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Uintah Basin Technical College Custom Fit was at the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce last week to discuss their continual training opportunities for businesses and individuals. Heather Lowry, a Custom Fit Officer, presented a sampling of the upcoming Franklin Covey program entitled “Execute Your Team’s Strategy and Goals”.
Human trafficking is becoming more and more prevalent as it is being battled all across the world. Utah Department of Public Safety wants the public to know that it takes everyone’s help to identify and report possible human trafficking.
A bill sponsored by Representative Scott Chew received overwhelming support in the House last week and is moving on for consideration in the Senate in the Utah Legislature. HB 170 was approved in the House with a 71 to 1 vote. The bill was created as a solution to confusion that has resulted after the state moved to an all electronic system for reminders of upcoming vehicle registration deadlines.
TriCounty Health Department announced changes on Friday to their COVID-19 response moving forward. Their press release shared the following: To assist TriCounty Health Department in efforts to vaccinate the tri-county area against COVID-19, Utah Department of Health has taken over the contact tracing of adult COVID-19 positive cases, therefore calculating the number of positive individuals per county will become more difficult for TriCounty Health staff to maintain.
Utah State University’s (USU) Bingham Research Center has teamed up with local oil and gas industry partners to address emissions of pollution that can lead to high wintertime ozone. The ‘Understanding Ozone in Uintah Basin’ article on usu.edu shares that recently, the group has received two corporate donations, each providing $25,000. USU’s research is aimed towards mitigating ozone impacts while minimizing costs to industry.
Senator Ron Winterton introduced a bill to the Utah Senate last week dealing with masks and schools. SB 187 is titled ‘Local Education Agency Policies Amendments’. The bill’s general description states, “This bill provides that a local education agency is not required to enforce a requirement in a public health order for individuals to wear a face mask on school grounds.”
Wyoming Game and Fish is finalizing a response plan aimed at battling zebra and quagga mussels in Flaming Gorge Reservoir if the need ever arises. The response plan will only go into effect if invasive mussels are detected.
Today is the final day to submit comments as part of the Uinta Basin Railway Environmental Impact Statement, which is one of the final components in seeing the rail go from being a proposal to a reality. On February 11th, the S&P Global online publication featured an in-depth article on the proposed Uinta Basin Railway and what it could mean for the future of oil and gas in the Uinta Basin.
The TriCounty Health District COVID-19 Transmission Index Levels remain the same with Uintah County and Duchesne County at the High Transmission Level and Daggett County at the Low Transmission Level. According to Thursday’s press release, Uintah County’s 7-day average percent positivity was 17 percent and there were 145 cases in the past 14 days.
Uintah High School’s new spirit animal has finally arrived and the student body had a successful first encounter with him. Uintah School District shared the following on Thursday: This morning the Uintah High Student Council introduced the school's new spirit animal, Yost the Bear.
There was a bill that was debated at the Utah House panel that is being sponsored by Representative Kera Birkeland. Her district includes the northwestern part of Duchesne County. HB 302, Preserving Sports for Female Students, is a bill that would require public schools to designate athletic activities by sex.
The Vernal Innovation Hub held its Grand Opening this week. “It was an amazing event,” shares manager Lori Haslem. “We really enjoyed having so many people come out and visit and tour the facility.” The Innovation Hub evolved from idea to completion despite a downturn in the local economy, shares the Hub’s website.