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Give’m Health: Children With Special Healthcare Needs

Dec 15, 2021 · Basin Now · News

TriCounty Health’s Give’m Health focus this week aims to educate the community on resources available for children with special needs. CSHCN, which stands for Children With Special Healthcare Needs, is a program that provides assessments to determine a child and their family’s needs.

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DWR Has Record Year Stocking Fish In Waterbodies

Dec 15, 2021 · Basin Now · News

It was a big year for stocking fish in Utah waters. In 2021, the DWR stocked 9,616,203 fish into 615 local waterbodies, including many throughout the Uintah Basin. “That's a total of 1,210,280 pounds of fish!” shares the Division of Wildlife Resources.

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23rd Year Of Christmas Bird Count For Local

Dec 14, 2021 · Basin Now · News

This Saturday is a unique Christmas tradition and all are invited to join in. The annual Christmas Bird Count is part of a nationwide effort. “Each bird count takes place in an established 15-mile diameter circle, and volunteers will be given specific routes to drive and hike through the area, counting every bird they see or hear during the route,” shares DWR.

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Fundraiser Set Up For Family Of Roosevelt Boy Killed Crossing Street

Dec 13, 2021 · Basin Now · News

Community members are rallying around the family of a Roosevelt boy tragically killed while crossing the street on his scooter last week and there is a fundraising effort organized to help the family with unexpected costs. The GoFundMe campaign shares that 10-year-old Kraiden Ponton “was such a loving, active, imaginative, snake loving true boy through and through.