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DWR Proposing Mandatory Reporting For General-Season Deer And Elk Hunts

DWR Proposing Mandatory Reporting For General-Season Deer And Elk Hunts

Oct 26, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is proposing a variety of changes to big game hunting that would go into effect in 2024. Harvest surveys have been required for all limited-entry big game hunts in Utah for approximately the past 20 years. This year, mandatory harvest reporting was also required for all the 2023 antlerless […]

Uintah County Man Arrested After Beating And Detaining 15-Year-Old Victim

Uintah County Man Arrested After Beating And Detaining 15-Year-Old Victim

Oct 26, 2023 · Basin Now · News

The law caught up to a Uintah County man with statewide warrants last week when police were called after he was seen allegedly beating and holding down a 15-year-old female victim. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, 22-year-old Keagan Lee Mcdonald Knowles was arrested on October 19th for Child Abuse with Injury, Unlawful Detention […]

DWR Seeking Information After Bull Elk Left To Waste In Duchesne County

DWR Seeking Information After Bull Elk Left To Waste In Duchesne County

Oct 25, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

DWR conservation officers are seeking information after a bull elk was killed and left to waste in Duchesne County in the month of September. “The bull elk was killed in the Spring Hollow Area south of Highway 191 in Duchesne County sometime around the week of September 20th,” shares the DWR. “Officers responded to the […]

Work On Roosevelt City Nature Park Continues

Work On Roosevelt City Nature Park Continues

Oct 25, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Progress continues on the Roosevelt Nature Park project. Roosevelt City shared on Tuesday that last week, with the help of volunteers from Strata, 500 trees and shrubs were planted as part of the reclamation work in the park as well as on Cottonwood Creek Gulch. The Nature Park and Cottonwood Creek Trail Project is funded […]

USU Uintah Basin VP Named Interim VP For USU Statewide Campuses

USU Uintah Basin VP Named Interim VP For USU Statewide Campuses

Oct 25, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

USU Uintah Basin Vice President James Taylor has been named the interim Vice President for USU Statewide Campuses. Taylor will replace USU VP Rich Etchberger who is scheduled to retire on December 31st. “The statewide system provides an exceptional Aggie experience,” shares Taylor. “The future of our Statewide Campuses is bright as we continue to […]

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Unemployment Update

Oct 25, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

The Utah Department of Workforce Services reports that September’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is estimated at 2.6%, a one-tenth of a percent increase over August. Approximately 47,500 Utahns are unemployed. The September national unemployment rate is unchanged at 3.8%. “Unemployment remains very low at 2.6%, but it has risen by three-tenths of a percentage point […]

Roosevelt City Website Getting New Look

Roosevelt City Website Getting New Look

Oct 25, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

On November 2nd, www.rooseveltcity.com will launch a new and improved version of itself. “The website’s new look is a reflection of our community and features the winning logo from our 2021 logo design contest, which was designed by Roosevelt Police Officer Justin Arnold, as well as photographs submitted by residents who participated in our 2023 photo contest,” […]

Commission Meeting Public Hearing On Budget And Truth In Taxation

Commission Meeting Public Hearing On Budget And Truth In Taxation

Oct 25, 2023 · Basin Now · News

The Tuesday Uintah County Commission meeting included a public hearing on the proposed 2024 budget and a Truth In Taxation presentation regarding the intent to increase property tax revenue by $5,653,500 dollars. Clerk-Auditor Mike Wilkins presented the tentative 2024 budget showing balanced revenues and expenses at $76,940,100 dollars which he stated is a difference of […]

Budget Items Including Truth In Taxation On Today’s Uintah County Agenda

Budget Items Including Truth In Taxation On Today’s Uintah County Agenda

Oct 24, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Uintah County Clerk-Auditor Mike Wilkins presented a Resolution that will be on today’s Uintah County Commission meeting agenda regarding a 2023 budget increase during the Commission’s regular work session on Monday. Wilkins explained that the budget increase is coming from multiple items. The Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice pretrial services has been created […]

West Fork Duchesne Prescribed Fire Project Starts Today

West Fork Duchesne Prescribed Fire Project Starts Today

Oct 24, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Crews will start aerial and hand ignitions in the West Fork Duchesne Prescribed Fire Project area today, October 24th. The project area is between Duchesne Ridge Road on the north side and Red Mountain Road on the south side. Forest Service shares that the primary objective is to create a mosaic pattern in the vegetation […]

Completion Of Diamond Mountain Road Construction Project Delayed Till Spring

Completion Of Diamond Mountain Road Construction Project Delayed Till Spring

Oct 24, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

While the Diamond Mountain Road Construction project was intended to be complete this fall, an unexpected challenge has delayed its completion until the spring of 2024. According to a Uintah Special Service District 1 press release, contractors began working on the project in August and the presence of large rocks directly under the existing roadway […]

Wildlife Conservation Foundation Makes Substantial Donation To UBTech

Wildlife Conservation Foundation Makes Substantial Donation To UBTech

Oct 24, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

The Wildlife Conservation Foundation has solidified its commitment to education and community development through a strategic partnership with Uintah Basin Technical College. Kevin Richens, President of WCF, states that WCF is a “conservation group but we’re also deeply community involved. Our funds come from community members and we believe in reinvesting in community events and […]