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TriCounty Health Department has provided several updates concerning COVID-19 locally. According to their Tuesday announcement, total COVID-19 positive cases to date are 2,387 and of those are 595 total active cases currently in the tri-county area.
New wayfinding signage is going up around Uintah County fulfilling plans several years in the making. In 2017, Roger Brooks was invited by local leaders to evaluate the Vernal area and make professional recommendations that could positively benefit local tourism and economic development.
The New Year’s holiday is nearly here and this week’s Give’m Health message is encouraging all to celebrate and travel safely. Vernal PD Officer Shaun Smith visited the Eagle Country KLCY studio with advice for a safe holiday.
On Friday, December 18th the board of the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition decided in a unanimous vote of 6 to 0 to suspend the pursuit of a highway through the Book Cliffs. This project, also known as the Eastern Utah Regional Connection Project, would connect Uintah County to Interstate 70.
As the weather starts to chill a whole slew of new outdoor activities become a possibility. Many activities include being around or on ice. Utah State Parks and Recreation reminds the public that while playing on the ice is fun it is never 100% safe. Falling through the ice into cold water and freezing temperatures is an extremely dangerous situation.
Dinosaur National Monument has provided an update on road conditions throughout the park. Access to the Quarry Exhibit Hall is open and cleared. The paved section of Cub Creek Road on the Utah side is also plowed. Harpers Corner Road is opened to the junction with Echo Park Road but is snow covered.
A talented young fisherman has done it again! Tyler Grimshaw of Vernal was just 10 years old last June when he made headlines all over the country after reeling in a 41-pound lake trout while fishing Flaming Gorge with his dad. Well now, 6 months later and at 11 years old, Tyler is the envy of anglers near and far after catching and releasing an even bigger lake trout!
It was a devastating end to a Christmas Day for a Duchesne County family. The Duchesne Fire Department responded to a residential structure fire after midnight at 24991 West Rock Creek Road. “On arrival firefighters found the Residence, Garage and an RV heavily involved with fire,” shares the Duchesne Volunteer Fire Department.
Unemployment numbers ticked up slightly from the month before according to data from the Utah Department of Workforce Services. Daggett County ticked up from 5 to 5.1 percent unemployment. Duchesne County shifted from 9.6 to 9.9 percent unemployment and Uintah County moved from 11 to 11.3 percent.
Vernal City Council approved a resolution on Wednesday, December 16th to recognize the outstanding service provided by a special group. “Twelve of our City/County fire fighters have shown exemplary service to our community for many years,” explains City Manager Quinn Bennion.
It seems like every day has some celebration attached to it like, Gingerbread Day or Speak Like A Pirate Day. Dinosaur National Monument stepped up to help celebrate one such holiday by posting on their Facebook a short film. The film is entitled Monsters of the Past, one of the earliest known movies to show the collecting of dinosaur fossils.
For anyone in the Uintah Basin that has a basement or a crawlspace, TriCounty Health Department recommends that the home be checked for radon. Radon is a silent killer that is estimated to be of elevated levels in one out of three homes in Utah.