Rural communities in Moffat County and throughout western Colorado could experience significant delays in mail delivery if potential facility closures take place. Colorado Senator Michael Bennet shared on Friday a letter from a group of Senators sent to the USPS...
Month: March 2024
Pasta And Bingo Fundraiser For Duchesne County Boy Battling Leukemia
A brave young man in Duchesne County is in a fight for his life and the community is stepping up to help. The Roosevelt Interfaith Council is hosting a Family Night Pasta & Bingo fundraiser in May to benefit Payton Arnold. Payton was diagnosed with B-Cell Acute...
Vernal Downtown Alliance Holding 1st Annual Vernal Equinox Celebration
Tuesday marks the official first day of spring and the Vernal Downtown Alliance is hosting its 1st annual Vernal Equinox Celebration. The Vernal Equinox is the day each year in which the sun shines directly over the equator, marking equal hours of day and night and...
Union High Girls Golf Team A Force To Be Reckoned With
The Union High School Girls Golf team are proving they are a force to be reckoned with. On March 13th they brought their skills to the Dinaland Golf Course for their first tournament of the season and took first place with a score of 381. Brooklyn Brown took 1st...
New Vernal City Police Chief On New Role
Vernal City’s new police chief is qualified and ready to serve. A Vernal City press release shares that Michael Gledhill has over 18 years of service to Vernal PD. He has served as a Patrol Sergeant and as the Drug Task Force Commander for the Uintah Basin. Gledhill...
Reservoir Conditions Looking Good
Reservoirs across the state are looking good for this time of year with most reservoirs at around 80 percent capacity. Reservoirs in northeastern Utah fit this trend. Data released on March 12th show the reservoir fill percentage at 83 percent for Flaming Gorge, 87...
Vehicle Burglaries An Ongoing Problem Throughout Region
If you’re not locking your vehicles and clearing them of valuables it's pretty much the same as asking for trouble at this point. Agencies throughout the region are reporting the same thing, vehicle burglary is an ongoing problem. This week the Rock Springs Police...
Census Bureau: Daggett County Largest Population Percentage Drop In Utah
More counties in the United States experienced population gains than losses in 2023. About 60 percent of U.S. counties gained population from 2022 to 2023 which is up from 52 percent the year before. The West, with an average population change ranked highest among the...
BLM Moving Towards Stricter Greater Sage Grouse Conservation Efforts
Uintah Basin stakeholders and leaders have been part of the effort to conserve greater sage grouse habitat in recent years but the Bureau of Land Management has announced a new draft plan to increase greater sage-grouse conservation and management on public lands. The...
Backing Small Businesses Grant Available For Local Businesses
The ‘Women Business Owners of the Uintah Basin’ organization is helping spread the word about a great small business funding opportunity through Main Street America. The Backing Small Businesses grant is for businesses within any area that people "flock" to in a town....










