This Saturday is a unique Christmas tradition and all are invited to join in. The annual Christmas Bird Count is part of a nationwide effort. “Each bird count takes place in an established 15-mile diameter circle, and volunteers will be given specific routes to drive and hike through the area, counting every bird they see or hear during the route,” shares DWR.
The Vernal Innovation Hub is providing resources so locals can succeed. A new business owner group that meets monthly at the Hub is ‘Women’s Business Owners of the Basin’. Their last meeting was attended by 30 members.
Community members are rallying around the family of a Roosevelt boy tragically killed while crossing the street on his scooter last week and there is a fundraising effort organized to help the family with unexpected costs. The GoFundMe campaign shares that 10-year-old Kraiden Ponton “was such a loving, active, imaginative, snake loving true boy through and through.
Vernal City recently created a new zoning category to assist with downtown development. Vernal City Manager Quinn Bennion explains that the newly created mixed-use zoning (MXD) enables more flexibility for properties to function with both commercial and residential uses.
On December 11th, at approximately 9:29am, a crash involving 3 passenger vehicles and a Semi pulling a fully loaded tanker was reported to the Rio Blanco County Dispatch Center. Highway 13 was shut down at about mile marker 29.5.
‘Your Community Clothing Room’ has a new drop off location in Uintah County. For several years, clothing donations could be dropped off at the horse trailer in the Simper Supply parking lot.
It’s an event all involved look forward to. Shop With The Cop events were held in Duchesne County and Uintah County on Saturday.
Last week’s storm has closed down some roads in Dinosaur National Monument. The Harpers Corner Road on the Colorado side of the monument is open for the first 4 miles to Plug Hat Butte but Harpers Corner Road is currently closed past Plug Hat Butte.
It’s been a devastating week for the Roosevelt community after an elementary student was fatally wounded in an auto/pedestrian accident.
It was a cold and miserable search on foot but officers and a K9 named Messi were able to track down and apprehend two wanted individuals.