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The 2017 Mercy Award Winner for Ashley Regional Medical Center is Lori Speir. The Mercy Award is given to one employee from each LifePoint Health’s hospitals who demonstrate compassion and commitment to helping others.
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.
The first of three meetings got underway on Tuesday in Lapoint to gather public input on the Uintah County Trails Master Plan. “People know their neighborhoods better than we do,” shares trails committee member and TriCounty Health Director Jordan Mathis.
Extra moisture this year means extra growth in the grasses and wild flowers, creating a dangerous situation as wildfire season approaches. As the grasses and flowers die and dry out it leaves the landscape covered in quick fuel for fire and Fruitland Fire is encouraging Basin residents to take precautions.
If you haven’t made it out yet to hunt turkeys in Utah’s backcountry there’s still time for a successful hunt. Seasoned hunters know that the latter part of the general hunt is tougher because most of the male turkeys have stopped gobbling.
The final concert for the Uintah Basin Youth Chamber Orchestra has a musical lineup that is sure to impress. The group will be performing pieces selected from Mendelssohn and Vivaldi string suites, Percy Jackson’s Molly on the Shore, and a special arrangement of Over the Rainbow by Utah composer Andres Paredes.
There are plenty of moving parts in the Vernal Regional Airport runway expansion project. GDA Engineers attended the Vernal City Council meeting earlier this month to present documents from the FAA needing approval by the city to continue and complete multiple aspects of the project.
From a half marathon to a community art festival, Uintah County was humming with activity over the weekend. Two neighboring events fed off each other in downtown Vernal on Saturday with the Vernal Fire Department’s free community breakfast and the Vern and Al season kickoff party across the street at the Utah Field House.
The Uintah County Commission approved three board positions during Monday’s Commission meeting. Robert Abercrombie was appointed to the Northeast Counseling board for a term expiring on December 31st, 2020.
Prescribed burning is underway in the Flaming Gorge Ranger District. According to Ashley National Forest representative Louis Haynes, burning on Dowd Mountain began on Friday, May 12th, and is expected to treat about 1500 acres of forest when complete.
The window to declare candidacy for the 2017 municipal elections is coming up in June. It was previously reported that Roosevelt City has no positions up for election this year when in fact the Roosevelt City Municipal Election will be held to elect a Mayor and two city council members.