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Fantastic Year for Uintah Conference Center and Western Park

Nov 16, 2016 · Basin Now · News

The Uintah Conference Center and Western Park are experiencing a fantastic year. Facilities Manager Derk Hatch reported to the Uintah County Commission on Monday with statistics for 2016. In the first 11 months of this year, the Uintah Conference Center held 50 conferences that ranged from 40 to over 500 guests.

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Mountain View High School Stabbing

Nov 16, 2016 · Basin Now · News

A 16-year-old boy is in custody after allegedly stabbing 5 of his classmates at Mountain View High School in Orem on Tuesday. The attack reportedly happened in the locker room where he attacked 5 students with a knife before turning it on himself.

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Uintah High Theatre at Work on Spring Production

Nov 16, 2016 · Basin Now · News

How do you top an award winning theatre season? Bring in a flying car! Planning for Uintah High Theatre’s spring production has been in the works for months but things have amped up with casting complete this month and the arrival of the play’s most important prop, the flying car.

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Public Help Sought in Myton Theft Case

Nov 15, 2016 · Basin Now · News

The Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in a case of theft in Myton. The theft was reported last week when Myton resident Odis Fillingim reported items stolen from his tack shed, including two custom saddles.

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DWR Still to Release Thousands of Pheasants

Nov 15, 2016 · Basin Now · News

The initial flurry of the pheasant hunt has died down but the commitment of the Division of Wildlife Resources to keep Utah stocked for hunters has not. Utah’s pheasant hunt runs until December 4th on state and federal lands as well as Walk-In Access properties.

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Interagency Drug Bust in Sweetwater County

Nov 15, 2016 · Basin Now · News

An interagency effort led to multiple drug arrests last week in Rock Springs. A search warrant was conducted and undisclosed amounts of methamphetamine and marijuana were located. 39-year-old Lana Rae Vermillion was arrested for felony Delivery of Methamphetamine and Felony Child Endangerment with Methamphetamine, among other charges.

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Coalition Assisting on Browns Park Swinging Bridge Repairs

Nov 14, 2016 · Basin Now · News

Who could forget the day in June of 2014 when a blue 10 ton tractor broke halfway through the Browns Park Swinging Bridge and sat suspended over the Green River? For over two years, Colorado officials have worked to secure funding that will enable the bridge to be repaired and fully functional again but they’ve experienced many hiccups along the way.