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Burnout In Rec Center Parking Lot Ends In Arrest

Burnout In Rec Center Parking Lot Ends In Arrest

Dec 1, 2023 · Basin Now · News

Burning rubber at 3am is bound to catch some attention and in some cases, like the one on November 26th at the Rec Center in Vernal, it may even end in arrest. According to court documents, an Officer observed a black pickup truck doing a burnout in the parking lot of the Uinta Community Center […]

Scam Targeting Family And Friends Of Inmates

Scam Targeting Family And Friends Of Inmates

Dec 1, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Wyoming’s Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office announced this week an ongoing phone scam involving friends and family of current residents at county detention centers. “Scammers claim that if you send them money via peer-to-peer digital payment apps like PayPal or Venmo, you can respond to the detention center, and your friend or family member will be […]

Collaboration Creating Career Path For Uintah Basin Social Workers

Collaboration Creating Career Path For Uintah Basin Social Workers

Dec 1, 2023 · Chaunte Riker · News

A collaboration between USU Uintah Basin and Northeastern Counseling Center is creating a career path for local social workers. USU is highlighting the collaboration on their statewide website this week. The feature explains that the collaboration enables the development of in-house social work professionals as USU students enrolled in the social work program are given […]

Santa’s Shiny Red Mailboxes Ready For Santa Letters

Santa’s Shiny Red Mailboxes Ready For Santa Letters

Dec 1, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Every Christmas many kids prepare a well thought out wish list of items and perhaps a personalized message for the man in red. A community member has made sure local kids have an easy option for getting those letters to Santa in the North Pole. Santa and his helpers have placed 2 shiny red mailboxes […]

Running Vehicle Stolen In Vernal Recovered In Craig; Driver Arrested

Running Vehicle Stolen In Vernal Recovered In Craig; Driver Arrested

Dec 1, 2023 · Basin Now · News

A vehicle stolen in Vernal was found quickly thanks to modern technology. According to court documents, Officers responded to a call that a white 2021 GMC truck, which had been running and unlocked in a driveway, was missing. This call came in around the same time as a domestic incident in the area. Security camera […]

Yale Researchers Find New Lizard Fossil At Dinosaur National Monument

Yale Researchers Find New Lizard Fossil At Dinosaur National Monument

Nov 30, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Yale researchers have discovered a new lizard fossil at Dinosaur National Monument that they believe is the ancestor of modern day geckos. Yale News shares that the researchers have named the new species Helioscopus Dickersonae. “This discovery emerged from a larger investigation of two fossil lizard skulls from Dinosaur National Monument in Utah,” shares Dalton […]

Uintah High Theatre Receives Nominations For Fall Musical

Uintah High Theatre Receives Nominations For Fall Musical

Nov 30, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

Nominations have come in for the talented actors of Uintah High Theatre. Their fall production of ‘The Percy Jackson Musical’ is the first of two musicals the group is entering this school year to be adjudicated at a state level and the judges have announced their nominations for the group. Benson Baumgarten, who played Percy […]

Local Family Invites All To Pierce’s Roosevelt Holiday Light Show

Local Family Invites All To Pierce’s Roosevelt Holiday Light Show

Nov 30, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

The holidays can bring out the creative bug in everyone but for the Pierce family of Roosevelt it has become a tradition to share their creative outlet with the community. Bill and Tammie Pierce kick off the holidays with an elaborate Halloween Light Show that they leave open seven days a week during the month […]

Utah Wildlife Board Approves Mandatory Harvest Reporting For Deer/Elk Hunts

Utah Wildlife Board Approves Mandatory Harvest Reporting For Deer/Elk Hunts

Nov 30, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

The Utah Wildlife Board has approved a proposal to require mandatory harvest reporting for general season deer and elk hunts. For about 20 years, harvest surveys were required for all limited-entry big game hunts in the state and this year there was mandatory harvest reporting on antlerless hunts. The new requirement to include the general-season […]

2023 Uintah County Clerk/Auditor Investigation Results

2023 Uintah County Clerk/Auditor Investigation Results

Nov 30, 2023 · Basin Now · News

While an earlier investigation into allegations that Uintah County Clerk-Auditor Mike Wilkins concealed payments and falsified documents did not recommend Wilkins be removed from public office, a second investigation completed earlier this year came to the opposite conclusion. Uintah County Commissioner Brad Horrocks filed the 2021 complaint resulting in the Weber County Attorney’s Office conducting […]

Fugitive Apprehended In Whiterocks Area

Fugitive Apprehended In Whiterocks Area

Nov 29, 2023 · Basin Now · News

A fugitive on parole was located in the Whiterocks area and arrested last week after awarrant was issued and officers received a tip of a residence where he may be located.Officers observed lights on in a trailer behind the residence and as officers approached,32-year-old KC Wayne North stepped out of the trailer. Officers informed him […]

Uintah Wrestling Coach Selected To Coach At Pan American Championships

Uintah Wrestling Coach Selected To Coach At Pan American Championships

Nov 29, 2023 · Kristin Forbis · News

The USA Wrestling Utah organization has put a spotlight on an amazing wrestling coachwho spends most of the year coaching the Uintah High School team. “Coach CandaceTriggas (Workman) has earned the honor to represent the United States and Utah inPanama as a coach at the U15 Pan American Championships,” shares USA WrestlingUtah. “This is a […]

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