Duchesne News

GREAT LAKES AIRLINES HAS TEAMED UP WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS TO OFFER UINTAH BASIN BLOOD DONORS AN INCENTIVE TO GIVE BLOOD THIS YEAR.

Bud and Velda Young have been chosen to serve as the grand marshals for Tabiona's Fourth of July celebration.

Uintah Basin residents will have plenty of opportunities to celebrate 233 years of American independence this weekend.

The filing period opens Wednesday for candidates seeking city office, a seat on a local water district board, or a post on the Neola Park Board in November's election.

A group is coming to Utah to look for Bigfoot. There is such thing as the Bigfoot Field researchers organization, and about 25 members are going to be here this weekend looking.

Roosevelt City Animal Shelter Director Kim Farley comforts a puppy being held at the shelter on Friday.

The U.S. Forest Service has banned tent sleeping in a northeastern Utah campground because of bear trouble.

An increase in bear sightings in parts of Ashley National Forest has forced the forest service to close the Avintaquin Campground in Duchesne County to some overnight visitors.

With this week's release of the 2009 See & Do Guide, the Uintah Basin Standard and the Vernal Express are once again challenging adventurous readers to get out and experience all that Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah counties have to offer this summer.

In April, we launched the KSL Schools project, a comprehensive database on the state's high schools.

Utah counties will be receiving 3 percent more than last year from the federal government through its Payment In Lieu of Taxes program for federal lands in their boundaries, thanks in part to the stimulus package passed by Congress.

Utah Sen. David Hinkins watches the control screens at a large gas compression/refining plant in Uintah County last week during a tour for legislators arranged by Sen.

A 10-year-old girl is in critical condition after being hit by a pickup truck Tuesday, the Utah Highway Patrol said.

Irate Vernal residents made outrageous statements to a visiting Interior Department official .

Graduation ceremonies at a small Utah high school included a big name in education.

In a special Carbon County Commission meeting on May 15, commissioners were told that the long ride toward being able to monitor and therefore get to the point of controlling dust in Nine Mile Canyon is getting closer to reality.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was in Salt Lake City on May 1 to discuss his department's policy changes since President Barack Obama took office in January.

Duchesne County commissioners were asked last Monday for help with a grasshopper abatement plan for 2010.

Several agencies including The Jordan Valley and Central Utah Water Conservatory Districts, Salt Lake Public Utilities, Sandy City, and the city of Murray have once again teamed up to offer free sprinkler system water checks for residents of several counties in Utah.

The U.S. Department of the Interior is under fire again for pulling 77 oil and gas leases after a December auction.