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It’s a comic book with a cause. As the flagship comic book for Glider Comix, Sugar Glider is the brainchild of a Vernal 12-year-old and her comic book collecting dad. Shelbi Webb, a 6th grader at Vernal Middle School, and her dad Jason were talking one day in March of 2017 how it would be fun to create their own comic book character.
February is American Heart Month and tomorrow, February 2nd, TriCounty Health is inviting the community to participate in National Wear Red Day. This is the 15th year that National Wear Red Day is being celebrated and when it was first observed it was to bring attention to the fact that heart disease was the #1 killer of women.
While there are still important details to be worked out, Daggett County and Dutch John have been able to make headway with their negotiations regarding the incorporation of Dutch John. On January 19th, a public meeting was held at the County Courthouse in Manila in which the Dutch John Town Council and Daggett County Commission met and took action on certain aspects of the transfer agreement.
One Vernal woman has defeat the odds in the publishing world with the release of her 5th novel coming up on February 6th, a feat that even most published authors never reach. The Dragon’s Curse is the second book in Bethany Wiggins’ Transference trilogy with publisher powerhouse Random House Books. Book one in the series, The Dragon’s Price, was released in February 2017 and the release of book three is expected in February 2019.
Many millions of Americans tuned in to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Like many others, Representative Rob Bishop offered his response to the speech, specifically on rebuilding the military and modernizing infrastructure
Andeavor, previously Tesoro, is being recognized for their contributions to local education by Team Uintah this week. Andeavor is a refining, marketing, and logistics company with offices in the Uintah Basin that has proven that they support public schools.
A group of young spellers from the Uintah Basin Christian Academy represented well at the ACSI District Spelling Bee in Lakewood, Colorado in January. Twelve students from the Christian Academy competed in a pool of ten schools. All the students did an excellent job but two of the spellers stood out for their accomplishments.
The Maeser Fire Substation is proving its worth to the community as was discussed during Monday’s Uintah County Commission meeting. The need for a fire substation in Maeser had been discussed for years in order to better serve the residents that live there and the Uintah County Commission approved the remaining $150,000 dollars needed for the substation in 2016 after the project was in limbo.
The multiplying cases of voyeurism one man is facing is 16 and counting. 28-year-old Ryan M. Flaten was arrested on November 17th after a GoPro video camera was found in a public restroom in a Maverick Country Store in Lyman, Wyoming. He was charged with Voyeurism in that case.
A trio of Duchesne County Jail inmates are facing drug charges after testing positive for opiates and methamphetamine. According to the Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office, jail staff were informed on January 9th that Vicky Di Anne Christensen had given drugs to fellow inmates in her housing unit. All the inmates in that unit were given drug tests and Christensen tested positive for opiates while Stormi Don Blue and Chelsea Lynn Lenhart both tested positive for opiates and methamphetamine.
The Uintah Swim Team had a fantastic weekend in the pool at their region meet. Overall the team had 42 personal best times and set 5 new school records. Girls took 2nd overall and boys took 6th overall.
Utah State Senate District 26 includes Daggett, Duchesne, Uintah, Summit, and Wasatch Counties. While four of the six candidates that have declared their intent to gather signatures in District 26 come from Uintah and Duchesne Counties, that number has now dropped to two.