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The Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Uinta Basin Railway was issued in 2021 and environmental lawsuits soon followed. The Surface Transportation Board stated in their decision that as with other rail projects, the Uinta Basin Railway is likely to produce unavoidable environmental impacts but found that with extensive mitigation conditions imposed, those impacts would […]
The Ashley Valley Water & Sewer Improvement District has requested the public’s help as they work to comply with revisions made by the EPA to the Lead and Copper rule. Along with every other water system, the District is required to conduct and maintain a location-based Lead Service Line inventory to be completed by October […]
The USU Rural Online Initiative Program will be holding a remote work event at the Vernal Innovation Hub. The purpose of the ROI Program is to provide Utah’s rural workforce and businesses with education, training, and services for online opportunities in remote employment, freelance work, and e-commerce. The short meeting will help individuals begin the […]
Work on the Ashley National Forest is always onward and upward. Two crews from the Utah Conservation Corps recently worked on a section of the Brown Duck Trail just before the High Uintas wilderness boundary. There was a great need as a stretch of the trail had mud up to two feet deep that was […]
This week the National Park Service will celebrate its 106th birthday as well as the passage of the Historic Sites Act of 1935. This act created the National Historic Landmarks program that has led to over 2,600 landmark designations nationwide, 200 of which are within National Park units. One such landmark is the Quarry Exhibit […]
During Tuesday’s Uintah County Commission meeting, Uintah County Treasurer Wendi Long announced that there are several scams the public needs to watch out for. Scammers have mailed letters to residents that appear to be coming from ‘Uintah County Tax Department’ indicating a notice of warranted lien against the recipient. There is also a ‘2023 Tax […]
The Ute boys golf team played their second region meet Tuesday finishing third in both meets. Eastin Ewell was low medalist for the Utes in both meets with Mason Briggs second. They’re at Talons Cove next week.
The Uintah girls soccer team traveled to Timpanogos Tuesday facing the 2nd ranked Timberwolves. Zoey Glenn put the Utes ahead in the first period and Gabby Long scored the go-ahead goal in the second for the 2-1 Ute victory. They’re at Provo Thursday.
Voted the public’s favorite community event in a recent survey, the Dinah “SOAR” Days Hot Air Balloon Festival is ready to paint the sky this weekend. There are 39 balloons expected this year with many crowd favorites and many new designs. One big change this year is that the morning balloon launches will take place […]
Ready or not, today is the first day of school in Duchesne County School District. For Duchesne County residents with kids enrolled in the District, if you haven’t already, download the Duchesne County School District app for school news and updates. Uintah School District starts school on Wednesday, August 23rd. In Uintah School District this […]
The Department of Workforce Services has provided updated unemployment numbers. July’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the state of Utah is estimated at 2.4 percent. Approximately 43,800 Utahns are unemployed and Utah’s June unemployment rate is unrevised at 2.4 percent. Daggett County reports an unemployment rate of 3.7 percent. Duchesne County reports an unemployment rate […]
A new National Park Service report shows that over 13.5 million visitors to national parks in Utah spent over $1.6 billion dollars in the state in 2022. That spending resulted in 23,312 jobs and had a cumulative benefit to the state economy of almost $2.6 billion dollars. The report also shared data for Dinosaur National […]