A new National Park Service report shows that over 13.5 million visitors to national parks in Utah spent over $1.6 billion dollars in the state in 2022. That spending resulted in 23,312 jobs and had a cumulative benefit to the state economy of almost $2.6 billion...
Weed control might not be on your radar but it’s an important enough matter for counties to require their own department to handle the pesky matter. Uintah County Weed Control Supervisor Nathan Balliston presented at the Vernal Chamber luncheon last week, sharing...
A federal jury found a Fort Duchesne man Guilty of a 2018 murder on Friday. 28-year-old Brandon Redfoot was convicted of the charges that include murder in the second degree while in Indian Country, assault with a dangerous weapon while in Indian Country, felon in...
A proposed BLM Resource Management Plan Revision and Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Rock Springs area is being met with resistance. The Bureau of Land Management announced last week the revisions to the management plan that opponents are calling a “land...
The Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office announced Sunday that crews have reached 100 percent containment on both the Deserado Fire and Harvest Fire. The Harvest Fire was reported on August 14th about 20 miles southwest of Meeker. Crews were making great progress on the...
Employment continues to increase with the state’s economy adding a cumulative 49,300 jobs over the last 12 months. Utah’s job count stands at 1,720,300. Current employment in Daggett County is 552 which is only 4 less than one year ago. Employment in Duchesne County...
Vernal Theatre: Live will be holding auditions for Neil Simon’s Fools. The play features Leon Tolchinsky who has landed a terrific teaching job in an idyllic Russian hamlet. When he arrives, he finds people sweeping dust from the stoops back into their houses and...
While it’s true that a federal appeals court sided with environmental groups challenging an approval from the Surface Transportation Board regarding the Uinta Basin Railway, it is not true that this is an endgame for the project. In fact, those behind the project were...
The Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office reports that firefighters have been actively battling the Harvest Fire that started August 14th and the Deserado Fire that started August 16th around the clock this week. The Harvest Fire was reported on late Monday afternoon as...
Southern and central Utah experienced wild weather with severe thunderstorms on Thursday. Parts of Duchesne County were included in Thursday’s flash flood warnings issued by National Weather Service, specifically on the Dollar Ridge burn scar and Strawberry River....