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Viewing Event This Week For State’s Largest Rodents

Viewing Event This Week For State’s Largest Rodents

Mar 11, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

Porcupines are best known for their 300,000 sharp, hollow quills but there’s much more to these creatures which is the focus of a DWR viewing event this weekend. “We’ve never hosted a wildlife viewing event for porcupines before, and I think it will be quite memorable for those that attend,” shares DWR Northeastern Region Conservation […]

Rangely PD Ask Public To Watch For Wanted Man

Rangely PD Ask Public To Watch For Wanted Man

Mar 11, 2024 · Basin Now · News

Rangely Police Department is actively searching for an individual and comments on social media claim the man was in Vernal’s Walmart on Sunday evening. Dylan Lane McCrorey is a 6 foot 1 inch white male with brown hair and blue eyes that weighs 150 pounds. McCrorey is wanted on multiple warrants out of Rio Blanco […]

Uintah School District Reorganizing District’s Directorships

Uintah School District Reorganizing District’s Directorships

Mar 8, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

Uintah School District has announced some changes on an administrative level, including a big change for Uintah High School. Uintah High Principal Christy Nerdin will be moving to the district office this summer to assume the newly created role of Director of Secondary Education. This new role is part of a reorganization of the district’s […]

Rep. Moore On Biden’s State Of The Union Address And Border Crisis

Rep. Moore On Biden’s State Of The Union Address And Border Crisis

Mar 8, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

Congressman Blake Moore released a strong statement following President Biden’s 2024 State of the Union address, including comments on what he calls the border crisis. Rep. Moore said that he is disappointed that President Biden tried to blame Congressional Republicans for his border crisis. “The American people know better,” says Moore. “It’s to be expected […]

Auditions Tonight In Roosevelt For ‘Shakespeare In The Park’

Auditions Tonight In Roosevelt For ‘Shakespeare In The Park’

Mar 8, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

Auditions are being held tonight in Roosevelt for ‘Shakespeare in the Park’ through Rose Milk Theater Troupe. They plan to perform Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’ and auditions are being held at the Roosevelt Library. All auditioners are asked to prepare a monologue. “The plays we are looking into are Shakespearean Comedies, so bring a light hearted […]

DWR: Big Hunt Application Period Opens This Month

DWR: Big Hunt Application Period Opens This Month

Mar 8, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

The application period for Utah’s big game hunts is approaching and hunters will be able to see proposed permit numbers before applying. “We don’t have the data from the winter big game captures, the previous fall hunt harvest rates, and other big game surveys until March,” shares DWR Wildlife Licensing Coordinator Lindy Varney. “After we […]

Ute Indian Tribe Seeking 4-Year Extension On Ute Pumped Storage Project

Ute Indian Tribe Seeking 4-Year Extension On Ute Pumped Storage Project

Mar 8, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

The Ute Indian Tribe is seeking a 4-year extension on their preliminary permit for the Ute Pumped Storage Project. The federal register shows that the Ute Indian Tribe filed for the original preliminary permit on December 12th, 2015, proposing to study the feasibility of a Ute Pumped Storage Project adjacent to Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The […]

Threat Investigation Places Uintah High School On Short ‘Shelter In Place’

Threat Investigation Places Uintah High School On Short ‘Shelter In Place’

Mar 7, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

Uintah High School initiated a brief ‘shelter in place’ as a precautionary measure on Wednesday while law enforcement investigated a possible threat. According to the Uintah County Sheriff’s Office, on March 6th, “law enforcement received information that a juvenile had told another group of juveniles that he had a gun. The juvenile alleged to have […]

Republican Presidential Preference Poll Results

Republican Presidential Preference Poll Results

Mar 7, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

The Republican Party’s statewide Presidential Preference Poll revealed that Utah Republicans support Donald Trump as the 2024 party nominee. Results from Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah County, as well as most counties throughout the state, reflected a strong majority voting for Trump while Davis County and Salt Lake County were close but majority vote was in […]

Employment Update

Employment Update

Mar 7, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for January 2024 increased an estimated 1.9 percent over the last year, with the state’s economy adding a cumulative 32,100 jobs since January 2023. The state’s current job count stands at 1,720,900. Employment in Daggett County is 316 which is up 2.3 percent from one year ago. Employment in Duchesne County […]

Uintah County Tourism Launches “Play Like a Local” Campaign

Uintah County Tourism Launches “Play Like a Local” Campaign

Mar 7, 2024 · Kristin Forbis · News

Uintah County’s ‘Play Like A Local’ campaign launches today with videos and social media featuring 8 faces to represent the fun that can be had in Dinosaurland. Uintah County Tourism and Events Director Lesha Coltharp got the ball rolling on the campaign about a year ago with the idea to feature a variety of locals […]