How often can it be said that people can serve their community by helping with hot air balloons? Well now you can by volunteering for the Dinah “Soar” Days and Hot Air Balloon Festival. The festival is looking for volunteers to work on crews of the pilots to help get the balloons into the air.
Duchesne County is ready to work on a trails master plan and is hoping for plenty of input and involvement from Duchesne County residents. UDOT and the County Transportation Special Service District just selected Sunrise Engineering as the consultant to start this process, shares Duchesne County Community Development Director Mike Hyde.
Spring is here and that means that Outlaw Trail Theater is preparing for their summer musical. This year the theater is presenting the musical comedy The Pirates of Penzance which will be directed by an Outlaw Trail newcomer with a nostalgic connection to the show. “I’m so excited to participate with the Outlaw Trail Theater production of The Pirates of Penzance,” shares Jen Curtis, this year’s director.
Uintah County is working to amend their employee ‘alcohol and drug free workplace’ policy taking into account the Utah medical marijuana law change. During the Uintah County Commission meeting on Monday, amendments to Policy 520 were discussed.
The Division of Wildlife Resources is seeking information on a poaching incident that took place in February in Uintah County. According to the DWR news release, conservation offices were dispatched to a location east of Jensen where two buck pronghorn had been killed and left to waste.
The Utah Department of Workforce Services released the latest unemployment numbers by Utah counties. Daggett County shifted up slightly from 4.7 to 4.8 percent.
The Union High Drama Department has proven they are a force to be reckoned with. Last November, the department’s presentation of Newsies had audience members coming back for a second and third time. It was the first drama production in the new Union High School’s state-of-the-art auditorium and it was a match for the impressive venue.
The 2019 UDOT construction list has projects planned for Daggett, Uintah, and Duchesne County. Daggett County work includes crews removing and replacing 10 miles of asphalt on SR-43 and a Dutch John chip seal project on US-191. In Duchesne County, UDOT will install erosion control measures to redirect the flow of the Duchesne River away from SR-35 at MP 54.
With hardly enough time for the ink to dry, a lawsuit has been filed over the Green River Water Rights Exchange contract between the Bureau of Reclamation and the state of Utah. A team of environmental groups oppose the contract which will allow for an exchange of Green River water rights for water to be released from Flaming Gorge Dam.
Another Uintah Basin recreation authority is calling out vandals and asking locals to respect facilities. Starvation State Park has shared photos online of shot up buildings and signs. The park originally warned that if the vandalism continues, they will have to start closing off portions of the park including Knight Hollow, Juniper Point, and Indian Bay.