The Ashley National Forest has announced to the public that they are seeking proposals for a concessionaire to provide management of 30 family and group campgrounds and one cabin and bunkhouse complex on the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area and Ashley National...
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Locals Attend Winter Fire School Over Weekend
Locals attended a special training event in southern Utah over the weekend. The Duchesne Volunteer Fire Department shared that members of the Duchesne Fire Department attended the annual Utah Fire and Rescue Academy Winter Fire School held in Saint George on Friday...
Vehicle Pursuit Ends In Arrest; Bag Of Fentanyl Pills And Weapons Recovered
A vehicle pursuit on January 16th ended in the arrest of a convicted felon who was in possession of a large amount of fentanyl pills and weapons. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, the officer attempted to pull over a vehicle in rural Duchesne County at...
Agreement Reached For 15 More Wolves As Part Of Colorado Reintroduction
Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced Friday that the Confederated Tribes of theColville Reservation will be a source for up to 15 more wolves for the Colorado graywolf reintroduction effort. The CPW announcement states that these wolves will becaptured during the...
Employment Update
Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for December 2023 increased an estimated 1.7percent across the past 12 months, with the state’s economy adding a cumulative 28,900jobs since December 2022. Utah’s current job count stands at 1,734,700. Theemployment update by county...
Uintah Students Represent At All State Concerts Over Weekend At Abravanel Hall
Two Uintah High School students represented the Uintah Basin over the weekend whileperforming in All State concerts at Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City. Senior BreannaHelm performed with the Utah All State Band for her third consecutive year which is anextremely rare...
USU Project To Preserve Native American Histories
Utah State University has joined in a collaborative effort with other institutions in aproject to preserve Native American histories. To ensure the materials are accurate andculturally appropriate, the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art and the USU Librariesare...
FBI Warns Of Sextortion And Need To Educate And Protect Youth
The FBI is spreading a word of warning to parents, educators, caregivers, and children inUtah about the dangers of online activity, specifically of Sextortion. Sextortion involvesan offender coercing a minor to create and send sexually explicit images or video....
Man Attempts To Discard Fentanyl During Arrest
A man arrested on outstanding warrants has new charges after he tried to discard drugsduring his arrest. 29-year-old Jonah Grant Betts was arrested on January 12th in UintahCounty and in the process threw tin foil containing Fentanyl and other drug materialsunder a...
7 County Infrastructure Coalition Co-Chair Comments On Withdrawal Of Permit
Going from concept to construction with any kind of large infrastructure project is a long process and anything but simple. It may surprise some that the lawsuits and permitting challenges faced by the Uinta Basin Railway are an anticipated part of the process....










