Some travelers were concerned yesterday to see what appeared to be an abandoned crashed car on the side of the road up Dry Fork Canyon. The Uintah County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that there was a crash just before 5:00 pm on Tuesday near Remember the Maine Park.
The Public Relations Committee of the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce recognized the Vernal Christian Church and its members for their humanitarian efforts during a recent Chamber luncheon. After the major earthquake in Haiti in 2010, the Vernal Christian Church determined to do something to help those people and in the last 6 years have made 7 service trips there where over half of the population lives in severe poverty.
The state of Utah has had a reminder that it is prone to some serious seismic activity and Uintah County Human Resources is reminding the public of an annual event that can help prepare for the unexpected. The Great Utah ShakeOut will be Thursday, April 18th, and all are welcome to join Uintah County employees and people throughout Utah at 10:15am by practicing earthquake safety wherever you may be.
Students from the middle schools across the Uintah School District truly represented the Basin well at the state science fair. The students received a combined 37 awards/recognitions as they competed at the Ritchey State Science and Engineering Fair at Weber State University. There was twenty-two Honorable Mentions and six Excellent Mentions.
There is no need to struggle alone. That is the message of the ‘Let’s Talk: Uintah Basin Cancer Support Group’ that meets monthly rotating between Roosevelt and Vernal locations. “[This week] we will be reviewing what you can do in case you are evacuated due to flooding or fire,” shares group coordinator Cecilia Sullivan. “When you are receiving medical care, it is important to think ahead.
As the Uintah Basin struggles to find a balance to its economy, it still can make residents wince when the oil and gas industry is painted in a negative light. Well, according to an article from KSL, advocates for clean air and members of the extraction industry have been working together to help address air pollution, especially the wintertime ozone problem. Throughout last winter, the oil and gas industry companies voluntarily completed a checklist of “to do” procedures for reducing emissions.
Charges have been filed against the mother of the toddler boy who died in a house fire on Christmas Eve in Craig. According to a report from the Craig Daily Press, 26-year-old Vanessa Jenkins was arrested on April 3rd on the charge of Child Abuse Negligently Causing Death. According to the arrest warrant affidavit shared in the article, police responded to the home at 10:30am on Christmas Eve to find Jenkins outside the home yelling that her child was still inside.
Eric Funk has come a long way since his days at USU Uintah Basin earning his associates degree and then pharmacy prerequisites. He attended pharmacy school in Las Vegas and now today has a successful career as a nuclear pharmacist at PETNET Solutions Inc. “We take a radioactive isotope and attach it to a drug that is specific to the area of the body or disease we want to see,” explains Funk.
If you haven’t done a good deed yet today here’s a simple and quick way to make a real difference for a local teacher. Uintah High School teacher Rachelle Durrant was nominated last month by a student for the NCL ‘Giving JOY’ competition which will provide fantastic prizes for the top 30 nominees in the United States and Canada. As of Sunday night, Mrs. Durrant is in the number 31 spot and needs more votes to move up the ladder! Rachelle is well known and loved by her students, both current and former.
The Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release on Sunday of a critical incident that took place at about 2am that day. According to the release, two sheriff’s deputies and two Roosevelt police officers responded to a call of domestic violence at a home near 500 East and 5000 South in Roosevelt where they were told the suspect had a gun.