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Boebert Claims Victory Though Mandatory Recount Expected

Boebert Claims Victory Though Mandatory Recount Expected

Nov 21, 2022 · Kristin Forbis · News

While Colorado law is still expected to initiate an automatic recount of the 3rd Congressional District race, incumbent Republican Representative Lauren Boebert and her challenger Democrat Adam Frisch have agreed that Boebert is the race’s winner. Boebert shared a video on Thursday of her claiming victory while standing in front of the U.S. Capitol. On […]

Fallen Officer Detective Kevin Orr Remembered 16 Years Later

Fallen Officer Detective Kevin Orr Remembered 16 Years Later

Nov 21, 2022 · Kristin Forbis · News

Every year before Thanksgiving we pause and remember a Uintah Basin fallen officer. Uintah County Detective Cpl. Kevin Orr was in a helicopter accident on November 21st, 2006 while assisting with a search for a missing woman. Utahsfallen.org shares that as Detective Orr was coordinating the search from the air, the helicopter struck a power […]

EvLABS CEO Interview Hits On Uintah School District Electric Bus Award

EvLABS CEO Interview Hits On Uintah School District Electric Bus Award

Nov 18, 2022 · Kristin Forbis · News

James Lawrence, President and CEO of evLABS in Vernal, visited the Newstalk KVEL studio on Wednesday morning and the recent announcement that electric buses will soon join the fleet of Uintah School District was discussed. It was announced in October that the EPA chose Uintah School District as one of only 2 school districts in […]

Get The Scoop On Gingerbread At The Uintah County Library

Get The Scoop On Gingerbread At The Uintah County Library

Nov 18, 2022 · Kristin Forbis · News

No cookie is quite connected to the holidays like gingerbread. Gingerbread houses originated in Germany during the 16th century and quickly became associated with Christmas. This year, the Uintah County Library is embracing the gingerbread/Christmas connection with multiple events. The 5th Annual Gingerbread Date Night will be held December 2nd. Due to popularity, this event […]

DWR Announces Swan Hunt Closing Early

DWR Announces Swan Hunt Closing Early

Nov 18, 2022 · Kristin Forbis · News

The 2022 swan hunting season opened on Oct. 1st and was scheduled to run until December 11th. Starting November 18th, however, hunters are prohibited from killing any swan in Utah. For the fourth consecutive year, the trumpeter swan quota was met, even though the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service increased that number to 20 swans […]

Band ‘Kitchen Dwellers’ Release Documentary Rafting The Green River

Band ‘Kitchen Dwellers’ Release Documentary Rafting The Green River

Nov 18, 2022 · Kristin Forbis · News

The Green River and all it offers is garnering extra attention on YouTube lately. The latest example of this is a new documentary from Bonfire Entertainment following the RiverWonderGrass excursion in which a limited group of 20 people spend four days rafting through Utah and Colorado. The experience combines the outdoors and learning with a […]

Local Author and Artist Speaking at the Uintah County Library

Local Author and Artist Speaking at the Uintah County Library

Nov 18, 2022 · Kristin Forbis · News

What is it like to be a local author? What about a local artist? What about a colorblind author and artist? Author/Artist Levi Mecham (who has some novels out under the name of L.J. Stubbs), will be signing books and talking about that very subject next week. Levi Mecham was born and raised in rural […]

evLabs CEO James Lawrence Interview

evLabs CEO James Lawrence Interview

Nov 17, 2022 · Basin Now · Public Affairs

evLabs CEO James Lawrence announces partnership with Box Truck Network. evLabs is a Vernal Utah based electric truck and bus builder which specializes in trucks between 19,500 GVW and 33,000 GVW. These electric trucks include delivery vans, and school/transit buses.