
UBTech heads to SkillsUSA competition
The SkillsUSA Utah Leadership and Skills Conference Championships are career competition events that showcase the best career and technical education students in the nation.

The SkillsUSA Utah Leadership and Skills Conference Championships are career competition events that showcase the best career and technical education students in the nation.

The Vernal Storytelling Festival, put on by the Uintah Schools Foundation, will be held the weekend of March 20-21.

Jeannie’s Quilt Shop is now open for business in Roosevelt.

While charter schools celebrate school choice, the teacher’s unions and public-school districts largely panned the legislation for providing too small of a salary increase with a diversion of resources to schools outside the public school system.

It may not be a business model ready for TV’s “Shark Tank,” but teachers at Roosevelt Junior High School, in an effort of learning collaboration, are offering numerous students a glimpse into the real world of construction, sales, and marketing.

While the wheels may be churning a bit slower than many had hoped, plans for the Uinta Basin Railway remain on track according to Keith Heaton, the executive director at the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition that is sponsoring the project.

The Intermountain TeleHealth Trailblazer Award recognizes leaders for their innovations and success in spearheading Telehealth programs.
The personal saving rate — the percentage of people’s income left over after taxes and spending — sank to 2.9% in the fourth quarter of last year, its lowest level since 2005.


The Roosevelt City Police Department swore in the newest addition to its ranks Feb. 21 when David Pedersen took the oath at a city hall ceremony.