Running a business has so many challenges that it can certainly be overwhelming, but the Uintah Basin wants to help. Uintah County Economic Development, Duchesne County Economic Development, and Custom Fit have teamed up together to hold a small business financial management seminar called Growth by the Numbers.
Loss of an newborn is such an unimaginable tragedy. At times there seems like there is so little we can do to show our love and support. Uintah Basin Healthcare offers a program called “Caring for Coy” that provides support for any individuals trying to work through such a loss. The cause has Brody’s Fund that helps with financial burdens and has an emotional support through care kits and burial kits.
The Division of Wildlife Resources has announced that this year they will be stocking fewer fish in Utah waters but that the fish will be bigger. Stocking numbers have been consistent since 2014 but new research has convinced the DWR to focus on quality over quantity, producing higher quality fish with better survival rates.
The Utah Department of Workforce Services has released the latest unemployment numbers by county for the state of Utah. Daggett County unemployment remained the same from the month before at 4.8 percent, an increase from 4.2 percent one year prior. Duchesne County also remained the same, measuring at 4.1 percent unemployment, a slight decrease from the year before at 4.5 percent.
The March numbers show a mixed bag for drilling in Uintah and Duchesne County.
According to data provided by the State Division of Oil, Gas and Mining, the U.S. Energy Information Administration and compiled by the Uintah Basin Small Business Development Center, drilling continues to trend down.
When the world needs heroes to remind humanity what good deeds we are capable of, it can feel like those individuals are often far away. Today it is a little bit closer. A 15 year old girl from Craig has continued her participation in gymnastics, last Friday competing in Rifle.
As UBTech students continue to highlight the level of skills and training that they receive by continually achieving at the State and National SkillsUSA competitions, a local business wants to help. Businessmen Todd Bro and Chad Grimm became impressed with how the SkillsUSA competition has a wide outreach of students and the program’s mission to encourage excellence through competition.
In a demonstration by Pickett Pest Control to the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce a special trained dog showed its abilities to sniff out bedbugs. One person in the room was planted with the pests and the dog sniffed that individual out. A fallacy of bedbugs is that they are a city or “dirty” place problem but the truth is that they have become a common occurance wherever there is a food source.
Utah State University Uintah Basin has recently received a scholarship endowment from a local organization. Northeastern Counseling Center donated $25,000 dollars for the USU-Uintah Basin Master of Social Work students.
Among the highlights of the Vernal Comic Con held earlier this month was the display of Ted Munford’s jaw dropping Halloween costume collection. Munford attended the event, staying on hand to answer questions and pose for pictures with the wide-eyed fans of his epic costumes. He had previously donated Ironman and the Incredible Hulk to the library and his Buzz Lightyear costume, which was originally donated to Prime Time For Kids, had made it to the library as its home as well.