Dinosaur National Monument has announced that the road from the boundary to Rainbow Park campground is currently open to high clearance 4-wheel-drive vehicles and the road to Island Park is still closed at the Island Park Overlook.
Month: October 2016
Uintah Heritage Museum Awarded
The Uintah Heritage Museum has been awarded the Utah Museums Association’s 2016 Award for Excellence in Operations. The Utah Museum Association gives this award based on superior achievement within Utah’s museum community.
Meet the School Board District 4 Candidates at Vernal Chamber Meeting
Candidates whose names will be on the ballot in Uintah County presented at the Vernal Chamber luncheon on Tuesday. Among those were Uintah School Board District 4 candidates Tawnya McKee and Sarah Lamb.
Plenty of Deer Await for Utah’s Most Popular Hunt
The Division of Wildlife Resources has news that will make eager hunters happy. A bursting deer population is what awaits with 10 days left till the opening of Utah’s general rifle buck deer hunt.
DC Express Pipeline Economic Study Funded
A project concept developed between Duchesne and Carbon County has received funding to have an economic study performed.
Roosevelt City State Street Drainage Project
Roosevelt City’s State Street doesn’t have long to wait before drainage issues are handled head on. According to Roosevelt City Manager Ryan Snow, a project will get underway next fall to install proper drainage down Roosevelt’s State Street funded almost entirely by UDOT through the Joint Highway Commission.
Northeastern Utah Watershed Restoration Project for 2017
Utah’s Watershed Restoration Initiative has completed projects on over 1,290,000 acres of Utah lands with 257,000 acres in projects currently underway.
Commissioner on Report that States Lack Legal Standing to Seize Federal Lands
Last week, attorneys general from a group of Western states released a 48-page report analysis saying that Utah and other western states lack strong legal arguments to seize federal lands.
Vandals Deface Jensen Fire Station
Vandals left their mark on the Jensen Fire Station late last week. According to Uintah County Fire Marshal Jeremy Raymond, they were notified by a call from the public on Friday morning that someone had sprayed graffiti on the Jensen Fire Station sometime around 1:30am Friday morning.
Ohio Veteran Delivers Battle Cross to Sgt. Daniel Gurr’s Mother
A veteran with no ties to the Basin showed a great deal of patriotism and selfless love last week as he personally delivered a battle cross to the mother of Sgt. Daniel Gurr, Vernal’s local hero who lost his life 5 years ago while serving in the war in Afghanistan.