Uintah County Auto Accident Cost Compared to Nation
An analysis by Highway Users Federation and National Safety Council shows one car in ten will have an accident annually. Uintah County records 14 motor vehicle deaths per year with about 40 serious injuries per fatality, totaling about $863,000 yearly in costs for 6,490 passenger cars. National figures include 47,100 fatalities in 1976 and over 2 million disabling injuries with $20 billion in economic losses. The piece notes rising accident rates after a prior drop from a 55 mph limit and cites DOT plans for belt buckling or airbags on new cars after September 1980.
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Highway Users Federation
National Safety Council
Unitail
Utah
Uintah
U.S. Department of Transportation
McKay Warns on Planned Wilderness Reclassification
Utah Congressman Gunn McKay reports President Carter plans to ask Congress to designate Canyonlands Capitol Reef and Arches plus Flaming Gorge area as wilderness. McKay fears the move signals broader environmental limits, questions White House motives, and warns it could invite further land-use restrictions.
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Jimmy Carter
Congress
Utah National Parks
Green River
Utah
Gunn McKay
McKay
National Park
Capitol Reef National Park
Arches National Monument
Flaming Gorge
White House
Tam
Vernal City Police Expand Fleet With Six Used Patrol Cars
Vernal City adds six used Utah Highway Patrol cars to its police fleet, bringing total vehicles to 13. Chief Jonathan Jones says two units replace retirees and four are additional, with new radios and signal gear. Cars will be assigned to officers for home use when off duty, improving response time and reducing maintenance costs while boosting officer morale.
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Utah Highway Patrol
Vernal City
Jonathan Jones
Parade entries urged for Pioneer Day celebration
July 24 parade organizers Joby Smith and Honard Carroll urge groups to prepare floats themed Roots of the Uintah Basin and Our Ancestral Roots. Families, clubs, and businesses invited. Boy Scout breakfast 6 to 9 am with six serving lines. parade starts courthouse to Bicentennial Pavilion, Vernal Utah. Contact Roots of the Uintah Basin at Box ing Vernal, or call John Smith or Howard Carroll for details.
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Joby Smith
Honard Carroll
John
Carroll
Uintah High School
Uintah Basin
Utah
John Smith
Howard Carroll
Flaming Gorge facilities ready for Memorial Day weekend
Recreation Forester John Twiss says all campgrounds and facilities at Flaming Gorge will be in full operation for Memorial Day weekend with a caveat at Little Hole Campground where drinking water is unavailable. Boating hazards due to a drawn down reservoir include submerged rocks and reefs. A detour on East Side Road from Dutch John Gap to the Wyoming state line shifts traffic to the old dirt road for several weeks. wet weather could render the detour impassable.
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John Twiss
Little Hole Campground
John Gap
Wyoming State Line
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