Month: September 2018

A beautiful day on the water went south quickly in Uintah County on Tuesday afternoon. A boating party on Red Fleet Reservoir called 9-1-1 on a report of a serious injury to an adult male. According to Red Fleet Park Manager Josh Hansen, the staff at Red Fleet were quickly notified and assisted along with the responding ambulance.

A group of locals who want to support others affected by cancer have organized the “Let’s Talk”: Uintah Basin Cancer Support Group and all are invited to participate. Group organizer Cecilia Sullivan says this month the topic will be foods that can help fight cancer. The guest speaker will be Audry Butler, nutritionist and health coach.

Vernal will be hopping this weekend with teenage mountain bikers and their families with the region meet for the Utah High School Cycling League being held at Buckskin Hills on Saturday. There will be 33 teams competing this year with around a thousand student athletes. The competition will take place on the 5.7 mile loop course across 2,400 acres in a mixture of single tracks and rolling dirt roads.

A column of smoke in northeastern Utah caused quite a stir on Monday, alarming members of the public. The smoke, however, was not cause for great concern. According to BLM representative Geoff Liesik, the smoke column was caused, in part, by planned firing operations on the Bender Mountain Fire carried out by firefighters to add depth to established containment lines.

September 11th, 2001 is a day most people will never forget. It is a day many locals reflect on each year, remembering where they were and how they felt as the twin towers in New York City crumbled to the ground as a result of terrorist attack. Scott Adams, local Director of Gold Cross Ambulance, was living in New Zealand at the time and learned America was being bombed by concerned neighbors telling him America was under attack.

While there were some injuries, they were rather minor considering the severity of a crash that took place on Highway 40 last Friday. According to Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Todd Hull, the accident took place on September 7th at 2:26pm at Mile Post 67 just west of the rest area. An 18-year-old female attempted to pass a semi traveling eastbound and drove her vehicle into oncoming traffic.

Law enforcement agencies across the Basin are driving home the message of crosswalk safety with the new school year. Roosevelt Police Chief Rick Harrison is adding his voice to those urging pedestrians and drivers to use caution in and around crossing zones. “We remind drivers to stop at marked crosswalks as soon as a pedestrian approaches the crosswalk,” shares Chief Harrison.