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KNEU 1250The Uintah County Commission approved an interlocal agreement on Monday with Daggett County for contracting their jail employees. 80 state inmates were removed from the Daggett County Jail in February and 2 employees were put on administrative leave after the Utah Department of Corrections began an investigation into misconduct.
The Ute Tribe is pushing for a meeting with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke as they push back against Trump’s Executive Order that could change the designation of the Bear Ears National Monument.
The Division of Wildlife Resources is welcoming public input on proposed changes to this year’s pheasant hunts. The DWR is recommending that there be just one general pheasant hunt that would start the first Saturday of November and end on the first Sunday of December.
A new National Park Service report shows the value of the tourism industry to the local economy. In 2016, there were 304,312 visitors to Dinosaur National Monument who spent a collective $18,084,200 dollars in the surrounding communities.
Grand Canyon National Park announced on Friday that a body recovered from the Colorado River is believed to be the body of missing 14-year-old hiker Jackson Standefer.
Media outlets around Utah are following the case of a 21-year-old woman who died in the Duchesne County Jail last December. A Good4Utah report at the time included family asking for answers in the death of 21-year-old Madison Jody Jensen and in March Duchesne County Sheriff Dave Boren issued a statement addressing this death and that of another woman’s death in November.
Losing the fish in Steinaker Reservoir isn’t what DWR biologists were hoping for but a plan is in place to ensure that the fishery be restored once work is complete to the Steinaker Dam.
Graduating seniors are ready to celebrate as their secondary school days are coming to an end. Every year a Grad Night after party is offered at Uintah High School and this year over 300 graduates are invited to the alcohol and drug-free alternative.
President Trump’s signing of the Executive Order for a Review of Designations under the Antiquities Act on Wednesday has garnered extensive support throughout Utah but not exclusively.
An inspiring local man is in the state spotlight as this month’s Vocational Rehabilitation success story. The Utah State Office of Rehabilitation(USOR) chose to highlight Sidney Smith of Vernal, and it is easy to see why.
Locals are being urged to secure their vehicles and be on the lookout for thieves. In March, Duchesne County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to reports of a 2006 Beige Ford F350 pickup truck being stolen. Eventually, a call came in of an accident in the Sandwash Reservoir in which the thief had either rolled or driven the F350 truck into the reservoir.
Agencies throughout the region are doing what they can to get ahead of potential wildfires. Dinosaur National Monument announced this week their plans to conduct a prescribed burn on the Utah side of the monument.