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7 months of gathering shoes sure adds up! Miss Uintah Basin 2016 Marinn Pearson rented the biggest Uhaul moving truck available in Vernal over the weekend and filled it completely full of shoe donations.
The centennial of a very special historic building was celebrated on Friday in the dead center of Vernal. Locals at least know the story of the brick-by-mail building that now houses Zions Bank on the corner of Main Street and Vernal Avenue.
The Utah Republican Party has new leadership in its ranks including a well-known Uintah Basin-ite. On Saturday, delegates at the Utah Republican Party convention elected Rob Anderson as the new Utah GOP chairman and the Basin’s own Joni Crane as the new vice-chair over the two-term chairman James Evans and vice-chair Phill Wright.
UDOT issued an emergency alert on Saturday that US-191 was closed in Uintah County due to road damage. As of Sunday night the roadway was open but reduced to one open lane of alternating traffic at Mile Post 364, about 8 miles north of Vernal.
For nearly four decades, Vernal City Manager Ken Bassett has been a fixture in local government but he will soon be moving on to a new adventure in Istanbul, Turkey. With his wife RoJean by his side, Ken accepted a special recognition award during the Vernal Chamber awards banquet last week for his many years of service to the community
A USU-Uintah Basin professor is heading south to share his wealth of knowledge. Dr. Alan Blackstock is the first USU Regional Campus faculty member to be named a Fulbright scholar and now has the opportunity to teach in Ecuador for a semester at the University of Cuenca.
Representative Rob Bishop has been appointed Chairman of a unique task force aimed at studying the balance of powers between federal on down to local governments. Speaker Paul Ryan announced the creation of the Task Force for Intergovernmental Affairs on Thursday.
Names have been released of the two men killed in a head on collision on Tuesday afternoon. The accident occurred on Highway 13, eleven miles north of Rifle. Traffic was delayed for over 6 hours during the investigation and cleanup.
A 60-year-old Tennessee man thought he’d give the strong river currents a try near Echo Park in Dinosaur National Monument on Tuesday with terrifying results. The tourist, who did not have a rafting permit, decided to hop in the water with a “cheap Walmart inner tube” which was quickly sucked out from under him.
The Uintah County Commission declared next week, May 21st through the 27th, EMS Week. EMS Week got its start back in 1974 when President Gerald Ford declared a week in November to be National Emergency Medical Services Week.
The Uintah Basin Cattlemen Association is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for shooting cattle in Uintah County. According to Richie Anderson with the cattlemen association, 3 different head of livestock owned by three different ranchers were shot and killed last week in the area west of Lapoint.
The Naples City Police Department K9 program received hearty applause at the Vernal Chamber annual dinner and awards banquet last week, as the Government Business of the Year. The Naples K9 program started in 2006 with Sgt. Valeen Horrocks and her loyal K9 officer JonNae.