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Omu’s JournalA Couple of Treehuggers
By Tom ElderUintah Trails Working Group Trees BY JOYCE KILMER I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree… Login to continue reading Login…
This week in history“High-speed chase ends in arrest”
Dec. 10, 2008 A vernal man let Uintah County sheriffs on a high-speed chase through 15 miles of rural Uintah County Dec. 4. Uintah County… Login to continue reading Login…
Omu’s JournalA Closing Door
By Tom ElderUintah Trails Working Group A door may be closing, and soon. On the campaign trail President-elect Trump pledged to “rescind all unspent funds”… Login to continue reading Login…
Feeding Veterans
The Vernal American Legion Auxiliary Unit 0011 and the American Legion Post 0011 would like to let the community know we are making plans to open a year round Basin wide Veteran/families Food Pantry.
Omu’s JournalThe Blob From 30,000 Feet
âThe Blob, as some readers may recall, was a mad amoeba escaped from a laboratory. Pink and palpitating, running amuck, urged on by the Chamber of Commerce, and growing everâGROWING, this thing threatens to devour the planet. I forget how they stopped it. Maybe they didnât.â - âThe Blob Comes to Arizonaâ, by Ed Abbey, 1976
This week in History“Rare malady takes young girls sight”
A common case of the chicken pox, which led to a rare case of herpes infection has totally changed the life of a three-year-old Vernal girl.
This week in history“County’s unemployment dips below 4 percent”
Uintah County’s unemployment rate dipped to nearly even with the state average led by a 10 percent growth in the mining sector.For the first quarter of 1998, the Utah Department of Workforce Services reports an unemployment rate of 3.8 percent for Uintah County.
Omu’s JournalFarewell to Glacier Bay
John Muir’s interest in glaciers and glacial geology brought him repeatedly back to Alaska.
This week in history“Area resident hit with new car telephone fraud”
Last Sunday a Uintah County resident was contacted by telephone by a male-sounding voice with informed her that she had won a brand new 1999 Cadillac.