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The Situational Update page on www.tricountyhealth.com is reporting 5 new cases of COVID-19 in Uintah County, a jump that was anticipated due to likely spread within the home of a confirmed case over the weekend. The update shows an overall total of 17 confirmed cases in Uintah County with 9 Recovered.
It might have felt like everything has been postponed or cancelled when it comes to activities in the community but the Basin can look forward to a real kick-off to the summer this July 4th. Roosevelt City will be have their Fourth of July Celebration at Constitution Park.
When it comes to offering activities to cure summer boredom, Uintah County Library is leading the way. The library has several things to put on your calendar. On Tuesdays, from 10am to 2pm they will be having Summer Reading Activities.
Always looking to improve the community, the Vernal Area Chamber has updated one of their signs to match the new wayfinding system being implemented. The new sign is on the Grand Valley Bank billboard just past Lowe’s on Highway 40.
The first weekend of the Uintah Schools Education Foundation book sale went very well and all are invited to come find a treasure in the final two days of the sale taking place today and tomorrow.
A change has happened in the way that Harmful Algal Blooms will be handled. The previous HABs program run by the Department of Environmental Quality and Division of Water Quality was defunded by the Utah Legislature which means that they will no longer be monitoring or sampling waterbodies and there will no longer be website updates.
Vernal PD provided a press release on Wednesday sharing the name of the victim in the July 3rd shooting in Vernal. “The victim was identified as 25-year-old Joe Bosquez,” shared Vernal PD, who then offered their condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Bosquez. Bosquez was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday, June 3rd after Central Dispatch received a call for medical personnel to respond to an unknown problem in the area of 250 West and 400 North in downtown Vernal.
Congressman Rob Bishop was the special guest speaker at the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce annual meeting held on Tuesday and he shared his positive outlook for the future of the Uintah Basin.
Ballots are arriving in mailboxes this week as the Utah Primary Election approaches. The Republican and Democratic parties are both holding their Primary Elections on June 30th and all voting must be done using mail-in ballots. Uintah County shared some important voting information to help those planning on casting their vote.
Although they had to make some changes, the 4-H organization was able to hold their 2020 Uintah Basin Junior Livestock Show. The event was streamed which allowed call-in bids along with those that attended. Local auctioneers and cowboys Joe Frost and Braxton Nielsen kept things moving and it was a successful auction.
The Yazzie Family will be holding a Memorial Poker Run to honor fallen officer Joshua Yazzie. All bikers are invited to come and follow the Yazzie Family starting at the UTE Tribal Justice Center in Fort Duchesne along a route that will be announced but will end at Constitution Park in Roosevelt.
TriCounty Health Officer Jordan Mathis provided a COVID-19 update on Tuesday during the Give’m Health segment on Eagle Country 105.5 FM KLCY. Mathis shared that there were 2 new local cases over the weekend and it's possible that there will be more from these cases due to potential infections in the homes.