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KNEU 1250May 19th through the 25th is National EMS Week and events are happening locally to show appreciation to our emergency responders. “The theme for this year’s week is ‘EMS Strong: Beyond the Call.’ Those words convey an incredibly powerful message about the EMS profession,” shares Gold Cross Ambulance Director Scott Adams.
Seat belts and air bags likely saved lives Tuesday evening in multi-car accidents on Highway 40 between Vernal and Roosevelt. According to Utah Highway Patrol, the accident occurred around 7:00 pm when a sedan traveling westbound lost control and traveled into the eastbound lane where it was struck by an eastbound sedan. The driver of the westbound vehicle was critically injured and was transported to Ashley Regional Medical Center.
We are days away from school letting out for summer and every kid is counting down. The local school districts are still planning, however, on being of service to the children over the summer. In Duchesne County School District, East Elementary, Centennial Elementary and Duchesne Elementary will serve lunch from 11:30am to 12:30pm and Myton Elementary will run 11:45am to 12:30pm.
What do you do with over 50 dogs that need to be adopted? The Furever Buddy’s Dog Rescue in Roosevelt had this dilemma but luckily had a wonderful solution. The NKUT Super Adoption event is a cooperative effort between shelters and rescue groups from across northern Utah held at the Utah State Fairpark.
For the second year in a row, Maeser Elementary students have participated in a fantastic and thoughtful service project while raising money to help a fellow student. First-grader Fisher Kidd is a great young man who loves to be active but is in need of a new kind of walker as he has cerebral palsy and recently had to have surgery on his legs.
The Uintah County Library has received approval to do away with late fines, meaning that there will no longer be overdue fees. Ahead of the big transition, residents are asked to stop by the library and clear up accounts. The library has three ways in which you can clear all fines. First, you can always pay all your fines.
Local law enforcement agencies participated in a major seat belt enforcement launch on Monday as Utah joined with six neighboring states for the “Border to Border” Operation as part of the Click It or Ticket campaign. Officers from Vernal City Police Department, Uintah County Sheriff’s Office, and local Utah Highway Patrol met officers from Wyoming agencies at the Utah-Wyoming border as part of this region’s launch of the initiative.
The Flaming Gorge Fish Derby took place over the weekend and the winners are in. Winner of the Lake Trout was Jerry Nelson at 43 inches. The Rainbow Trout winner was Ralph Maccione with the weight of 3.62 pounds and length of 21 inches. The Smallmouth Bass winner was Dusty Lym with the weight 4.48 pounds and the length of 19.25 inches. The Kokanee Salmon winner was Eric Jones weight of 3.42 pounds and the length of 21.875 inches. The winner of the Brown Trout category was Blain Rushton with the weight of 4.54 pounds and the length 23.75 inches. Kraig Jackson won the Catfish with the weight of 13.78 pounds and the length of 38.5 inches. The youth winner was Colby Easton who caught a bass at 3.50 pound and length of 18 inches. Team 299 took first in pup lake trout by catching 70 fishes with a combined weight of 150.12 pounds. The largest fish of the derby was caught by Rachel Ke at the weight of 6.3 pounds and 24.5 inches in length. The derby gave away over $95,000 in cash and prizes.
The Uintah Basin has been dealing with ozone-forming emissions but luckily we have several organizations that are working to solve this problem. Utah State University’s Bingham Research Center has teamed up with several local oil and gas industry partners. A USU press release shares that it has been a voluntary effort of both USU and industry to try to mitigate ozone impacts while minimizing costs to industry.
A well known and well loved Uintah County couple have been confirmed as those killed in a helicopter crash in Utah County on Friday. The Utah County Sheriff’s Office shared that the helicopter left Ballard Friday morning and search and rescue crews began their search after family reported it overdue. The crash was located shortly after 6:30pm above Alpine in Utah County and both on board had been killed.
Uintah County Commissioners are considering the possibility of increasing the sales tax countywide by one-quarter center — that’s one cent for every $4 dollars spent. According to a press release from the Uintah County Commission, the money would help fund transportation needs if approved. SB 136 was passed by Utah Legislature in 2018, allowing counties to enact a 0.25 percent local option sales tax to fund transportation needs, such as BTA, roads, and parking.
It was an excellent night of good food, great company, and excellent speakers at the 70th Annual Vernal Chamber of Commerce Meeting on Thursday night at the Uintah Conference Center. The baton of President Michael Fossett will be passed to President elect Signey Smith. Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox spoke to the attendees which was a special treat as he very recently announced his intention to run for Utah Governor 2020.