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KNEU 1250The Roosevelt Junior High School hosted a Career Fair for its students on Wednesday, December 5th. Over six hundred and fifty students were signed up to attend. Students attended sessions based on an interest profile to determine what kind of job would fit their profile, be it social, artistic, conventional, enterprising, investigative, or realistic.
Unfortunately, many people in the Basin understand the struggles that come when cancer becomes a part of your life. Recently one of our residents discovered that she would start her battle with breast cancer. Corinne Wilkins Ketterer lives in Duchesne and is a newly single mom of two young kids still living at home. On top of that, she is a nurse.
The runaway juvenile reported missing in Lapoint on Tuesday has been found safe. The Uintah County Sheriff’s Office asked the public on Tuesday night to be on the lookout for a missing 11-year-old that had been last seen in Lapoint around 6:00pm. On Wednesday, it was reported that the child was located and found safe. According to the Uintah County Sheriff’s Office, a tip came in on Wednesday morning and the child was found at a home less than a mile away and had been there for the duration of the search that had lasted about 16 hours. Multiple agencies assisted the Sheriff’s Office in the search through the night and morning until the child was located including Uintah County Search and Rescue, Ute Tribe Search and Rescue, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and even the Classic helicopter that flew over the area in the morning. The search included checking sheds, properties, and anywhere the child could have been. The location where the youth was eventually found had been among the properties searched for over 30 minutes, shares the Sheriff’s Office, and the adults there never indicated that the youth was in the home. After the child was located, Laura Moore and Jared Ekke were both arrested and booked into Uintah County Jail. Significant manpower and resources were utilized in the 16-hour search but in Sgt. Brian Fletcher’s words, “The amount of time spent is well worth it and getting the child home safe is worth it. Still, it clearly could have been resolved much more quickly and wasn’t.” Moore and Ekke were booked for Harboring a Juvenile and Obstruction of Justice.
The man behind a public safety issue which closed down Interstate 70 and Highway 6 near Rifle, Colorado has now been charged. According to the Garfield County Sheriff’s Department, law enforcement responded to a call of a possible stabbing incident in the vicinity of the West Rifle Exit along I-70 at around 11am on Tuesday.
Winter has arrived and with it, the roads are beginning to close in Ashley National Forest. The Forest Service has announced that “White Cloud Loop Road 020 is closed for the winter season, with a possibility of grooming later in the year. The road to Colton Guard Station 019 is closed as well, but will still be accessible for winter reservations by ski trail.
Find your snowy muse this Saturday and take part in the Winter Art Festival in Duchesne. The Duchesne Arts Council is sponsoring the unique winter time event on Friday, December 7th, from 3 to 6pm with a special art escape for adults from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Although the event is free, some of the specialized painting opportunities have a cost.
Highway 6 and Interstate 70 was closed during a public safety issue for several hours Tuesday afternoon near Rifle, Colorado. According to the Garfield County Sheriff’s Department, law enforcement responded to a call of a possible stabbing incident in the vicinity of the West Rifle Exit along I-70 at around 11am.
A member of the Ute Indian Tribe has been recognized for her past dedication and support of Tribal Rights. On October 22nd, the National Congress of American Indians honored Irene Cuch during the organization’s 75th anniversary annual conference in Denver. Following the recognition, Irene was presented with a Pendleton blanket from the Ute Indian Tribe’s General Counsel.
After several months of restoration work, the “Moqui” statue is in place at its new home on Highway 40 at the Ute Crossing Intersection in Fort Duchesne. Built out of cement in 1976, Moqui sat on Roosevelt’s Main Street for years, easily recognizable with his headdress, red wrap, and peace pipe.
Dinosaur National Monument has added a new view that also serves a practical purpose. Researchers have set up some new equipment around the Quarry Exhibit Hall and Visitor Center. Dinosaur National Monument shares that there is now a solar powered webcam that points southwest into the Uintah Basin so that researchers can look at the air. They especially want to watch cold air inversions during winter that have trapped pollution in lower areas. They also installed new instruments on the ozone station with four new filters that will measure different kinds of particulates in the air. By identifying the how and why of the view changes at different times of year, researchers hope to mark ways to make improvements to the Monument’s air quality to keep it as clean and clear as possible. Webcam: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/air/webcams.htm?site=dino
Uintah Basin company Tri-County Concrete has been acquired by the company Sunroc. Tri-County Concrete has been the supplier of construction aggregates and ready-mixed concrete for people and businesses in Duchesne, Uintah and Daggett Counties. Sunroc has been expanding its business into Utah having already a solid base in Wyoming, Idaho and Nevada.
One family’s Christmas tradition continues to warm hearts and hands every holiday season. This is the 12th year for ‘Carol’s Glove Tree’ on Brush Creek Road in the Jensen area. When the idea was first discussed, Carol and Asa Evans thought of maybe putting a wire out by the road to hang gloves on but ultimately decided to hang the gloves on a Christmas tree instead.