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Travelers and visitors in and around Strawberry Reservoir on Monday witnessed an amazing sight. National Weather Service reports that what was likely a non-supercell landspout tornado briefly touched down at Strawberry Reservoir at around 1:10pm. Thankfully there were no reports of damage or injuries.
A Critical Incident Response Team is investigating an officer involved shooting that occured on Sunday afternoon in western Colorado’s Mesa County. According to the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, two BLM officers approached a white van in the desert near the Bookcliffs in Mesa County and 27 ¼ Road and an officer involved shooting took place.
A dog’s unexplained death on Thursday is under investigation. According to the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office, a fisherman and his dog were at Flaming Gorge fishing along the west bank in the Haystack Buttes area about 28 miles south of Green River when the dog became sick for no apparent reason.
The Pine Ridge Fire activity is at a minimum, according to a Utah Fire Info report on Monday morning. No growth occurred on Sunday night and firelines held through the night. Full containment is expected by the end of Thursday’s shift.
Crews continue to battle a wildfire in the Pine Ridge area of Deep Creek/Dry Fork. According to UtahFireInfo.gov, the Pine Ridge Fire was called in at 1:03pm Saturday afternoon on private and BLM land 18 miles northwest of Vernal.
Suppression efforts on the Pine Ridge Fire northwest of Vernal continue. Officials report that the fireline held well overnight. As of Sunday at noon, containment was estimated at 10 percent. The most active part of the fire is east off Sawtooth Ridge and the fire behavior was reported as creeping and backing.
H.R. 5515, the National Defense Authorization Act, was passed by the U.S. House ofRepresentatives this week for the Fiscal Year 2019 and the Act has several implicationsfor Utah.
The Ute Tribe announced Tuesday that a historic agreement has been reached betweenthe Tribe and the townsite of Myton regarding joint marketing of water in the UintaBasin. According to the press release dated May 22nd, the agreement provides thatMyton and the Tribe will jointly market water resources to energy developers in need ofwater for oil and gas development activities on and near the Uintah and OurayReservation.
A fire in Uintah County resulted in the total loss of one structure. According to UintahCounty Fire Marshal Jeremy Raymond, the fire occurred Thursday afternoon. Vernal FireDepartment responded to the call at 3000 North Vernal Avenue and quickly contained theblaze.
Matt Tippets visited the KVEL studio this week for an interview on the Meet theCandidate Forum. Tippets is running for Daggett County Commissioner. He says he isrunning to offer a different perspective and fresh viewpoint on Daggett County issues andneeds.
Memorial Day Weekend is the unofficial launch of summer travel and AAA(Triple A)anticipates near-record travel despite the high gas prices. According to AAA, over 41.5million Americans will travel over the weekend which is 5 percent more than in 2017.
Mike Wilkins visited the KVEL studio this week for an interview on the Meet theCandidate Forum. Wilkins is running unopposed as the incumbent Uintah County ClerkAuditor. He can be reached at the Uintah County Clerk/Auditor office at 435-781-5361.