Water was a hot topic at the City/County meeting on Wednesday in Vernal as the Ashley Valley Water and Sewer Improvement District presented their water study findings. In March, the District announced that all new connections were suspended for 6 months as the...
The Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Uinta Basin Railway was issued in 2021 and environmental lawsuits soon followed. The Surface Transportation Board stated in their decision that as with other rail projects, the Uinta Basin Railway is likely to produce...
The Ashley Valley Water & Sewer Improvement District has requested the public’s help as they work to comply with revisions made by the EPA to the Lead and Copper rule. Along with every other water system, the District is required to conduct and maintain a...
The USU Rural Online Initiative Program will be holding a remote work event at the Vernal Innovation Hub. The purpose of the ROI Program is to provide Utah’s rural workforce and businesses with education, training, and services for online opportunities in remote...
Work on the Ashley National Forest is always onward and upward. Two crews from the Utah Conservation Corps recently worked on a section of the Brown Duck Trail just before the High Uintas wilderness boundary. There was a great need as a stretch of the trail had mud up...
This week the National Park Service will celebrate its 106th birthday as well as the passage of the Historic Sites Act of 1935. This act created the National Historic Landmarks program that has led to over 2,600 landmark designations nationwide, 200 of which are...
During Tuesday’s Uintah County Commission meeting, Uintah County Treasurer Wendi Long announced that there are several scams the public needs to watch out for. Scammers have mailed letters to residents that appear to be coming from ‘Uintah County Tax Department’...
Voted the public’s favorite community event in a recent survey, the Dinah “SOAR” Days Hot Air Balloon Festival is ready to paint the sky this weekend. There are 39 balloons expected this year with many crowd favorites and many new designs. One big change this year is...
Ready or not, today is the first day of school in Duchesne County School District. For Duchesne County residents with kids enrolled in the District, if you haven’t already, download the Duchesne County School District app for school news and updates. Uintah School...
The Department of Workforce Services has provided updated unemployment numbers. July’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the state of Utah is estimated at 2.4 percent. Approximately 43,800 Utahns are unemployed and Utah’s June unemployment rate is unrevised at...