What do you get when you cross Thomas the Tank Engine with a rock musical by the same man who wrote Cats and The Phantom of the Opera? Well you would get the musical Starlight Express and it is being put on by the talented theatre department of Uintah High School.
Thankfully injuries were minor in an accident that took place between Naples and Jensen involving a semi and passenger car on Sunday evening. According to Utah Highway Patrol, the crash took place at about 5:05pm on Highway 40 at MM 155. A passenger car was making a turn off of Highway 40 when a westbound semi truck and trailer struck the corner of the car.
Dr. Seth Lyman of the USU Bingham Research Center reports that the inversion over the Uintah Basin finally broke up and mixed out on Saturday, ending last week’s ozone episode. Dr. Lyman said he is hopeful there won’t be high ozone during the first half of this week but with remaining snow cover, anything is possible. View real time air quality data at ubair.usu.edu.
The Tabiona Tigers are the 1A Boys Basketball State Champions! The boys beat out Panguitch on Saturday night with a final score of 47 – 39. A Deseret News article shares what a special win this was. 1999 was the last time Tabiona won the state title and Coach Gines was the coach then too.
Duchesne County 4-H with the Utah State University Extension will be holding their Annual Producer Workshop. The theme is very timely, “Farming in a Time of Uncertainty” with some key topics being Weeds in Alfalfa, Corn and Grasses, Irrigation Scheduler and Poisonous Plants/Nitrate Poisoning.
Our lives are filled with unsung heroes. People doing what they need to so that the parts of our lives we don’t think about are taken care of. The Dinosaur National Monument is redeeming such omissions by introducing a new series of posts on their Facebook.
Friends and family eager to show their support for this year’s Uintah High School Sterling Scholars are invited to attend the Sterling Scholar honors program tonight.
It was a night of much deserved recognition at the Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office annual awards banquet held on Wednesday night at the Centennial Events Center. Lt. John Crowley gave the keynote address and Sheriff Travis Tucker handed out the awards to deputies, staff, volunteers, and community partners. Corrections Sgt. Bryant Cook earned the Correctional Officer of the Year Award.
Opponents are urging lawmakers to shut down a new tax bill in Utah that will add a state sales tax to services. The House Revenue and Taxation Committee voted 12 to 2 on Friday to move HB441 ‘Tax Equalization and Reduction Act’ forward. HB441 enacts a sweeping tax on services that will apply to both small and large businesses and everything in between, with few exceptions.
Workforce Service has provided a clear idea of education levels by county attained by citizens throughout the state of Utah. The source of data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau, an American Community Survey. According to the data, those who have obtained a bachelor’s degree or higher in the United States is 30.9% of the population.