Month: December 2018

One suspect was killed in an officer involved shooting in Rangely on Monday. A press release from the 9th Judicial District Critical Incident Team states that on the evening of December 10th, officers with Rangely Police Department and deputies with Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office were investigating a report of a stolen vehicle in Rangely. Upon locating the vehicle in Rangely city limits and attempting to apprehend the suspects, shots were fired. “One of the suspects was shot. He was later declared deceased,” shares the release. “No Officers or Deputies were injured during the incident.” The shooting is being investigated by the 9th Judicial District Critical Incident Team, a multi-jurisdictional team of investigators brought in when law enforcement officers are involved in a shooting.  The lead investigating agency is the Colorado Bureau of Investigation in conjunction with the 9th Judicial District Attorney.

Parlez vous francias? Would you like to? The Uintah County Library has many opportunities for continuing- and self- education, including a fun-infused way to learn a language. The program is called Mango Languages and it provides a self-paced learning format that teaches languages through dialogue using the four key components — vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and culture — for improving proficiency in another language through practical, real-life conversation.

It is strange to think about now but only two weeks ago members of Dinosaur National Monument and members of the National Park Service’s Exotic Plant Management Team were headed down the Green River on an expedition. Their goal? Believe it or not, it was to find, remove and treat the invasive non-native Russian olive trees along the Green River.

In a year of downturn, Uintah County was able to add 236 nonfarm jobs in the second quarter of 2018. According to the Utah Department of Workforce Services, despite the down trend of oil and gas jobs, a significant number of jobs were added in leisure/hospitality and trade/transport/utilities services.

The former Moffat County teacher and coach on trial for felony Child Sexual Exploitation was acquitted on all charges on Monday, a verdict that upset many in the courtroom. Reports in the Craig Daily Press provided coverage throughout the trial, including the following information: The fact that Justin Folley sent sexually explicit text messages over a period of time to the victim in this case, who was 14 years old at the time, was not in question.

It was another successful year for Shop With A Cop in Roosevelt over the weekend. Roosevelt City Police Department shared that there were about 75 children who participated this year.