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KNEU 1250A new Holly Days attraction is taking shape next to the hospital. Ashley Regional Medical Center announced this fall that they are adding a Christmas Village to the Holly Days festivities that will be complete with Santa, real reindeer, and Christmas magic.
Changing the venue of a long standing community event can be a gamble but in the case of the annual Halloween Mayor’s Walk in Vernal, the gamble paid off. Vernal City Manager Quinn Bennion presented on the event during the Vernal Chamber Luncheon last week, explaining that the event originated in 1994 as a Trunk or Treat in the Davis Food & Drug parking lot that included a walk with the Mayor to Independence Park and back.
Uintah School District’s Maeser Elementary has embraced the new Friday schedule and made it an opportunity to provide the students with hands-on learning. Maeser Principal Denise Williams explains that they have devoted time and funding for enrichment activities to help students learn.
The Bureau of Land Management is considering updates to the sage-grouse management plans that were adopted 6 years ago. In 2015, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined that protecting the greater sage-grouse under the Endangered Species Act was not warranted.
It’s time to remember a Uintah Basin fallen officer. 15 years ago on November 21st, Uintah County Detective Cpl. Kevin Orr was in a helicopter accident while assisting with a search for a missing woman.
Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment increased an estimated 3.7% across the past 24 months, with the state’s economy adding a cumulative 58,500 jobs since October 2019.
Congressman Blake Moore had a lot to say following his vote against the reconciliation spending package on Friday. “As soon as the Senate became a 50/50 split, Democrats committed to trying to spend as much money as possible by abusing the budget reconciliation process,” stated Moore.
As of Thursday, November 18th, TriCounty Health Department reported 8,749 total COVID-19 cases in the tri-county area to date, an increase of 14 new cases from the day before. There have been 6 new COVID-19 related deaths in the last 7 days and 12 new COVID-19 related hospitalizations.
Research from the USU Bingham Research Center in the Uinta Basin was published this week in ‘Nature’, an international scientific journal.
The Uintah County Library is so much more than just a spot to find books. For example, the library is now hosting weekly senior socials on Wednesdays from 10:30am to 12:30pm, providing an opportunity for the senior citizens of our community to make friends and get engaged in a fun activity.
UDOT projects in the Uintah Basin are wrapping up for the season. Region 3 Communications Manager Geoff Dupaix reports that work on S.R. 87 in Duchesne is now complete. This $700,000 dollar project started in early October and focused work on Center Street and a half mile of Highway 40 rehabilitating the asphalt.
For those that have been waiting, TriCounty Health is spreading the word that the COVID-19 booster shot is now available for all adults 18 and older. Governor Cox reported on Wednesday that there have been 579,376 Utahns diagnosed with COVID-19; 25,273 have been hospitalized; and 3,398 have died.