The Uintah County Republican Convention was held on Tuesday evening. For Uintah County Commission Seat A, delegates voted for John Larsen to be the Republican nominee for the 2022 election with 130 votes. Incumbent Commissioner Bart Haslem received 39 votes.
Last month, students from Uintah High School got some great hands-on experience in their hopeful profession. The students in Mrs. Janalee Watkins’ Teaching as a Profession (TAP) program taught their first class to the students in the District’s Gifted and Talented program. The TAP program is designed to introduce students to the role and positive influence of effective educators.
The Uintah Basin Chapter of the American Petroleum Institute has a fantastic lineup for their April meeting today.
Black bears, Ursus americanus, are currently the only bear species in Utah and are known residents within northeastern Utah. The Utah Department of Natural Resources has a timely message to share about bear safety. Since bears eat almost anything, there is a high probability to have an encounter with a bear when outdoors with food.
Want to know what Utah’s 1st District representative is up to recently? Or more importantly what is going on in the nation’s Capital?
The historic Zions Bank in downtown Vernal has undergone a major transformation but that is not the end of the makeover taking place on that block. Vernal’s downtown revitalization efforts include a list of projects and the first public project that will soon be under construction is within what is being called the Zions Bank block.
Tricounty Health Department has moved to a self collection model for COVID-19 testing. If you need to use the service be sure that you do NOT eat, drink, smoke, use tobacco products, or chew gum for at least 30 minutes before the test.
The popularity of tiny homes continues to gain momentum across the U.S. with opportunities even growing in rural Utah.
Utah State University just announced that the new Director of Statewide and USU Online Recruitment is going to a Uintah Basin woman who spent the last 5 years as a top administrator and recruiter for USU Uintah Basin.
There are five loon species in the world and the second largest migrates through Utah. In spring, the common loon passes through Utah as it heads north to summer breeding grounds.