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KNEU 1250It will be first come, first serve for highly anticipated Trees For Charity spots and there are a few things to know for those who will be applying. There is a 40 tree limit and applications can be submitted starting October 6th. It will be done Live on TreesForCharity.com.
The Division of Wildlife Resources is asking for the public’s cooperation with hunters playing an important role in the surveillance of Chronic Wasting Disease. Hunters that are successful are encouraged to stop at a check station where staff will take lymph nodes from the deer and ask a few questions including where the deer was harvested.
A popular program that started over the summer is holding another session at the Uintah County Library.
Considered one of the top conferences of its kind in the country, the Uintah Basin Energy Summit held Tuesday at the Uintah Conference Center provided a day of speakers and panels featuring industry and government leaders. Their attitude about the future of energy in the Uintah Basin was undeniably optimistic.
Fire officials confirmed the cause of the wildfire in Jensen and have offered a fervent reminder to the public. According to the Jensen Fire Department, the Stewart Lake Fire was knocked down enough by early morning on Tuesday, September 28th, that most of the crews were sent home.
Recently at a meeting of the Vernal Chamber of Commerce, the General Manager of the Uintah Water Conservancy District, William Merkley, spoke about the conservancy district and its efforts. He explained that the Uintah Water Conservancy District serves as the sponsoring repayment and operating entity for the Vernal and Jensen Units of the Central Utah Project, which comprise Steinaker and Red Fleet Reservoirs.
The state of Colorado is offering small businesses loans to those that were affected by I-70 closing due to flooding, mudslides and rockslides. According to Colorado Governor Jared Polis, a disaster declaration for Mesa County as well as Eagle, Garfield, Pitkin, Rio Blanco and Routt counties in Colorado and even Grand and Uintah Counties in Utah was approved by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
All are invited to help in the fight against poaching in Utah. Throughout the state there are already several hunts that have started and the general-season deer hunt starts October 23rd. DWR officers have already contacted 13,350 individuals and inspected the hunting licenses of 5,116 people from August 1st to September 23rd.
The pandemic has stretched on and the original fear of straining the healthcare system has become a reality. One local Doctor gets personal about the pandemic in a letter addressed this week to his “Friends, Neighbors, and Fellow Basinites”.
A fire in Jensen initially threatened structures before crews intervened. According to UtahFireInfo.gov, the Stewart Lake Fire started on Monday at 3:45pm. Fire behavior and direction were initially more serious before the fire behavior shifted to minimal.
Please help spread the word to those interested in attending the Golden Age Center. Starting October 4th, all are welcomed into the Golden Age Center in Vernal. Since reopening, the policy had been that to come inside and participate, patrons had to be fully vaccinated but that requirement has now been removed.
Concerns and occasional rumors are common with the local knowledge that there has been a surge of COVID-19 but Duchesne County School District is making it clear where things stand in their District. “Threshold levels have not been reached by any district schools at this time,” shared a Monday announcement.