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Duchesne County Fire Marshal Mike Lefler issued a news release on Wednesday announcing that construction is underway on the Dollar Ridge Fire Emergency Watershed Protection Project. The project is taking place in the Strawberry River and Timber Canyon areas to repair damage caused by the Dollar Ridge Fire and the flash floods that followed.
Fireworks have been the cause of multiple fires over the last week, primarily over the holiday weekend and all are urged to use extreme caution to avoid human caused wildfires.
Even though Roosevelt City is not planning to do their UBIC- Uintah Basin in Celebration summer festival, that is not stopping some of the fun from moving forward. Community volunteers, with help of the Roosevelt Arts. Parks, and Recreation Committee, are planning events to be held from July 31st through August 1st.
The issues and struggles of rural life often do not make waves in the public news arena. Well the month of July will change that. ABC4 Studio has a weekly television program called ‘The County Seat’ that focuses on important local issues in a longer format.
The Uintah School Board met Wednesday night in a public meeting where the community got its first glimpse of the proposed school reopening plans. The Board had received the full copy of the plan just 24 hours before the meeting and many in the public attended to see for themselves the proposed plan and offer their input in person.
After serving as interim commissioner of higher education for the last year, Dave Woolstenhulme was appointed to the position full time. The newly appointed 18-member Utah Board of Higher Education approved the appointment during its inaugural meeting on July 1st.
The Moffat County Sheriff’s Office released an update on the Streeter Fire. The main news is that though there is still no containment estimate, there has been minimal fire growth.
Ashley Regional Medical Center wants all to have a fun and safe summer vacation and have provided summer safety tips when it comes to water activities.
TriCounty Health Department has reported the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Ute Indian Tribe. The Wednesday COVID-19 Situational Update on www.tricountyhealth.com shows that the total of confirmed cases for the entire TriCounty Health District is 52.
While still showing little growth compared to other areas of the state, cases of COVID-19 in the TriCounty Health District have ticked up. The Tuesday COVID-19 Situational Update on www.tricountyhealth.com shows that the total confirmed cases for the TriCounty Health District is 50.
School reopening plans are a hot topic in Uintah County and the draft reopening plan for the 2020-2021 school year will be presented to the Uintah School Board tonight in a Special Business Meeting.
Operation Dry Water 2020 took place over the holiday weekend and the Fred Hayes State Park at Starvation was one of four locations in the state to be monitored. The operation was an effort to decrease the number of DUI’s both on and off the waters in Utah.