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KNEU 1250Nearly 50 people attended a meeting Thursday night aimed at educating Uintah County voters on the proposition they will find on their ballots for the upcoming election. Proposition 5 asks voters to decide if Uintah County shall be authorized to impose a quarter of one percent sales tax, which is the equivalent of 1 cent for every $4 dollars spent, for the purpose of transportation services locally.
The man behind the ‘Braxten Tough’ tagline is back home to life on the ranch in Duchesne County. Even before his accident on August 31st, Braxten Nielsen could easily own the brand of Braxten Tough as a serious athlete and college rodeo star.
The Vernal City Council held a public hearing on Wednesday night dealing with changes the state legislature has made to how home occupation business licensing is handled in governing agencies. The amended state law does not allow cities and counties to require a business license of home occupation businesses that either only operate occasionally, are operated by an individual under 18 years-old, or do not have an off-site impact.
The Uintah School District is continuing its weekly tradition of recognizing a local entity for their support of local education. Team Uintah has now recognized Showalter Ford, stating that for more than 80 years, the Showalter family has been a strong supporter of the Uintah School District and Uintah County schoolchildren.
Drug use paints part of the picture in a disturbing case of Credit Card theft out of Duchesne County that has many victims. 32-year-old Andrew Shane Encoe was booked into Duchesne County Jail on Friday for investigation of multiple felony and misdemeanor charges including ten counts of unlawful possession of a financial transaction card.
A hiker missing in Garfield County on Tuesday was found safe. According to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office, the Sheriff’s Office was contacted to assist in the search of the missing hiker on Tuesday afternoon. The hiker, listed as 51-year-old Evelyn Danz Shaffer, was reported to be in the area of Trappers Lake east of Meeker.
The commitment of staff at Jones Hole National Fish Hatchery extends beyond the mission at their own location. Last week the crew traveled to the Saratoga National Fish Hatchery in Wyoming to help spawn Brown Trout and Lake Trout at the northern neighbor’s location.
The Uintah School board honored the district’s latest Students of the Month during their October meeting. Five students were recognized: Briann Hazelbush from Davis Elementary, Kylee Clegg from Eagle View Elementary, Walter Littlegoerge from Lapoint Elementary, Alyssa Serrano from Ashley Valley Education Center, and Nadya Polendo from Uintah High School.
It was a long day for one hiker and his hunting party in Uintah County on Monday after injury required a call to the Uintah County Search and Rescue team. According to the Uintah County Sheriff’s Office, a call was received that a hunter was injured and required help getting off the mountain above Dry Fork.
Community members throughout the Basin and beyond were deeply affected in 2016 when a young Vernal man lost his life in a car accident and now his memory is being used as part of a state safe driving campaign aimed at teens. On May 27th, 2016, 19-year-old Sandon Rylee Marshall and a friend were on their way to McCoy Flats when they were hit from behind by an inattentive driver as they were waiting to make a left hand turn.
An opportunity aimed at putting small town Main Streets through rehab is accepting nominations for just one more day and Roosevelt City is asking Basin residents for their nomination. ‘Small Business Revolution – Main Street’ caught fire when they debuted Season 1 of their show as they transformed a small town in Indiana over nine-episodes.
Hundreds made the trek to Browns Park over the weekend to participate in an event that has become an annual favorite for many. The Jarvie Fest, held at the John Jarvie Historic Ranch on Saturday, was a good ol’ fashioned time that included wagon rides, leather working, horseback rides, flint-knapping, rope-and-candle making, and an old time photography booth.