to 3.9 percent. Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for July grew by about 3.2 percent. 

A strange incident in Neola resulted in the arrest of a man for DUI over the weekend. According to witness Fred Burroughs, a man was parked at his property on 9000 North 2970 West near the old Neola Cemetery with his car doors open and loud arabic music playing.

WATCH HERE

Chilling video of the strange incident that occurred over the weekend involving a man yelling anti-American and threatening statements to someone who asked if he needed help. 

Kids on foot, bikes, or scooters will be out in force in the morning and again in the afternoon as they get back to their educational routine. As school gets back in session, Uintah County Sheriff Vance Norton would like to remind those headed to work in the morning to be mindful of kids walking and riding their bikes to school. 

Hunting season is around the corner and there is little participants won’t do to get an edge over their fellow hunters. In the case of using oilfield equipment as a vantage point to spot field animals, industry representatives are urging hunters to obey the No Trespassing signs.

UDOT has started construction on the new bridge on SR-45 south of Vernal that will allow the southernmost stretch of roadway to reopen. According to the UDOT announcement on Thursday, the 157-foot bridge will span an eroded mining trench to reconnect the road and allow the highway to reopen by mid-December.

This year’s Uintah Basin Energy Summit will include multiple speakers and topics including the most detailed presentation on the DC Express Pipeline project to date. As a geologist by profession and with over 40 years in the oil and gas industry, Marc Eckels is the technical advisor on this intriguing project and will be the presenter at the Energy Summit.

Congressman Bishop made yet another stop to the Basin on Thursday taking time to discuss public lands issues and their effect locally. Among the roadblocks to solving public lands issues, Bishop says the understanding of public lands is skewed by most people on the eastern half of the United States.

A Vernal man has been arrested on multiple counts of credit card fraud, forgery, identity theft, theft and burglary charges. 36-year-old Jonathan Betancourt was arrested on August 13th after an elderly woman and her daughter found an overwhelming amount of suspicious activity on the elderly victim’s bank account. 

Dinosaur National Monument provides some of the best views for stargazing  and Monument staff are facilitating the best view possible. Rangers and volunteers will offer “naked-eye constellation tours” at the Split Mountain Campground on August 26th and 27th at 9:00pm.