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KNEU 1250Running a business has so many challenges that it can certainly be overwhelming, but the Uintah Basin wants to help. Uintah County Economic Development, Duchesne County Economic Development, and Custom Fit have teamed up together to hold a small business financial management seminar called Growth by the Numbers.
The Division of Wildlife Resources has announced that this year they will be stocking fewer fish in Utah waters but that the fish will be bigger. Stocking numbers have been consistent since 2014 but new research has convinced the DWR to focus on quality over quantity, producing higher quality fish with better survival rates.
The Utah Department of Workforce Services has released the latest unemployment numbers by county for the state of Utah. Daggett County unemployment remained the same from the month before at 4.8 percent, an increase from 4.2 percent one year prior. Duchesne County also remained the same, measuring at 4.1 percent unemployment, a slight decrease from the year before at 4.5 percent.
The March numbers show a mixed bag for drilling in Uintah and Duchesne County. According to data provided by the State Division of Oil, Gas and Mining, the U.S. Energy Information Administration and compiled by the Uintah Basin Small Business Development Center, drilling continues to trend down.
In a demonstration by Pickett Pest Control to the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce a special trained dog showed its abilities to sniff out bedbugs. One person in the room was planted with the pests and the dog sniffed that individual out. A fallacy of bedbugs is that they are a city or “dirty” place problem but the truth is that they have become a common occurance wherever there is a food source.
As UBTech students continue to highlight the level of skills and training that they receive by continually achieving at the State and National SkillsUSA competitions, a local business wants to help. Businessmen Todd Bro and Chad Grimm became impressed with how the SkillsUSA competition has a wide outreach of students and the program’s mission to encourage excellence through competition.
When the world needs heroes to remind humanity what good deeds we are capable of, it can feel like those individuals are often far away. Today it is a little bit closer. A 15 year old girl from Craig has continued her participation in gymnastics, last Friday competing in Rifle.
A Utah County man died on April 18th after a tragic accident while at Fred Hayes State Park at Starvation. According to a Utah State Parks news release, the man and a friend, both in their mid-to-late 70’s, were shore fishing at the reservoir at approximately 3:40pm. “While the two were walking along the shore near the northwest side of the Freedom Bridge, the victim slipped and fell.
Utah State University Uintah Basin has recently received a scholarship endowment from a local organization. Northeastern Counseling Center donated $25,000 dollars for the USU-Uintah Basin Master of Social Work students.
Among the highlights of the Vernal Comic Con held earlier this month was the display of Ted Munford’s jaw dropping Halloween costume collection. Munford attended the event, staying on hand to answer questions and pose for pictures with the wide-eyed fans of his epic costumes. He had previously donated Ironman and the Incredible Hulk to the library and his Buzz Lightyear costume, which was originally donated to Prime Time For Kids, had made it to the library as its home as well.
Despite the snow in the mountains we are in spring and Jones Hole National Fish Hatchery is preparing. The Hatchery announced last week that they received 36,000 pounds of food that will last until the end of May to raise bonneville cutthroat trout. Last weekend 360,000 trout eggs came from Mantua State Hatchery to Jone Hole National Fish Hatchery.
One of the traditions of the Uintah Basin Relay for Life, the fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, is a cancer Survivor Dinner. Organizers recognize that the disease is continually plaguing new individuals and would like to stay current with survivors so that they can be recognized.