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DinoSOAR Customer Service Award: Andrea Snow

Jul 11, 2019 · Basin Now · News

The Hospitality Committee in Uintah County is recognizing the faces of customer service in local businesses. The new DinoSOAR customer service award recipient is a well-known friendly face at the Sherwin-Williams paint store. Andrea Snow is the Sherwin-Williams store manager. One of her great contributions to the community has been helping with the downtown dinosaur murals in Cobble Rock Park by gathering all the paint and supplies donated for that project.

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DWR Reminds People to Leave Nest with Eggs or Baby Birds Alone

Jul 11, 2019 · Basin Now · News

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources reminds the public to leave nests alone in certain conditions. Recently, DWR had to intervene when a person covered a nest with a net separating the babies from the parents. DWR Sergeant Sean Spencer states that “people are welcome to prevent birds from nesting on or in their homes, but you have to do it before nesting season begins.

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Fallen Officer Remembered: Chief Cecil F. Gurr

Jul 10, 2019 · Basin Now · News

Never Forgotten. Local agencies and individuals have taken to social media over the last week to remember one of the Uintah Basin’s fallen officers. Roosevelt Police Department’s Chief Cecil F. Gurr was killed on July 6th, 2001 while responding to a call at a convenience store in Ballard on a report of a man attempting to force a female acquaintance into a pickup.

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Smallmouth Bass Transplanted From Utah to Wyoming Side of Flaming Gorge

Jul 10, 2019 · Basin Now · News

What would lead fifty-eight anglers to spend their afternoon on boats in serious wind conditions? Would you believe it was to relocate smallmouth bass from the Utah side of Flaming Gorge to the Wyoming side. Why would anyone be doing that? Burbot, an illegally introduced freshwater cod, has decimated the smallmouth bass population, it is estimated to be by 90 percent on the Wyoming side.

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Victim Identified, Final Update on Rafting Accident Within Monument

Jul 10, 2019 · Basin Now · News

The victim in a rafting accident that took place on the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument on Saturday has been identified. Officials released that 47-year-old Anthony Vasi, from Newport Beach, California, died in the rafting accident at Triplet Falls, a remote area about 12 miles from the monument’s northern boundary near Gates of Lodore. The Moffat County Coroner’s Office confirmed that the official cause of death was drowning, as suspected. A Tuesday update from Dinosaur National Monument provided further details on Saturday’s tragic accident.

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Altamont Students Place at FBLA Nationals

Jul 8, 2019 · Basin Now · News

During the FBLA national’s closing ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, Altamont’s Ethan Abegglen and Braxton Hyde were named ninth place in graphic design. Over 13,000 students were in attendance from across the United States, even including select countries such as China and Hungary.

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Utah Tax Reform Committee Chairs on Monday Radio Forum Newstalk 104.5 FM

Jul 8, 2019 · Basin Now · News

Monday’s radio forum on Newstalk 104.5 FM and AM 920 KVEL will address a hot topic in the state of Utah, the topic of tax reform. Major changes were nearly pushed through during the Utah Legislative session earlier this year but after major pushback from around the state, the reforms were delayed and state officials promised to hold public meetings and gather input before moving forward.

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Rafting Fatality on Green River in Dinosaur National Monument

Jul 8, 2019 · Basin Now · News

Dinosaur National Monument has confirmed that the body of a 47-year-old California man was recovered from the Green River within the Monument following a rafting accident in Triplet Falls. “The rafter was part of a group that included family and friends on a commercial rafting trip,” shares the news release.

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Roosevelt City Reports Vandalism of New Trees

Jul 8, 2019 · Basin Now · News

Roosevelt City is very concerned with the way some members of the community have been treating the new trees that were planted around the walking path at Constitution Park. Of the 100 new trees, two of the saplings have already been snapped in half. The city reminds the public that it has taken the last two months for members of the Roosevelt Rotary Club and Strata Networks to get all those trees planted.