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Holiday spirit is filling the shelves at local food pantries this season. Just this week, Roosevelt Junior High and Union High School students delivered a large donation to the Duchesne County Food Pantry.
Flames engulfed a semi on Wednesday afternoonon Highway 40 in the Fort Duchesne area. According to Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Brett Gehring, a double tanker semi was traveling eastbound at Mile Marker 121 near the light at Fort Duchesne a little after 3:30pm when an axle came off and the back trailer overturned on the highway.
Utah Highway Patrol has now reported that the semi tanker that caught fire on Highway 40 on Wednesday afternoon was hauling production water, not condensate as previously believed. It was also determined that the accident was caused by equipment failure.
A new high school in Roosevelt also means major upgrades and additions to the high school sporting facilities. The new facilities will contain the very best stadiums and courts for the Union Cougar athletes. According to Superintendent David Brotherson, this will include a new turf football field, two new identical gyms, and six new tennis courts.
USU-Uintah Basin celebrated 50 years of higher education in the Basin at their Heritage Gala held Tuesday night at the Uintah Conference Center. The event recognized the founders, benefactors and community partners that have played a role in that accomplishment.
An equipment operator remains hospitalized after sustaining a serious injury while working at the Craig Station last Thursday. According to a statement from Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, the accident took place in the early afternoon when a heavy equipment operator’s leg was injured while working around a train.
While I-80 is considered a major corridor in the United States between the east and west, drug traffickers are likely rethinking their usual route. In the last 5 weeks, the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office out of Rock Springs has seized over $3 million dollars worth of drugs from out of state traffickers passing through.
Ashley Elementary decided this Christmas to find a way to give back and help others in need. Every year, Ashley Elementary has been the recipient of four to five Walmart gift cards through the KSL Quarters For Christmas program to be given to students and their families in need of shoes, clothes and winter coats.
A local Utah Highway Patrol officer saved the life of a motorist on Highway 40 on Monday night. According to UHP Sgt. Kellie Oaks, Trooper Colter Bentley was waved over to help on a motorist assist.
The discussion of streetlight configuration branching from the Main Street and Aggie Boulevard roundabout in Uintah County has been ongoing for public officials and a final decision appears to be approaching.
While the roads haven’t posed too much of an issue yet, local officials are urging preparedness for the winter conditions that are sure to come. According to TriCounty Health Emergency Preparedness Director Rob Grove, it’s important to take caution traveling in severe weather and now is the time to prepare vehicles for winter driving conditions.
A group of bright Altamont students put their spelling skills to the test last week. 26 spellers took to the stage on Friday for Altamont Junior High School’s starting competition of Scripps National Spelling Bee.