A former Uintah County couple found guilty of multiple instances of poaching elk and deer will serve jail time for their crimes. Among other charges, William August Thompson faced 13 felony charges of Wanton Destruction of Protected Wildlife which he pleaded Not Guilty to in October. In January, 7 of those charges were Dismissed with Prejudice in 8th District Court and 6 charges were changed to Guilty as part of a plea agreement.
The billowing smoke from a prescribed burn in Jensen had some community members concerned on Wednesday. The burn is being conducted by the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands in conjunction with the Division of Wildlife Resources. “It’s a habitat restoration project broken into project parcels on Stewart Lake waterfowl management area,” shares DWR Outreach Manager Tonya Kieffer.
Three Uintah High School seniors were named Sterling Scholars for the Northeast Region last month and four more were named runner-ups. Emilee Wilson was named Region Sterling Scholar Runner-up in Agricultural Sciences. Emilee is the daughter of David and Holly Wilson.
TriCounty Health Department is encouraging the community to protect their children and immunize by 2 against 14 serious diseases. The CDC estimates that vaccines will prevent 855,000 deaths in the lifetime of children born between 1994 and 2016. “What an amazing thing that we have vaccines to be able to protect our kids.
A Salt Lake chapter of a national organization aimed at providing addiction recovery support services made a visit to the Duchesne County Jail last week hoping to help any interested inmates there.
Work has begun on the Vernal Regional Airport remodel that will allow more room for TSA check-in and can accommodate the larger aircraft capacity. According to airport manager Doug Brown, Flat Rock Construction and Angus Construction submitted bids for the terminal remodel.
A Neola fire on Monday is another example of how quickly yard and agricultural burning can get out of control, according to a report from the BIA Forestry & Wildlife Fire – Uintah & Ouray Agency. Neola Fire Department was called out just before 3:00pm on April 9th to a field fire north of Neola on a private farm near 11000 North 3400 West.
Republican Conventions were held Tuesday night. In Uintah County, 261 delegates were present for voting. In the final round of voting for Commission Seat A, Bart Haslem received 41 percent of the vote while Joni Crane received 58 percent of the vote.
Uintah High School represented very well at competition this month withthree Uintah seniors being named Sterling Scholars for the Northeast Regionand four being named runner-ups.
On the heels of participating in a very special service project withMaeser Elementary, Classic Air Medical is being recognized by Team Uintahfor their support of public schools. Just last week, Classic Air Medicaldelivered a wheelchair to the school as a special reward for the studentsaccomplishing a reading challenge and raising the funds for the wheelchairfor a fellow student.