Month: December 2019

Calling residents throughout the region. The Rangely Police Department has released several short surveillance videos of burglaries and are hoping someone will recognize the individuals in the videos. In a press release updated on December 11th, Rangely Police shared that the surveillance videos were of burglaries that took place at the True Value in Rangely on September 30th and November 4th. They announced that there is a combined reward of up to $10,000 dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects.

“The state of Utah does not have a money problem. It has a distribution problem.” That point was made more than once by Representative Francis Gibson who presented on Utah’s tax reform at the Vernal Chamber of Commerce luncheon held on Tuesday at the Uintah Conference Center. Gibson is a co-chairman on the Tax Restructuring and Equalization Task Force and his presentation on Tuesday broke down the latest numbers in the proposal that will offer a $160 million dollar net tax decrease for Utahns. Gibson explained in detail the line items of tax increases equalling $480 million dollars and the tax decreases equalling $640 million dollars.

In its 5th year, the Sub For Seniors program is working hard to ensure that none of the precious senior citizens in the community feel isolated or forgotten this Christmas season. The amazing group of volunteers that make it happen each year will be collecting items through December 17th and deliveries will take place starting on December 19th. Sub For Seniors coordinator Tiffany Cole Henline has been grateful to see the program grow each year, with the first year bringing cheer to 93 local seniors and this year hoping to serve 240! “I love this time of year because I am able to be part of this Sub for Seniors effort and have been able to see first hand just how much it helps these lonely and forgotten community members,” shares Tiffany.

The Duchesne County School District held lockdown drills for all Roosevelt schools on Tuesday morning. According to their announcement, the drill was a success. “The purpose of the drill was to test the radio communications equipment that Roosevelt area schools use to share information in the event of an actual emergency,” shared the District. “Lock down procedures were implemented briefly, law enforcement officers responded as they would in an emergency, and all equipment was successfully tested. The district wishes to thank students and staff for their excellent cooperation, Roosevelt Police Department for their response, and the public for their understanding while the drill was underway.”

TriCounty Health Department reminds the Uintah Basin that carbon monoxide is called the invisible killer, as the gas is invisible, odorless, and colorless. It is created when fuels such as gasoline, wood, coal, natural gas, propane, oil and methane are burned incompletely. U.S. fire departments estimate that last year they responded to 80,100 carbon monoxide incidents which average out to be nine calls per hour. Some tips for safety are to be sure that alarms are installed in a central location outside each sleeping area and on every level of the home and in other locations where required by applicable laws, codes or standards.

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources had a busy year stocking fish species in an effort to enhance fishing in the state. In 2019, over 10 million fish were stocked into 603 waterbodies in the state totalling more than 1.1 million pounds of fish. 9.4 million of the fish used for restocking come from the 13 fish hatchery facilities across the state, including those in northeastern Utah. "Our hatcheries are important because they provide the majority of the fish that we stock in Utah," shares DWR sportfish coordinator Randy Oplinger. "Stocking is a crucial management tool that we use to provide Utahns with the numbers and species of fish that they desire."