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The Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has designated Moffat and Uintah County as primary natural disaster areas, according to a press release from the USDA. This designation allows the Farm Service Agency to extend emergency credit to those producers who suffered losses because of drought conditions even if now the drought conditions have lessened.
For teens in the Uintah Basin area that have an interest in making films, there is an event coming that you would be interested in. There will be a filmmaking media lab being put on by Spy Hop. Spy Hop is a Utah company that mentors youth in the digital media arts.
Did you know there are 48 public swimming pools in the TriCounty area, most of which are in hotels? If you’re like most people, you think of the shower before swimming at a public pool as more of a recommendation than a requirement but TriCounty Health is hoping people will listen up and change their ways.
The River Festival continues to give the Basin some unique opportunities to celebrate the John Wesley Powell expedition including River History Presentations coming up. The evening will have two presenters who are experienced river rafters who have had experience along the same route that the Powell expedition traveled.
A Uintah High School student has been selected to serve on a national suicide prevention council. Mario Bernal is now a member of the HOPE Squad National Council for the 2019 – 2020 school year.
Uintah County Emergency Management is helping spread the word of another flood advisory issued by National Weather Service. The flood advisory is for the Uinta River near Randlett and runs from Thursday afternoon to Sunday evening.
Utah’s Permanent Community Impact Fund Board met for their monthly meeting on Thursday, this time in Vernal and drew a big crowd of locals there to support one of the agenda items concerning funding to complete the EIS process for the proposed Uinta Basin Rail project. After a long and thorough discussion, the $21.4 million dollars in funding was approved with a 9-1 vote and was followed by applause from the crowd.
Much was destroyed because of the Dollar Ridge Fire nearly a year ago, including damage to a state wildlife management area. On Tuesday, personnel from the Division of Wildlife Resources arrived by helicopter to the Wildcat Wildlife Management Area within the perimeter of the Dollar Ridge Fire to replace an important piece of equipment lost last year.
The option of a railway to transport goods from the Uinta Basin would be an economic game changer and officials and citizens alike are being urged to attend a meeting on the morning of June 13th in Vernal to share their support for the potential project. The meeting is for the Community Impact Board to review project applications from around the state.
It was a trip to remember even before disaster struck in Roosevelt for a Colorado family headed home after camping and enjoying some family time at Lagoon. Sarah Graham describes what lead up to the moment disaster struck. She was driving her van on Highway 40 behind the family’s 26-foot motorhome which was being driven by her mother and was occupied by Sarah’s four children.
The Uintah County Library is striving to get children and teens (even the adults) involved in reading during the summer. As ‘A Universe of Stories’ summer reading program starts to kick off, mark your calendars for Thursdays. Every Thursday the library will host a party to get the residents of the Basin involved with something new.
If you have been driving through Roosevelt City you might have noticed the numerous road improvement projects that are happening. The city started into roadwork projects this week that include paving the alleyways that are directly behind Highway 40. Roosevelt City shares that by working on the alleys it will provide better access for businesses and homeowners in the area. Also this week, Roosevelt City has crews laying asphalt on the road to the Roosevelt Animal Shelter.