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Come Cheer at the Special Olympics Annual Bocce Ball Tournament

Sep 6, 2018 · Basin Now · News

You won’t find athletes with more heart than our local Special Olympians and they would love to have support at their upcoming competition. The local Special Olympics Bocce Ball Tournament is this month and volunteers and a cheering section are needed. Bocce Ball is one of the events that the North Eastern Utah Division of Special Olympics participates in each year at a regional and state level.

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Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office Encourages Reporting Overdoses

Sep 6, 2018 · Basin Now · News

The Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office is encouraging the public to report overdoses and is spelling out what the Overdose Good Samaritan Law means for those who report. If an individual believes that another person is experiencing an overdose, the reporting party can be immune from arrest, charge, or prosecution for certain controlled substance possession and paraphernalia offenses by calling 9-1-1 and dispatching emergency help in the event of an overdose, shares the Sheriff’s Office.

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Precautions Urged As West Nile Virus Present in TriCounty Health District

Sep 6, 2018 · Basin Now · News

Officials are urging locals to take precautions to prevent West Nile Virus. Uintah Mosquito Abatement District representative Kirk Robbins encourages residents to remove standing water in yards and around homes to limit contact with mosquitos. TriCounty Health District is also reminding individuals to wear long sleeves and to use DEET if going to enjoy the outdoors.

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Vernal City Council Approves Vacating Portion of 400 West

Sep 6, 2018 · Basin Now · News

Vernal City Council has approved vacating one block of 400 West next the Temple owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The process started several months ago when Vernal City began researching the idea because the Church purchased six properties on that block to develop an off-street parking lot east of the Temple.

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Bender Mountain Fire Burning in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming

Sep 5, 2018 · Basin Now · News

The Bender Mountain Fire is burning in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming. According to Wyoming’s Sweetwater County Fire Warden Mike Bournazian, Sweetwater County crews responded shortly before midnight on Sunday in the Clay Basin area where the wildland fire was burning east of Highway 191 in the area of the Utah State line, only about 2 and a half miles south of where the three corners of Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado meet.

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Dinosaur Themed Blade Signs Destined for Downtown Vernal

Sep 5, 2018 · Basin Now · News

Changes big and small are happening in Vernal, all in an effort to bring new life to the historic downtown area. Dinosaur themed blade signs for downtown businesses are the latest focus of the Downtown Revitalization Committee. The blade signs are pedestrian scale that will be installed perpendicular to the face of each building in order to be easily read by pedestrians.

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Daggett County Accident Sends One to Hospital

Sep 5, 2018 · Basin Now · News

Seat belts likely saved lives in an accident on SR-44 in Daggett County on Monday night. According to Utah Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at Mile Post 6 between the turnoff for Red Canyon Lodge and Moose Pond. There were three vehicles traveling in a row and the first slowed down because deer were crossing the road.

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Two Deaths in Separate Accidents on Flaming Gorge

Sep 4, 2018 · Basin Now · News

Daggett County Sheriff’s Office has released information on two deaths over the weekend that occurred at Flaming Gorge in separate accidents. According to Sheriff Bailey, search and rescue responded to a rollover ATV accident on County Road 17 early Friday evening, involving three adult males. “Upon arrival deputies were advised that one passenger of a Polaris RZR 4 was trapped inside the vehicle, which had rolled into Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Sheriff’s deputies and search and rescue personnel attempted to extricate the passenger for over 30 minutes.