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Daggett County is taking a hit after the removal of state inmates from the Daggett County Jail in February after allegations of misconduct surfaced. According to the Daggett County Sheriff’s Office, 80 state inmates were removed from the jail on Friday, February 17th, and 2 employees were put on administrative leave during the investigation.
The Uintah Basin Orchestra and Chorus thrilled two crowds over the weekend with their spring concert, Classics of the Silver Screen. Two giant screens framed the stage, rolling clips from movies in which the piece being performed had been featured.
Thanks to the efforts of local leadership, the Leland Bench project in Uintah County will move forward with a more than affordable funding package from the Community Impact Board. The project originally was awarded a $6 million dollar loan paired with a $9.8 million dollar grant.
An attempted UHP traffic stop in the Myton area eventually lead to 7 fugitive arrests in Duchesne County on Thursday. According to Utah Highway Patrol, a trooper noticed a white Ford Expedition with a temporary tag in the rear window after10:00am that was following too closely.
Colorful and thrilling! Vernal Theatre:LIVE’s production of Suessical the Musical, opening tonight, is the perfect blend of fun and quirky with true to life lessons on standing up for what is right, keeping your word, and recognizing blessings.
Spring cleaning applies to the great outdoors and the administration at the Blue Bench Landfill has a specific request for the public.
Roosevelt City was successful on Thursday in securing funding for the Stonegate Subdivision sewer project. The Community Impact Board approved a $2 million dollar grant with a $500,000 dollar loan at zero percent interest for the project.
The first of two budget reopeners for Vernal City was held during Wednesday’s city council meeting. City Manager Ken Bassett explained that the first reopener comes at this time of the fiscal year so that the city knows exactly where it sits in revenues and expenditures in order to make any adjustments before the end of the fiscal year.
James Hudson Main, Jr. made his first appearance in 8th District Court this week on charges tied to a string of crimes committed last October. Main Jr. faces a long list of charges in Utah and Colorado after a two day crime spree that included kidnapping, assault, and the alleged aggravated murder of his own father.
With the snow melted and weather improving it is cleanup time around the Basin. Uintah County’s spring clean up is ongoing and will be assisted by free landfill week coming up April 22nd through the 29th.
With its new infrastructure, beautiful parks and renovated schools, Uintah County is the envy of communities throughout the country and residents don’t always understand how those blessings came to be. In fact, thanks to the blessing of mineral lease funding, former Commissioner Mike McKee says residents largely don’t know how good we have it here in eastern Utah.
Roosevelt City is doing their part to follow through on helping residents of the Stonegate Subdivision. The subdivision was annexed last year into Roosevelt City as multiple parties have worked together to try and find a solution to the area’s failing septic systems.