The Vernal Rotary Club is busy doing what they do best, serving the community! On Monday they announced that they had delivered another 100 dictionaries this time to Naples Elementary and Lapoint Elementary. Every year the Vernal Rotary Club fulfills their mission of promoting literacy by visiting local third grade classrooms and each third grader is given their own dictionary to keep.
Month: November 2020
Utah Public Safety: November Has Most Wild Animal-Vehicle Collisions
The Utah Public Safety Department wants the public to know that November is the month with the highest number of wild animal-vehicle collisions in Utah. A researcher from Utah State University estimates that 6,000 to 10,000 mule deer are killed on Utah’s roads each year with more then 14,700 collisions causing more than $1500 dollars in damage.
TriCounty Health Officer Jordan Mathis Announces Resignation
TriCounty Health announced on Friday that the TriCounty Board of Health is now in search of a new Health Officer. The announcement shares that Jordan Mathis, the current Health Officer, is stepping down at the end of 2020, after serving for six years. Mathis has accepted an offer to be the Health Officer for the Bear River Health Department, serving Cache, Rich, and Box Elder Counties.
Help Needed Finding Family of Man Found Dead in Camper Near Flaming Gorge
The Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding the family of a man found dead near Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The Sheriff’s Office announced in a press release on Friday that “On November 15th, sheriff's deputies were dispatched to a campsite near the Anvil Draw area of the reservoir after someone found a man dead in his camper.
UBTech Announces 2020-2021 Student of the Year
UBTech has announced Valirie Serawop as the 2020 – 2021 Student of the Year. A UBTech press release provided details: Due to COVID-19 restrictions the interview process took place virtually. “We had to be creative to continue this amazing opportunity,” says UBTech Associate Vice President of Marketing and Public Relations, Stephanie Carter.
Utah DEQ Recommends Ways to Winterize and Cut Emissions
Utah is known for some pretty intense winter inversions. It is commonly thought that automobiles and large factories are the sources that create the wintertime smog but some forgotten residential sources include fireplaces, water heaters, furnaces and snow blowers.
Terra Academy Students of the Week
Student of the Week for secondary grades at Terra Academy is 11th grade student Gelvin Rochelle nominated by his teacher Dr. Booth. For the elementary grades, the student of the week is 5th grade student Cache Magee nominated by Mrs. Tippets.
TriCounty COVID-19 Transmission Levels and Percent Positivity By County
Once again the counties in the TriCounty Health District will stay at the same COVID-19 Transmission Index Levels. Uintah County and Duchesne County remain at the High Transmission Level and Daggett County is in the Low Transmission Level. According to a Thursday press release from TriCounty Health, Uintah County’s 7-day average percent positivity was 25 percent and there were 306 cases in the past 14 days.
Congressman Bishop Receives Appointment to Work on NDAA One Last Time
Congressman Rob Bishop’s time in office will soon come to a close but not before he assumes an important appointment one last time. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy appointed Bishop as a conferee to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). “I am pleased to work on this bill as a conferee,” shares Bishop.
Holly Days Gingerbread Contest
The Uintah Basin Holly Days tradition is all about being “Home for the Holly Days”. What better way to get involved with the theme than to make a gingerbread house at home! If you need a little competition to bring out the family’s best efforts, Priority First Real Estate Professionals is sponsoring a gingerbread house contest with some cash prizes.