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26th Annual Great Jensen Pumpkin Festival Coming Up

26th Annual Great Jensen Pumpkin Festival Coming Up

Oct 18, 2022 · Basin Now · News

The only thing you need in order to enjoy this year’s Great Jensen Pumpkin Festival is your imagination. ‘Imagine That!’ is the theme for this year’s festivities and families and individuals are urged to get started on their pumpkin displays right away. This family favorite tradition started in 1996 when the folks of the Split […]

EMS Solutions In Moffat County Continue To Stall

EMS Solutions In Moffat County Continue To Stall

Oct 18, 2022 · Basin Now · News

Efforts to address weak or non-existent emergency services in western Moffat County continue to stall. Despite the lack of action, the county commissioners dissolved the community task force last week aimed at addressing the issues. Dinosaur continues to receive emergency services through Uintah County though the Dinosaur community has hoped for a resolution through Moffat […]

How Counties in Utah Rank Concerning Climate Change

How Counties in Utah Rank Concerning Climate Change

Oct 18, 2022 · Basin Now · News

Nationally, 72% of Americans believe global warming is happening. But when public opinion researchers zoom in on Americans, they find that attitudes and opinions about climate change can vary drastically from county to county—even when those counties are next door. Stacker compiled a list of all the counties in Utah and how they are ranked […]

Getting Ready for 2022 Pheasant and Quail Hunts

Getting Ready for 2022 Pheasant and Quail Hunts

Oct 18, 2022 · Basin Now · News

The general season pheasant and quail hunt will open on Saturday November 5th. Utah’s Division of Wildlife Resources has some information that might help in your hunt. The DWR releases thousands of pheasants on various wildlife management areas and Walk-In Access properties around the state each week during the general-season hunt. Visit the DWR website […]

Lapoint 5th Grade Class Enjoys Presentation From Deputies And K-9 Riddick

Lapoint 5th Grade Class Enjoys Presentation From Deputies And K-9 Riddick

Oct 18, 2022 · Basin Now · News

There are some things a person just doesn’t forget and a special demonstration to the 5th grade class of Lapoint Elementary may fit in that category. Principal Don Heath stood in as the volunteer for K-9 Riddick to demonstrate his apprehension skills. Heath bravely put on the bite sleeve so Riddick could show off one […]

U.S. Senate Debate: Incumbent Mike Lee Versus Evan McMullin

U.S. Senate Debate: Incumbent Mike Lee Versus Evan McMullin

Oct 18, 2022 · Basin Now · News

News for Tuesday, October 18th, 2022U.S. Senate Debate: Incumbent Mike Lee Versus Evan McMullin Uintah Basin listeners tuned in to Newstalk KVEL 104.5FM and AM920 last night to the U.S. Senate debate between incumbent Republican candidate Mike Lee and Independent challenger candidate Evan McMullin. The debate took place at Utah Valley University in Orem and […]

Investigators Still Seeking Motive In Maeser Murder/Suicide

Investigators Still Seeking Motive In Maeser Murder/Suicide

Oct 17, 2022 · Basin Now · News

Investigators are still seeking a motive in a murder/suicide that took place last week in Uintah County. Uintah County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a call of a shooting in the Maeser Sun Ridge subdivision on October 13th just after 8:00am. “When deputies arrived, they found two adult males in separate bedrooms who had sustained gunshot […]

Sweetwater County Treasurer’s Office Warns Against Scam

Sweetwater County Treasurer’s Office Warns Against Scam

Oct 17, 2022 · Basin Now · News

Recently a business reached out to the Sweetwater County Treasurer’s Office to report that the business had received a letter claiming to be from the Treasurer’s Office. The letter stated that it came from the ‘Tax Processing Unit’ of Sweetwater County, Public Judgement Records. On the envelope is an official-looking emblem and the phrase “IMMEDIATE […]

DWR Tagging and Releasing Lake Trout at Flaming Gorge Reservoir

DWR Tagging and Releasing Lake Trout at Flaming Gorge Reservoir

Oct 17, 2022 · Basin Now · News

Throughout October, Utah Division Wildlife Resource biologists are partnering with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to catch, tag and then release roughly 1,000 lake trout. They are aiming to catch trout less than 28 inches long as a part of a study. The study is trying to get a population estimate for this size […]

Local Places in Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition

Local Places in Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition

Oct 17, 2022 · Basin Now · News

For over five decades there has been the Nikon Small World Photography Competition and a Uintah Basin resident is in this year’s Top 15. According to the administrators of the event, it is a specialized activity that combines scientific knowledge as well as craftsmanship within the lens. In particular, the event first began in 1975 […]