Month: February 2020

For nearly 75 years, DECA has been preparing emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management. With more than 90% of DECA members saying that the experiences they had through this program empowered them to be effective leaders, the Basin can only imagine the leaders that will come from Uintah High School as their DECA team had quite an amazing showing at state. They placed 1st as the Chapter of the Year with Trae Elison elected as Vice President of Central Region.

If your family has needed a fun night out you are definitely in luck! Uintah County 4-H and Uintah High FFA are hosting a night of family friendly entertainment tonight at Uintah High School. Hypno Hick is a comedy hypnotist with a show appropriate for all ages. Hypno Hick has been out in the Uintah Basin before leaving crowds rolling in the aisles. All the proceeds from tonight’s event will go to Uintah FFA and the Uintah County 4-H program. Tickets are $5 per person or $20 for a family of 5. The show starts at 7:00 pm.

A Vernal man has been arrested on charges related to child pornography following an investigation by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. According to the Probable Cause Statement and Request for Arrest Warrant, 31-year-old Andrew Derek Walden was identified as the internet subscriber using a peer-to-peer network to share child pornography. On February 19th, a residential search warrant was executed at his Vernal residence and Walden was found to be the sole occupant of the apartment.

A juvenile is in custody after fire was set at the Uintah Middle School on Tuesday afternoon. According to Vernal Police, Central Dispatch received a 911 call at 2:10pm on February 25th regarding a fire at UMS. “Fire, EMS, and Law Enforcement were dispatched to the scene,” shares Vernal Police. “The school was evacuated. Due to the fact that school was nearly out for the day, students were instructed to end their day and travel home as planned.”

UPDATE: FOUND SAFE

Search and Rescue have been called out in the search for three juveniles reported as missing/runaway in Duchesne County. According to the Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office, three teenage girls walked away from Cedar Ridge Academy, a private residential treatment center for youth, near Roosevelt early Monday morning at about 1am.

It´s political campaigning season and candidates and the community of Uintah County interacted during the Uintah County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner on Monday evening at the Uintah Conference Center. The event carried a patriotic feel from the very beginning with the Civil Air Patrol presenting the colors followed by a balance of politics, socializing, and entertainment.

The Uintah County Library has quietly introduced a Graphic Storytelling Club. The club helps members learn skills that surround graphic storytelling, such as basic art principles, character design, storytelling techniques and world building. The club hopes to explore illustration, graphic design, how to storyboard, and of course comic books. In fact, for the next month, the club is helping members to prepare for the upcoming 2nd annual Uintah County Comic Expo, an amateur comic book convention where kids can make a comic book and sell it.