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Mike McKee Honored As UBTech Champion

Mike McKee Honored As UBTech Champion

Jan 30, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

The UBTech Champions Gala was held this month and Mike McKee was honored as the 2025 UBTech Champion. UBTech issued a press release this week sharing the many reasons McKee was chosen: A father of 12, McKee has balanced family life, farming, church service, and numerous leadership roles, including serving on the UBTech Board of […]

Senator Curtis Appointed To Committee Overseeing Potential NEPA Reform

Senator Curtis Appointed To Committee Overseeing Potential NEPA Reform

Jan 30, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Senator John Curtis announced his appointments on Wednesday as subcommittee chairman to two key Senate committees: the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Senator Curtis will chair the EPW Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight, as well as SFRC’s Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, […]

Duchesne City Treasurer Arrested And Charged With Misusing Public Funds

Duchesne City Treasurer Arrested And Charged With Misusing Public Funds

Jan 30, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

The Duchesne City treasurer was booked into Duchesne County Jail on Tuesday and is facing felony charges related to the misuse of public funds. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, law enforcement was informed and began investigating the possible misuse of public funds in August of 2024. City records from 2019 to 2024 were […]

Employment Report

Employment Report

Jan 29, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

The Department of Workforce Services reports that Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for December 2024 increased an estimated 2.6% across the past 12 months, with the state’s economy adding a cumulative 44,800 jobs since December 2023. Utah’s current job count stands at 1,790,300. Employment by levels by county were reported at 359 in Daggett County, 9,005 […]

2025 Community Homeless Count Taking Place January 30 – February 1

2025 Community Homeless Count Taking Place January 30 – February 1

Jan 29, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Every person counts! It is time for the 2025 Community Homeless Count, an effort aimed at understanding and serving the homeless in our area. This Thursday through Saturday morning, volunteers will be conducting surveys with individuals and families experiencing homelessness. The data collected is used to ensure that more resources come into our community to […]

Calling All Researchers, Writers, History Buffs For Outlaw Trail Journal

Calling All Researchers, Writers, History Buffs For Outlaw Trail Journal

Jan 29, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Calling all researchers, writers, and local history buffs! The Uintah County Library Regional History Center wants your submissions for the semi-annually published Outlaw Trail Journal. Ideas for local topics include: outlaws, old west history, prominent people and buildings, and historic events (then and now). The Uintah County Regional History Center is available as a place to […]

Rep. Christine Watkins Legislative Update On HB 267 Labor Union Amendments

Rep. Christine Watkins Legislative Update On HB 267 Labor Union Amendments

Jan 29, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

Representative Christine Watkins provided a legislative update with ETV News following the first week of this year’s legislative session. HB 267 is the hotly debated bill in the public limelight this year. It would “amend provisions governing public employee, public safety, and public fire labor organizations” and “prohibit a public employer from recognizing a labor […]

Man In Yellow Sweater Arrested For Brandishing A Gun During Bar Fight

Man In Yellow Sweater Arrested For Brandishing A Gun During Bar Fight

Jan 29, 2025 · Basin Now · News

A man is behind bars after brandishing a gun during a bar fight in Uintah County over the weekend. According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, officers were dispatched to the Gateway Bar during the early morning hours of January 26th on a report that a man wearing a yellow sweater had pulled out a […]

Rural Uintah Basin Communities Among State List Seeking Alcohol Partners

Rural Uintah Basin Communities Among State List Seeking Alcohol Partners

Jan 28, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

The State of Utah announced that the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services is seeking small town partners to operate retail liquor stores known as “package agencies” and Uintah Basin communities are on the list. “Package agencies often look like small retail liquor stores located in rural parts of Utah where state liquor stores are sparse,” […]

Change In Weekly Commission Meeting Schedule

Change In Weekly Commission Meeting Schedule

Jan 28, 2025 · Kristin Forbis · News

The Uintah County Commission has made a scheduling change and wants the public to know. The Uintah County Commission meeting will stay on Tuesdays at 3pm but rather than hold the work session meeting on Monday, the work session meeting will now be held on Wednesday at noon to give more time in between the […]