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For those supporting the Trump administration’s movement to rebalance government regulation, the announcement made by the BLM to amend Greater Sage-Grouse land management plans issued in 2015 is a very positive step. The Western Energy Alliance is among those that have expressed their complete support of the notice to amend.
The United States Attorney’s Office of the District of Utah filed a complaint Wednesday against the group that calls themselves the “Uinta Valley Shoshone Tribe” for selling hunting and fishing licenses on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation. According to the press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the law allows the U.S. to seek a civil injunction to stop what they consider in this case to be wire fraud while they conduct a further investigation.
Child sex trafficking is among the most heinous crimes imaginable and most often pictured as happening far away, somewhere overseas, which is why the arrest of three men for these crimes out of Grand Junction is particularly disturbing. According to the Grand Junction Police Department, multiple agencies including the FBI took part of the 11th annual ‘Operation Cross Country’ that targets criminals responsible for the sex trafficking of children.
Nearly 50 people attended a meeting Thursday night aimed at educating Uintah County voters on the proposition they will find on their ballots for the upcoming election. Proposition 5 asks voters to decide if Uintah County shall be authorized to impose a quarter of one percent sales tax, which is the equivalent of 1 cent for every $4 dollars spent, for the purpose of transportation services locally.
The man behind the ‘Braxten Tough’ tagline is back home to life on the ranch in Duchesne County. Even before his accident on August 31st, Braxten Nielsen could easily own the brand of Braxten Tough as a serious athlete and college rodeo star.
The former UHP trooper charged with Arson in the Maeser Highway Fire pleaded Not Guilty this week to the charges in 8th District Court. The Maeser Highway Fire started on June 9th in Uintah County and burned over 2,500 acres. On August 8th, the Utah Attorney General’s Office charged former trooper, 37-year-old Rex Richard Olsen, with one count of Second-Degree Felony Arson as well as a second charge for placing a lighted item on a highway/wildland area, a class B misdemeanor.
Drug use paints part of the picture in a disturbing case of Credit Card theft out of Duchesne County that has many victims. 32-year-old Andrew Shane Encoe was booked into Duchesne County Jail on Friday for investigation of multiple felony and misdemeanor charges including ten counts of unlawful possession of a financial transaction card.
The Uintah School District is continuing its weekly tradition of recognizing a local entity for their support of local education. Team Uintah has now recognized Showalter Ford, stating that for more than 80 years, the Showalter family has been a strong supporter of the Uintah School District and Uintah County schoolchildren.
The Vernal City Council held a public hearing on Wednesday night dealing with changes the state legislature has made to how home occupation business licensing is handled in governing agencies. The amended state law does not allow cities and counties to require a business license of home occupation businesses that either only operate occasionally, are operated by an individual under 18 years-old, or do not have an off-site impact.
An opportunity aimed at putting small town Main Streets through rehab is accepting nominations for just one more day and Roosevelt City is asking Basin residents for their nomination. ‘Small Business Revolution – Main Street’ caught fire when they debuted Season 1 of their show as they transformed a small town in Indiana over nine-episodes.
Community members throughout the Basin and beyond were deeply affected in 2016 when a young Vernal man lost his life in a car accident and now his memory is being used as part of a state safe driving campaign aimed at teens. On May 27th, 2016, 19-year-old Sandon Rylee Marshall and a friend were on their way to McCoy Flats when they were hit from behind by an inattentive driver as they were waiting to make a left hand turn.
The Uintah School board honored the district’s latest Students of the Month during their October meeting. Five students were recognized: Briann Hazelbush from Davis Elementary, Kylee Clegg from Eagle View Elementary, Walter Littlegoerge from Lapoint Elementary, Alyssa Serrano from Ashley Valley Education Center, and Nadya Polendo from Uintah High School.