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Officials are asking Basin residents to please reduce ozone-forming emissions as much as possible for the next few days after an unexpected ozone jump. “Yesterday afternoon/early evening, ozone at Ouray unexpectedly jumped over the EPA standard, with an 8-hr average of about 73 parts per billion (ppb),” shares Dr. Seth Lyman, Director of the USU Bingham Energy Research Center.
A scary situation thankfully had a positive ending on Wednesday in Rangely. Rangely Police Department called on the public for help finding a missing elderly woman named Joyce Fix around noon. Joyce had been reported as having wandered off from the intersection of West Bell and Morrison Wednesday morning and was considered at risk.
The FBI is warning that a serial bank robber has hit again. The suspect is a white male about 5 foot 7 inches tall. He has robbed three banks in the Salt Lake area, the first on October 26th, the second on December 12th, and the most recent on January 4th.
The Seven County Infrastructure Coalition Executive Director Mike McKee issued a statement on Tuesday regarding a decision made concerning the proposed Uinta Basin Railway. “I am pleased to announce that the Surface Transportation Board (STB) has preliminarily granted the Coalition’s Petition for Exemption to construct and operate the railway, subject to completion of the environmental review process.
The COVID-19 update from TriCounty Health issued on January 5th provides the latest local report on COVID-19. According to the report, there have been a total of 2,596 confirmed cases to date in the TriCounty Health District. Of these, 1,976 cases are considered recovered and 600 are active.
Everyone has their own way of kicking off the new year with a fresh start. How is Roosevelt City doing it? They are looking to rebrand and are having a new Roosevelt City logo design contest. Throughout the month of January, residents can submit their drawings, paintings, digital artwork, or other logo designs.
125 years ago on January 4th, 1896, Utah was admitted as the 45th state of the Union. Some of the living insignias include the California gull as the state bird, the Bonneville cutthroat trout as the state fish, the Sego Lily is the state flower, and the Rocky Mountain Elk is the state mammal.
Do you happen to still have a Christmas Tree up and looking for something to do with it? The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has shared great ideas on what to do with a conifer tree that was used for Christmas. Consider turning the tree to a Christmas tree for songbirds.
Ashley Regional Medical Center welcomed their New Year’s Baby on January 1st at 8:50am. Oddly enough, Uintah Basin Medical Center didn’t welcome their New Year’s Baby until the afternoon of January 4th. Baby girl Kennedy Lee Roberts was born to Morgan and Jazmyn Roberts on Monday at 1:02pm.
As of yesterday, Union High School is the new Uintah Basin site for the free COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Testing. The Utah Department of Health announced that this testing would be available at locations throughout the state and Union High was selected as the best location for northeastern Utah.
It’s official. Todd Massey and Tawnya McKee have been sworn in as the new Uintah School Board members. 8th District Court Judge Clark McClellan performed the ceremony during a special meeting of the Uintah School Board on Monday evening. Tawnya McKee is serving as the board representative over Uintah School Board District #4.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation along with the Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are warning the public of emerging fraud schemes related to the COVID-19 vaccines.